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Editorial |
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
 Dear friends of Ecological Engineering, dear IEES members,
the field of Ecological Engineering is moving out of its niche and becoming mainstream.
This is a claim! But many things indicate that it is true. Statements like US-president Obama's pledge to "to double US production of alternative energy in three years". It is becoming obvious that we are running out of fossil oil. Several universities in Europe are getting on the tracks and are developing Ecological Engineering curricula, among them my own school at Waedenswil, Switzerland.
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International Green Roof Congress 2009 |
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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 May 25-27, 2009, Stuttgart / Nuertingen, Germany
No other element in sustainable architecture has seen technical innovations develop so fast, as in the field of green roofs.
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International Symposium on Sustainable Ecosystems |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
 Harmonious ecosystems for a bright future
Successful pathways to sustainability in Africa
20th - 23rd July, 2009
Valley View University, Accra, Ghana, West-Africa
Download announcement (PDF, 492 kB)
More info: www.vvu.edu.gh or www.ioev.de
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El Salvador |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
 Between a growing economy and an alarming water situation
By Maeggi Hieber , El-Salvador
El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country of Latin America. Despite its growing economy and its progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, El Salvador is still among the 10 poorest countries of Latin America and faces an alarming drinking water and sanitation situation.
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Capacity Development for Ecological Sanitation in India |
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Monday, 23 March 2009 |
By Katharina Conradin, Switzerland
The Millennium Development Goals with their sub-target to halve the number of people without access to basic sanitation until the year 2015 are well known by now. It is also well known that lacking sanitation causes enormous costs and has tremendous negative effects on economy, health, human dignity and the environment.
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NoMix Pilot at Liesthal discontinued |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
 The Swiss pilot trial with urine separation toilets in a public library in Liesthal (Canton of Baselland) has been recently discontinued. According to the online newspaper bazonline.ch, the NoMix toilets did not serve their purpose well enough.
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Constructed Wetlands - Nice video from Spain |
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 |
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The Division of Environmental & Sanitary Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain) has produced a charming promotional video on constructed wetlands . Have a look at it and enjoy!
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Assessing Ecological Enginering 1 |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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 Student Term Project 2008:
Assessing the Ecosan Project at Rajendra Nagar Slum, Bangalore, India
The Rajendra Nagar slum with a population of approximately 15'000 had a major lack of sanitation facilities. Residents were forced to defecate in the open field, which resulted in massive hygiene and social issues.
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Assessing Ecological Enginering 2 |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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Student Term Project 2008:
Assessing the The Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College, New York, USA
The Adam Joseph Lewis Centre (AJLC) is a remarkable example of ecological construction and is one of the most developed ecological buildings in America. In the year 2002 the construction of the building was finished and since then the centre has won several prizes for innovation and ecotechnology.
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Some remarks to the Rajendranagar Ecosan project |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 |
by Dr. Ken Gnanakan, ACTS, Bangalore
ACTS website: http://www.acts.co.in
When Johannes [Heeb] and I started the Rajendranagar project, we did it with a lot of excitement. We pooled our ideas together, met with the local community, spoke to other experts and designed the project.
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E-Facilitation Online Training |
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 |
Date and Venue: May 25 to June 19, 2009 (part-time, workload 8-12 h/week). The training takes place fully online.
Today web-based communication and collaboration is quite common and there is a wide variety of tools available for it. A professional e-facilitation ensures that these tools are used in an optimal way
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WETPOL Conference 2009 |
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 |
 The 2009 WETPOL conference (WETPOL stands for Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control) will take place from Sep. 20 to 24 in Barcelona, Spain.
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2009 AEES Annual Meeting |
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Friday, 30 January 2009 |
 The 2009 meeting of our sister society AEES will be held June 24-26, 2009 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The theme of this year's conference is "Engineering for Ecosystem Services – Design at the Interface of Human and Natural Systems".
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