Discussions

Students, How is everything going after a few weeks back at UNESCO-IHE?  We are busy at work on a new program with UNESCO-IHE.  Take a look at http;//100resilientcities.org.  Are any of you from the 32 cities on the list?  Let me know how you are doing.  Notice that we ...

Hi everyone! Your visit to the Netherlands is approaching, and in preparation for this I would like to ask you to send me a PM or respond to this post with any dietary preferences/allergies you might have.  Thanks! Elizabeth

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/us/south-florida-faces-ominous-prospects-from-rising-waters.html

Very good article with great graphics from the World Bank: http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-water

http://www.economist.com/news/china/21587813-northern-china-running-out-water-governments-remedies-are-potentially-disastrous-all

National Geographic has an article that explains many aspects of sea-level rise through a series of photos.  The last set is taken in the Netherlands and highlights some of the sites where our teams go.  Click here.

UNESCO-IHE students from around the world arrived at USF's Patel College as part of an annual water resource management course.This was the largest group to visit USF's campus since the program's inception in 2007. The students, largely from developing countries, traveled to the U.S. ...

 Hello Students,  I hope that all of you are either safely home in the United States or enjoying new adventures in Spain. I greatly enjoyed our time together last week, and remain impressed by your collective curiosity. A passion for the lessons of history remains an essential trait ...

 Law Students,  Some of you are getting in early.  We will have an early rendezvous point at the Delft Train Station at 12 PM if you want to do that.  I will be there with a sign marked “St. Thomas/Barry.”  When you get off the train, look to your ...

If you are a vegetarian, vegan, or if you have food allergies or something like this, please indicate it here. You can also e-mail it to me at evandijl@ufl.edu. I look forward to meeting you all next week. Please contact me with any questions you might have!

Some practical information, related to what we discussed during the Tallyfox meeting: - The hotel has been booked starting Sunday night. This means you are responsible for the Saturday night stay. However, the Hampshire hotel in Delft knows that we will be coming in on Saturday, so there is no ...

https://usnc.water.tallyfox.com/groups/15634/meeting

http://www.waterforum.net/Nieuws/6945--Lappendeken-aan-hoogwaterbeschermingsvoorzieningen-aan-oostkust-VS- Dear members, I thought this article might be of interest to some of you. The Water Forum website provides water-related news. Unfortunately this website is only available in ...

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-privatisation-of-water-nestle-denies-that-water-is-a-fundamental-human-right/5332238?goback=%2Egde_39697_member_235486377

The 2013 USNC Professional Team Handbook is available on the Professional Team Group page at http://usnc.water.tallyfox.com.  Please download and read as it contains logistic instructions for the May 13-17 trip. 

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Hello colleagues! There are a number of us arriving in Holland on Saturday the 11th, giving us Sunday the 12th as a free day. Folks may want a quite day to recover from travel or to explaore Delft. Russ Jones and I are planning on traveling to the Keukenhof Gardens that ...

Part One of the KPMG report "Expect the Unexpected: Building business value in a changing world" highlights an extremely important factor - one that, I believe, pretty much determines whether sustainable and profitable responses to changing economic, ecological, and social conditions can be ...

This discussion concerns the measures that field vegetable growers in Florida and the Netherlands can take to increase their water use efficiency, the effects of these measures on total consumptive water use, and the incentives that can be used to stimulate their implementation. This is the ...

Below, I'm including information about my scholarship within rhetoric of science, and how that connects with the USNC program ... "rhetoric" often incites a lot of confusion and skepticism, so I hope to trace out the implications of my angle as clearly as possible ... looking ...