Water Challenges

Wetskills-USA (UN)
2023-03-11 - 2023-03-22 | New York City, USA
Wetskills event at the UN 2023 Water Conference (March)
After almost 50 years, the United Nations decided to organize a dedicated Water Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023. Tajikistan and The Netherlands co-host this unique water event, firstly organized in 1976. Henk Ovink, Special Envoy International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, and Wetskills Ambassador, pushed Wetskills Foundation to organize a Wetskills event during this event and after a long preparation we can finally announce the Wetskills-USA 2023! This event will become the third Wetskills event in this country after Milwaukee (2015) and Boston (2016). Meanwhile it is the fifth event in North America (Toronto 2014 and Mexico City 2019) and it will be the 61th event overall.
For this event Wetskills Foundation partners with the UN2023 GameChanger Challenge (UN2023-GCC, by Wavemakers United and IHE Delft) and The Netherlands government. The winning teams of the UN2023-GCC will become the five challenges of this Wetskills event. So, the five Wetskills teams existing of ‘new’ participants with various nationalities, cultures, backgrounds, organizations and experiences, including one representative of the winning team of the UN2023-GCC, will continue with the ideas and create a first step towards implementation. The ideas will be presented at a special workshop on youth engagement at the New York Water Week (proposed date: 21 March 2023)
Are you a student or young professional with a passion for water & sustainability, and do you want to make a difference in the international water sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and learning from water challenges worldwide? Would you like to experience New York and the UN community? Are you making a difference during the New York Water Week and/or the UN 2023 Water Conference? Would you like to present your ideas for an international jury panel and audience? This is your chance! Wetskills Foundation and partners are organizing the third Wetskills edition in USA, and a special one!
Wetskills Foundation and its partners are inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organizations worldwide with a passion for Water-Energy-Food, to join this intergenerational event and apply for Wetskills-USA 2023 (period: 11-22 March 2023). You can register by filling-in the online form (Botton at the right side).
NOTE: All programmes are still in a planning phase, so the dates could shift.
For more information and registration, take a look at the website.

Wetskills-Oman 2023
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-15 | Muscat, Oman
Join the fourth edition of Wetskills in Oman!
Because of the success of great editions of a Wetskills Challenge in Oman, since 2011, we were thrilled to organize the next (fourth) edition of Wetskills Oman in 2023!
Are you a student or young professional from Oman, Gulf region or beyond, and do you want to make a difference in the water sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the culture of Oman? Do you want to work on challenging water & sustainability issues? Are you interested to visit the Oman Sustainability Week? Would you like to present your ideas for an international jury panel and audience at the Sultan Qaboos University? This is your chance! Wetskills Foundation and partners are organising the fourth Wetskills edition in Oman!
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water-Energy-Food, to join this intergenerational event and apply for Wetskills-Oman 2023 (period: 5-15 March 2023). You can register by filling-in the online form (Botton at the right side).

For more information and registration, take a look at the website!

Wetskills-South Africa
2023-02-11 - 2023-02-23 | Cape Town, South Africa
For the 3rd time to Cape Town for the Ocean Race (7th South African Wetskills Challenge)
Are you a student or young professional from South Africa, sub-Saharan region and beyond, and do you want to make a difference in the water sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the culture of South Africa? Do you want to work on challenging water & sustainability issues? Are you interested to visit the Ocean Race (village & programme) and present your ideas for an international jury panel and audience? This is your chance! Wetskills Foundation and partners are organising the seventh Wetskills edition in South Africa!
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water, Climate and Sustainability, to join this intergenerational event and apply for Wetskills-South Africa 2023 (period: 11-23 February 2023). You can register by filling-in the online form (Botton at the right side).
Previous events were in: Cape Town 2012, Nelspruit 2014, Durban 2016, Cape Town 2018 and Gauteng 2022. A digital W@tskills edition was organized in 2021, due to corona pandemic. Read more about the great finals at the WISA 2018 Conference in Cape Town in presence of Minister Gugile Nkwinti of Water and Sanitation of South Africa, and Dutch Special Water Envoy Henk Ovink.
For more information and registration, take a look at the website.

Wetskills-India (Sundarbans) 2022
2022-11-27 - 2022-12-08 | Calcutta, India
Wetskills-India 2022: Let’s co-create solutions for sinking Sundarbans!!
Are you a student or young professional from the Indian subcontinent and beyond, and do you want to make a difference for the sinking islands in the Sundarbans wetlands? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the Indian culture? Do you want to visit the Sundarbans? And, most importantly are you passionate about water & sustainability and want to contribute to innovate solutions on challenging water & climate issues in West Bengal? Are you keen on meeting and interacting with an international water audience with diverse professionals? This is your chance: Join Wetskills-India 2022!
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water and Climate, to join this unique event and apply for Wetskills-India (Sundarbans) 2022 (period: 27 November to 8 December 2022).

For more information and registration, look at the Wetskills-website!

Wetskills-Egypt 2022
2022-11-20 - 2022-12-01 | Cairo, Egypt
After 10 years, Wetskills back to Egypt!!
In 2012 a first Wetskills Challenge has been organized in Egypt. This year (2022) Wetskills Foundation and partners aim to organise a new Wetskills Challenge in Caïro. Our partner Palestinian Water Authority (Wetskills-Palestinian Territories 2022) will prepare and host the 4th Arab International Water Conference and Wetskills is integrated to the programme.
Are you a student or young professional from the Arab region and beyond, and do you want to make a difference in the water sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the Arab culture (in Egypt)? Do you love wandering around in the vibrant, challenging and historic City of Caïro? Do you want to meet people who can tell you everything about Egypt or the Arab culture? And, most importantly are you passionate about water & sustainability and want to contribute to innovate solutions on challenging water issues? Are you keen on meeting and interacting with an international water audience with diverse professionals? Participants of this Wetskills Challenge in Caïro, Egypt will see and experience all this, and more!
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water-Energy-Food, to join this unique event and apply for Wetskills-Egypt 2022 (period: 20 November – 1 December 2022).
This new edition of Wetskills Challenge, the second one in Egypt (after ten years), will be organized from 20 November to 1 December 2022. The finals will be held at the 4th Arab International Water Conference, from 29 November to 1 December, where the teams will present their results and the winning team will be announced!

For more information and registration, look at the Wetskills-website.

ClimateCafé GroenBlauw
2022-11-15 16:30 - 17:00, 2022-11-08 16:30 - 17:00, 2022-11-01 16:30 - 17:00 UTC | Teams
Dit is ClimateCafé GroenBlauw, dé plek voor (jong) professionals om kennis op te doen over groenblauwe klimaatoplossingen. Sinds januari 2021 wordt ClimateCafé GroenBlauw bezocht door een groeiende groep betrokken #GroenBlauw enthousiastelingen uit heel Nederland. Tegenwoordig is het online Cafe uitgegroeid tot een platform voor alle leeftijden en vakgebieden: iedereen is elke week welkom, de agenda kun je op deze pagina vinden.
ClimateCafé GroenBlauw is informeel en laagdrempelig, je kunt komen wanneer het uitkomt of het online later terug kijken. Alles is welkom, niets moet: ClimateCafé Groenblauw is voor jou.

1/11
klimaatadaptatie op bedrijventerreinen: Klimaatadaptatie op bedrijventerreinen is noodzakelijk. Dat zien we aan overlast en schade en in de voorspellingen uit de stresstesten. Maar hoe pak je dat nou aan als klimaatwerker? Met wie ga je samenwerken en hoe breng je de boodschap? Community manager groenblauwe bedrijventerreinen Freya Macke van Samen Klimaatbestendig haalde ervaringen op en wil deze in het gesprek aanscherpen en verrijken.

8/11
NKWK: groenblauw en waterkwaliteit: Case nijmegen (met Deltares en gemeente Nijmegen)

15/11
Burger participatie en klimaatadaptatie zoals curieuze neuzen en Forum

22/11
Internationale klimaatadaptatie: we gaan op reis naar groene klimaatadaptatie in Zweden met Thomas Klomp, ook laat Antal Zuurman met Climatescan.nl zien waar je moet zijn in Copenhagen. Ook iets vertellen over buitenland?

29/11
idee voor onderewerp? neem contact met ons op

6/12
idee voor onderewerp? neem contact met ons op

13/12
idee voor onderewerp? neem contact met ons op

20/12
overige onderwerpen:
klimaatadaptatie op internationale vliegvelden
Climaatadaptatie bezoek in: Zweden: Malmo en Upssala (volgende keren: Hamburg en Kopenhagen)
Inspiratieboek wadi’s voor genomineerd SIA project GroenBlauw: hoe moet dat boek er uitzien? Wat inspireert jou?
gebruik van regenwater kan betekenen voor klimaatadaptatie en de energietransitie
regenwaterkwaliteit: strooizouten, pfas en bodemkwaliteit wadis (model RIVM)

Voor meer informatie, kijk op de website.
Wil je jezelf aanmelden? Stuur dan een mail.

UN2023 GAMECHANGER CHALLENGE
2022-08-26 - 2022-11-24
“Develop an innovative and implementable idea that takes on global water challenges and ensures a climate resilient future”

Students with a passion for water – we want you! The UN2023 Gamechanger challenge is all about the connection between youth and water. We want your out-of-the-box idea, inventions, and innovations. Apply as a team with fellow students, develop and professionalize your idea and broadcast it to the world.
Take a look at our animation video which explains how the Challenge works!

How it works

Create a team

Conisiting of 2-6 students 17+ of age
Connected to a knowledge institution

Connect to a local community

A primary or secondary school or association, such as a sports club, music school or scouting
Invite them to collaborate in this challenge

Apply with your team

Go to Join > Participant

Share knowledge

At the venue of your local teampartner (community, school, association)
Give a guest lecture about the Sustainable Development Goals and their connection to water. We provide a toolbox to support you
To create awareness and inspire them to design their dream, solution for water
Collect this ideas and pick one or some to start your innnovation based on this dream. e.

Develop your idea

Inspired by local communities
To tackle global water challenges
Guided by your coach

Become a Changemaker!

In this Challenge, everyone is a winner
The top 5 Changemakers will pitch their idea in New York during the UN2023 Water Conference.

Application period will end on 24 november 2022. Apply on time to join the challenge and do not miss any masterclasses!

For more information and application look at the website.

ClimateCafé Noord-Brabant
2022-05-16 - 2022-05-30
Het voorlopig laatste ClimateCafé onder het onderzoek Groenblauwe Oplossingen vindt in Noord-Brabant plaats. Daar gaan we met studenten van de HAS 2 dagen naar Tilburg en 2 dagen naar Eindhoven, Gemert & Helmond om metingen uit te voeren in wadi’s.
Wil je weten wat een ClimateCafé is, neem dan alvast een kijkje op de website.
Meer informatie volgt snel!

Water Challenges 2022 - IJsselmeergebied
2022-05-10 - 2022-09-20
Het thema van Water Challenges gaat dit jaar over het IJsselmeergebied. Alle challenges hebben een link met het IJsselmeergebied, maar zijn enorm divers. De ene challenge gaat over waterkwaliteit, de ander over waterkwantiteit, de ander over recreatie en natuur. De keuze is enorm, dus er zit vast een challenge bij voor jou!
In de challenges ontmoet je een groot netwerk, krijg je trainingen in persoonlijke ontwikkeling en leer je meer over het IJsselmeergebied. Ook gaan we met elkaar drie dagen zeilen op het IJsselmeergebied!
Meer informatie over de verschillende challenges en het programma vind je op de deelnemerspagina.
Wij zien je graag op 10 mei!

ClimateCafé Living Lab Grensmaas
2022-04-23 - 2022-04-26 | Sluis Bosscherveld, Maastricht
Ben je student en wil je mee denken over een vis-vriendelijke Grensmaas? Wij dagen je uit om mee te doen aan ons ClimateCafe!
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Activiteiten
In dit ClimateCafe gaan we samen met wetenschappers, vissers en natuurliefhebbers op pad rond om de sluis bij Bosscherveld. We nemen een aquatische onderwaterdrone mee om de waterkwaliteit te meten, we gaan op jacht naar macrofauna, we nemen geluidsmonsters en we ontdekken verschillende manieren om een rivier te zien doormiddel van observaties en interviews. Tot slot helpen we mee met het afval probleem, en gaan we proberen samen met kunstenaars een kunstobject te maken van plastic om aandacht te vragen voor de vervuiling.
Voor wie?
Klimaat en natuurvraagstukken zijn niet op te lossen met 1 discipline. We vinden het daarom belangrijk dat we met een interdisciplinaire groep zijn. Het maakt dus niet uit welke opleiding je doet of in welk jaar je zit. Je kan je ook met een groepje opgeven.
Probleemomschrijving
De afgelopen jaren is er veel gebeurt rondom de Grensmaas. Het hoge water van afgelopen zomer heeft laten zien hoe belangrijk het is om de rivier de ruimte te geven. Niet alleen hoogwaterbescherming, maar ook ecologie en grindwinning hebben aandacht gekregen in de Grensmaas werkzaamheden. De biodiversiteit op het land is de afgelopen tijd verbeterd, maar de aquatische ecologie verdient nog aandacht. Hierbij speelt ook de klimaatverandering een rol, omdat dit invloed heeft op de hoeveelheid water en water temperatuur.
Meer info?
Kijk eens op de site naar het vorige Grensmaas ClimateCafe, of ga naar www.climatecafe.nl om de ClimateCafes in andere gebieden te zien. Neem ook gerust contact op voor andere vragen.

Aanmelden?
Kijk op http://www.livinglabgrensmaas.nl/upcoming-climatecafe-2022.html

ClimateCafé Rotterdam
2022-04-18 - 2022-04-29
De ClimateCafé reeks in het westen van het land wordt afgesloten met een editie in Rotterdam, waar we op verschillende plekken in de stad met studenten van de Hogeschool Rotterdam metingen zullen uitvoeren.
Wil je weten wat een ClimateCafé is, neem dan alvast een kijkje op de website.
Meer informatie volgt snel!

ClimateCafé Zeeland
2022-04-04 - 2022-04-15
Na ClimateCafé Noord-Holland trekken we door naar Zeeland, waar we met studenten van de Hogeschool Zeeland veldwerkmetingen gaan uitvoeren in Middelburg en Vlissingen.
Wil je weten wat een ClimateCafé is, neem dan alvast een kijkje op de website.
Meer informatie volgt snel!

ClimateCafé North-Holland
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-01
In de laatste week van maart gaan we met studenten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam op veldwerk in de BUCH gemeenten (Bergen, Uitgeest, Castricum & Heilloo).
Wil je weten wat een ClimateCafé is, neem dan alvast een kijkje op de website.
Meer informatie volgt snel!

Wetskills-Romania 2022
2022-03-13 - 2022-03-25 | Bucharest, Romania
For The Sixth Time To Romania!
Romania has a very diverse landscape and water system, with high mountains and the largest Delta of the European Union: Danube Delta. Romania faces challenges in water and wastewater, in both large urban areas as well as remote rural villages, and has a large water management experience of dealing with floods and droughts. And the country itself is inspiring and various: From the booming big Bucharest with its historic buildings and churches, immens large People’s Parliament and the Old City with bars, pubs as heart of the City to idillic smaller cities and villages in epic Transylvania and more low and dry Wallachia (border to Bulgaria) and the Europe’s largest bioreserve Danube Delta.
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water and SDGs, to join this great and proven event and apply for Wetskills-Romania 2022 (period: 13-25 May 2022).
Wetskills Foundation and partners will organize the Wetskills Challenge for the sixth time in Bucharest, Romania. This Wetskills edition in Romania will be hosted by Politehnica University of Bucharest. Other main partners of this event are University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest and Technical University for Civil Engineering in Bucharest, the Romanian Water Association, Apele Romane and the Embassy of The Kingdom of The Netherlands.
This edition of Wetskills will start on 13 May 2022, and will take place in and around to the great city of Bucharest. During the 2-weeks program the participants will in international, multidisciplinary teams on real-life water cases. The finals and awarding ceremony will take place during the ExpoApa Water Conference and Exhibition in the Palace of Parliament of Bucharest (23-25 May 2022).
For more information and regristration: https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-romania-2022/

Kick off | WUR Student Challenge - Nature Based Solutions Challenge
2022-02-22 16:00 - 17:00
Will you design and implement a nature based solution, and positively contribute to the climate, biodiversity, and quality of life? In the Nature Based Solutions Challenge, you are challenged to come up with a nature-based solution and to implement it. A jury will select the teams that receive funding (2500 euro) and mentoring from experts to make their project into a success!

The challenge
Nature based solutions are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Nature-based solutions are part of the answer to the biggest challenges of the 21st century, being climate change and biodiversity loss.
In this challenge, your team will work on a nature-based solution in a local context addressing climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity restoration, and thereby improving the quality of life. Furthermore, societal and economic impact are to be addressed too.
Who
You can participate with a team of up to 5 members. It’s recommended to form a team of students with different disciplinary backgrounds. Fresh graduates are welcome to join the Challenge, though the graduation should take place not earlier than academic year 2020/2021. Fresh graduates should not exceed 20% of team members.
For more information and registration, take a look at the website.

Wetskills-Romania 2021 #denktankdroogte
2021-09-12 - 2021-09-24 | Bucharest, Romania
Romania has a very diverse landscape and water system, with high mountains and the largest Delta of the European Union: Danube Delta. Romania faces challenges in water and wastewater, in both large urban areas as well as remote rural villages, and has a large water management experience of dealing with floods and droughts.
And the country itself is inspiring and various: From the booming big Bucharest with its historic buildings and churches, immens large People’s Parliament and the Old City with bars, pubs as heart of the City to idillic smaller cities and villages in epic Transylvania and more low and dry Wallachia (border to Bulgaria) and the Europe’s largest bioreserve Danube Delta.
Wetskills Foundation and partners will organize the Wetskills Challenge for the fifth time in Bucharest, Hungary. This Wetskills edition in Romania will be hosted by the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest. Wetskills Foundation partner with other Romanian academia Politehnica University of Bucharest and Technical University for Civil Engineering in Bucharest. Other main partners are Romanian Water Association, Apele Romane and the Embassy of The Kingdom of The Netherlands.
This edition of Wetskills will start on 12 September 2021, and is in and around to the great city of Bucharest. During the 2-weeks program the participants will work in international, multidisciplinary teams on real-life water cases. The finals and awarding will be an hybrid workshop with livestream on 23 September.
The drought related case that is part of the waterchallenge #denktankdroogte is case 4: Virtual Water flows between Romania and Hungary
Is it possible to use water on places when you are not present at that moment? Yes, it is! A virtual water flow is embedded water in products that are produced (with water use during the production process) at location A and consumed (with the embedded water in that product) at location B. Import and export mean a flow of virtual water as well. The Water Footprint, the method that determines the freshwater use in production processes, is an excellent tool to provide insights in the virtual water flows between continents, countries and/or river basins. How can we use the virtual water flow between Romania and Hungary for improving the sustainable freshwater use in both countries?
This case is first part of the CaseBooster programme, where the virtual water flows between the countries will be determined. With the provided information a practical case will be set up for Wetskills in Hungary or in Romania. So, detailed information will be provided in a later stage.
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water-Energy-Food, to join this great experience. Apply for Wetskills-Romania 2021 (period: 12 – 24 September 2021).
For more information and registration: https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-romania-2021/

Wetskills-Hungary #denktankdroogte
2021-08-22 - 2021-09-03 | Hungary
Wetskills Foundation will organize the Water Challenge for the second time in Budapest, Hungary. This event’s theme is Liveable Rivers in a Green Economy. It will be part of the Wetskills Europe Tour with three events on a row: Hungary, Denmark and Romania.
This edition of Wetskills will start on 22 August 2021, and is in and around to the beautiful city of Budapest along the Danube River. During the 2-weeks program the participants were working in international, multidisciplinary teams on real-life water cases. The finals and awarding will be an hybrid workshop with livestream on 2 September.
Are you a student or young professional from Hungary, Europe or other parts of the world, and do you want to make a difference in the water & sustainability sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the culture of Hungary? Do you want to work on challenging water-energy-food issues and get to present your ideas? Then this is your chance!

The drought related case that is part of the waterchallenge #denktankdroogte is case 4: Virtual Water flows between Romania and Hungary
Is it possible to use water on places when you are not present at that moment? Yes, it is! A virtual water flow is embedded water in products that are produced (with water use during the production process) at location A and consumed (with the embedded water in that product) at location B. Import and export mean a flow of virtual water as well. The Water Footprint, the method that determines the freshwater use in production processes, is an excellent tool to provide insights in the virtual water flows between continents, countries and/or river basins. How can we use the virtual water flow between Romania and Hungary for improving the sustainable freshwater use in both countries?
This case is first part of the CaseBooster programme, where the virtual water flows between the countries will be determined. With the provided information a practical case will be set up for Wetskills in Hungary or in Romania. So, detailed information will be provided in a later stage.

For more information and registration: https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-hungary-2021/

ClimateCafe Grensmaas #denktankdroogte
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-25
ClimateCafe Grensmaas, is onderdeel van het onderzoeksprogramma LivingLab Grensmaas: http://www.livinglabgrensmaas.nl/. In dit ClimateCafe gaan we kijken naar de balans tussen droogte, biodiversiteit, overstromingen en percepties rondom de Grensmaas. Dit doen we met stakeholders, onderzoekers, bedrijven en young professionals/studenten. In vijf dagen gaan we de gezamenlijk het Grensmaas gebied leren kennen en gaan we integrale oplossingsrichtingen zoeken.

Datum: 21-25 juni 2021
Inschrijven: https://climatecafe.nl/event/climatecafe-grensmaas/ of http://www.livinglabgrensmaas.nl/climatecafe-2021.html
Case owner: Het LivingLab Grensmaas onderzoeksprogramma

Online ClimateCafé Gothenburg & Mölndal #denktankdroogte
2021-06-07 - 2021-06-11
Are you concerned about how climate change will affect Gothenburg and Mölndal and want to know what we can do about it?
This online Climatecafé is a collaboration between Mölndal’s water council, Gothenburg University, Hanze Univeristy of Applied Sciences, Gothenburg Museum of Natural History, County administrative board of Västra Götaland,Water district authority of Skagerrak and Kattegat and HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design.
In this Climatecafé you will go on virtual field trips, have different workshops, learn and help us approach local climate challenges. Together we will tackle water related issues from multiple angles and raise awareness. Using multiple tools and methods, such as ClimateScan, storytelling, art and design thinking!

For more information: https://climatecafe.nl/event/climatecafe-gothenburg-molndal/
Date: 7-11 June 2021
Register: https://forms.gle/WPUjKy5sTDqopeee9

10x Texel #denktankdroogte
2021-06-01 - 2021-08-31 | Texel
Texel is voor zoetwater volledig afhankelijk van regenwater en de drinkwaterleiding van het vaste land. Voor de landbouw geldt een permanent onttrekkingsverbod waardoor de kans op droogteschade en verzilting groot is. Om duurzame en rendabele landbouw op het eiland mogelijk te houden willen de boeren zelfvoorzienend kunnen zijn wat betreft zoetwater. Tijdens de winter valt er genoeg zoetwater en wordt er zelfs 44 miljoen kuub in zee gepompt. Acacia Water gaat samen met de boeren en overheden op zoek naar oplossingen voor het watertekort. Maar, Nederland is groter dan Texel, hoe kunnen de Texelse boeren een voorbeeld zijn voor de rest van het land? Wij zijn op zoek naar 10x Texel – Help jij mee? 10x Texel is een multi-generation challenge, studenten, junioren en senioren kunnen meedoen.

Inschrijven kan via de aanmeldknop; aanmelden kan tot 1 juni. Op 7 juni wordt bekend of je mee kunt doen met de challenge.
Data: Vrijdag 18 juni zal de kick-off zijn. Het bezoek aan Texel inclusief overnachting is op 8 en 9 juli. De afsluiting zal zijn op vrijdag 27 augustus. In het totaal zullen het 10 dagen zijn, voornamelijk op vrijdagen.

Foto via HHNK

Waterbesparend 50L-huis #denktankdroogte
2021-05-27 - 2021-05-28
50L Home is een wereldwijd actiegericht platform dat twee urgente wereldwijde uitdagingen aanpakt: waterveiligheid en klimaatverandering. Het 50 Liter huis staat symbool voor het verlagen van het drinkwaterverbruik naar 50 L per persoon per dag. Ook in Nederland wordt droogte een steeds prangendere uitdaging, en zijn waterbesparende maatregelen daarom van belang. Bovendien moet er hoop gebeuren wil het gemiddelde Nederlandse watergebruik van rond de 121 L per persoon per dag, naar 50 L kunnen komen! Daarom hebben waterbedrijf Dunea, ingenieursbureau Arcadis, innovatieprogramma VPdelta en proeftuin The Green Village hun krachten gebundeld voor een Nederlands 50 Liter huis consortium, waarin zij zich samen hard maken voor dit thema en het verder ontwikkelen van oplossingsrichtingen.

Datum: 27 – 28 mei 2021
Inschrijflink: https://createtomorrow.nl/sign-up/

ClimateCafé Groningen #denktankdroogte
2021-05-25 - 2021-05-28 | Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
In het ClimateCafé Groningen brengen studenten en jong professionals oplossingen in kaart voor het tegengaan van negatieve effecten van een veranderend klimaat op de leefbaarheid in stedelijk gebied. Specifiek wordt ingegaan op het functioneren van groenblauwe oplossingen voor het tegengaan van droogte en hoe bewustwording bij inwoners voor de effecten van droogte kan worden vergroot.

Datum: 25 – 28 mei 2021
Inschrijven: https://climatecafe.nl/event/climatecafe-groningen/
Case-owners: Gemeente Groningen en waterschap Noorderzijlvest

Kick-off event #denktankdroogte
2021-05-17 12:30 - 13:30
Op maandag 17 mei vindt de online landelijke kick-off plaats van de DenkTank Droogte 2021. Tijdens dit evenement worden de vakjuryleden van de DenkTank bevraagd over het thema droogte. In de vakjury zitten: voormalig dijkgraaf Tanja Klip-Martin, ondernemer Ap Verheggen en wetenschapsjournalist Rene Didde, en adviseur bij de staf deltacommissaris Dolf Kern.
Wil jij ook geïnspireerd raken, meer horen over droogte in Nederland en weten welke Water Challenges er aan komen? Meld je dan aan voor de kick-off!

NB: Bij de inschrijving, krijg je direct de uitnodiging voor het evenement gemaild. Als je het niet in je inbox ziet, kan het in je spambox terecht zijn gekomen.

Foto via H2O magazine

ClimateCafé Zwolle #denktankdroogte
2021-05-17 - 2021-05-22
In het ClimateCafé Zwolle brengen studenten en jong professionals oplossingen in kaart voor het tegengaan van negatieve effecten van een veranderend klimaat op de leefbaarheid in stedelijk gebied. Specifiek wordt ingegaan op het functioneren van groenblauwe oplossingen voor het tegengaan van droogte en hoe bewustwording bij inwoners voor de effecten van droogte kan worden vergroot.

Datum: 17 mei – 22 mei 2021
Inschrijven: https://climatecafe.nl/event/climatecafe-zwolle/
Case-owners: Waterschap Drents Overijsselse Delta, Climate Campus Zwolle, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Waterprof

Als u nieuwsgierig bent naar de eindpresentaties van de studenten kunt op vrijdagmiddag 21 mei van 14.00-15.00u de bijeenkomst digitaal bijwonen. U kunt inloggen via de onderstaande link.
https://tinyurl.com/mz79wmjk
