Category Archives: Social

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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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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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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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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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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