Fighting Prosopis with smoldering dung
By Francesco SambalinoJune 11, 2015 In Somaliland Prosopis Juliflora is quickly gaining ground. Similarly to many other arid and … Continued
How could my country look like if we were to embrace nature-based solutions? This was the question that student teams from around the globe aimed to answer in the Nature-Based Future Challenge, organized by Wageningen University & Research. Interdisciplinary and international teams visualized a nature-based future for the delta of Bangladesh, showcasing innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges. Chittagong Hill Tracts One of the teams, GO2V-NBF, focused on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) with the goal of transitioning from "development at the cost of nature" to a future of "nature-based prosperity." This region in Southeast Bangladesh faces significant challenges related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic development. The increasing intensity of extreme weather events, coupled with changing land use, exacerbates soil erosion and land degradation. The local water cycle is under pressure, leading to issues of both water scarcity and flooding at different times of the year. GO2V-NBF proposed a strategy of vertical cities on water and a harmonious… Continued
By Francesco SambalinoJune 11, 2015 In Somaliland Prosopis Juliflora is quickly gaining ground. Similarly to many other arid and … Continued
posted by Sukru EsinJune 02, 2015 Fethiye is one of the most well known tourist spots in Turkey, as popular … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen & Abraham Mehari HaileMay 28, 2015 They go largely unobserved and unattended. In view of the … Continued
By Amira Abdel Gader & Matthijs KoolMay 20, 2015 Using the electric churner When we think of appropriate technology, we … Continued
By Melanne RouwMay 15, 2015 Image courtesy: drawingforkids.org If we are asked to draw a tree, we often don’t … Continued
by Abraham AbhishekMay 11, 2015 Since March this year, the Yemeni people have been caught in airstrikes being carried out … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen, Yasir Abbas Mohamed, Abraham Mehari Haile May 7, 2015 Small Water tank in Gash Die This is … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen, Eyashu Yazew Hagos and Shimbahri MesfinApril 29, 2015 Postcard from Lake Hashenge, Tigray, Ethiopia. It is eery … Continued
By Taye Alemehayu and Frank van SteenbergenApril 23, 2015 Figure 1: Showing the level of a dying river in old … Continued
By Francesco Sambalino and Cecilia BorgiaApril 14, 2015 Figure 1: Steamwells in the Afar settlement of Li Ado, near … Continued
By Anna SmitsMarch 19, 2015 Image: WikiCommons “Climate change is the time that the moon and the sun come together and … Continued
By Kim HoeksMarch 6, 2015 Images: WikiCommons How much water does it cost to make a t-shirt or a cup … Continued
by Sukru Esin and Frank van SteenbergenAugust 12, 2014 (re-posted February 27, 2015) Whilst the attention in Middle East water … Continued
By Qiulan Zhang, Jingli Shao, Xiaowei Wang and Frank van Steenbergen Located at the heart of Hengshui Prefecture of Hebei … Continued
by Fredrick MugiraJanuary 27, 2015 Mid-January 2015, over 300 people converged in Zaragoza, Spain to take part in the International … Continued
Posted by Matthijs Kool, Frank van Steenbergen, Berry van der Pol, Abraham Mehari Haile and Robert VuikJanuary 30, 2015 They are … Continued
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenJanuary 21st, 2015 It is the thing we even take more for granted than the air … Continued
Posted by Frank van SteenbergenJanuary 7, 2015 Post card from Wadi Natrun, Egypt Over the last decades drip irrigation systems … Continued
By Sara Datturi Postcard from the International Society Fluoride Conference, 25-28 November 2014, Chiang Mai. Due to the plentiful water … Continued
Do you ever wonder why there is so little attention for water in the news – especially as compared to … Continued