Author Archives: Natasja

Understanding digestive health and combating digestive illness

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Natasja

In this post you will read my scientific findings and personal experience in combating digestive illness. Around two-three years ago my health rapidly started to decline, and it was unclear why. I started to have problems eating without experiencing a … Continue reading →

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Recipe for disaster

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Natasja

This recipe composes of a spell and a potion that have been long lost after they were hidden long before they were found. A disaster is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly, that being said, small disasters … Continue reading →

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How nuclear weapons could save the world

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Natasja

Remember the world before November 2016? Happy and hopeful, gradually becoming a better place and most of us were working towards human equality, freedom, life in balance with nature by building a more durable economy. Then the US elections came … Continue reading →

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Wastewater in Ahmedabad – part 2 : A SOLUTION

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Natasja

My previous blog described an excursion to factories discharging their wastewater in the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. As part of the program Wetskills I joined a collaboration between 11 other Dutch participates and 13 participants from India to solve 5 … Continue reading →

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Wastewater in Ahmedabad – part 1: THE PROBLEM

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Natasja

Last week I was in India, in the city of Ahmedabad, standing on a bridge over the river Sabarmati. The sun is shining bright and the view over the river basin is incredible. I had just returned from a full … Continue reading →

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Whatever floats your boat

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Natasja

Last march I participated in a 36 hour engineering challenge organized by VPDelta in the harbor of Rotterdam. The challenges was to build a floating platform with the main purpose of urban poor residential usage, full scale size 6m x … Continue reading →

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Mobile monitoring – learning from nature

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Natasja

The future of monitoring is always up for discussion, since costs can be reduced and efficiency can be improved. In the spring of last year I had an idea about mobile monitoring which could be interesting. To guarantee sufficient drinking … Continue reading →

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Are we going forward or reverse?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Natasja

In the Netherlands we are very proud of our tap water. It is of excellent quality, widely available and incredibly cheap. Due to the reasonably good quality of surface waters and the good quality of the groundwater sources it has … Continue reading →

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Water to Nepal – emergency aid

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Natasja

The recent earthquakes in Nepal have left much of the population without basic utilities like good quality drinking water. It takes some time before these basic untilities have become available due to the lack of material and the difficulties faced … Continue reading →

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Can we keep up? The implementation of IT innovations

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Natasja

Once upon a time I was working for an engineering company and I was trying to model a certain water treatment installation, meaning I was trying to explain how it works by using mathematics. Like the second photo, not the … Continue reading →

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Human trails in an urban environment

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Natasja

 I love walking around a city and observe people, and observe how people interact with the urban environment. In the same way you would if you were to study a group of monkeys in their natural habitat. And just like … Continue reading →

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The perfect urban delta

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Natasja

Yesterday I had the privilege to attend the KIVI year conference focused on Delta Cities. After 3 sessions and  a wonderful plenary program (which included a very educational keynote speech by the vice chairman of the China institute for innovation and … Continue reading →

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A rapper’s guide to Sustainable Shopping

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Natasja

During my time in university I was often too poor, too lazy or too busy to shop and I also did not want to buy stuff I didn’t need. This means my wardrobe so far has consisted for 80% out … Continue reading →

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Do you know what it feels like for a girl?

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Natasja

In light of the new UN campaign He For She I decided to write my story as a female engineer in a man’s world. Let me start with stating I belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities and … Continue reading →

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Water stories in Thailand

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Natasja

After graduating in October of 2013 I had the opportunity to travel through South East Asia for 3 months, this blog is based on that experience. Bangkok First off, Bangkok, the city that seems, smells and sounds like unorganized chaos. … Continue reading →

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Linking public health and urban planning

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Natasja

Since the beginning of March 2014 I have been following the online course TechniCity to further educate me in the future of cities. In this course I have learned about the increasing availability of networks, sensors and mobile technologies, which allow … Continue reading →

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Exploring challenges in water, sanitation and hygiene

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Natasja

The Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG7) Target 10 is to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Almost 1.9 billion people gained access to improved sanitation facilities from 1990 to … Continue reading →

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Development of sanitation infrastructure in slums

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Natasja

In the spring of 2013 I followed the course Managing Urban Environmental Infrastructure at Wageningen University. As part of the work my group developed a possible scenario for the development of the sanitation infrastructure in slums. The following part was … Continue reading →

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Urban environmental management: Water

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Natasja

I recently made a prezi about urban environmental management focused on water. Let me know what you think!

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