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| Dec. 1, 2003 | GTZ's Ecosan Newsletter No.10 now available
Here's the 10th issue of the GTZ Ecosan newsletter:
Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ |
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| Nov. 13, 2003 | Position Announcement, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
Faculty Position in the Department of Environmental Engineering As one of the major universities in Korea, Konkuk University offers a wide range of degree programs up to the Ph.D. level in the Humanities, Business Administration, Engineering, Science, Social Science, and others, and it has a great reputation for the quality of teaching and research. The University has a large and scenic campus in Seoul, Korea, and its student population in 2003 exceeds 20,000. Following its strategic plan for the next four years, the University aims to recruit a large number of full-time faculty members from overseas every year in an attempt to secure high-quality, international human resources. The Department of Environmental Engineering is one of 11 academic departments in the College of Engineering. The department is currently comprised of 7 full-time faculty members and offers BS, MS, and Ph.D. programs. Links with companies are extensive and the department aspires to play a leading role in the field of Environmental Engineering, not only in Korea, but in the entire Asia-Pacific region. Applications are now being accepted for one full-time position in the area of Ecotechnological Engineering.
Interested applicants should initially contact Professor Young Sunwoo by email at ysunwoo@konkuk.ac.kr. Subsequent formal applications should include curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and official certification of degree and they should be sent to the following address: Professor Young Sunwoo Further information can be obtained from Dr. Sunwoo by email at ysunwoo@konkuk.ac.kr. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. |
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| Oct. 28, 2003 | New Book: The Do’s and Don’ts of Wetland Construction by Dr. Edgar Garbich
Providing invaluable insight for the wetland practitioner, the information contained within will assist the reader in making sound decisions regarding:
The Dos and Don'ts examined in these chapters point out the correct and incorrect methods used in creating, enhancing and constructing wetlands, with the overall objective of increasing the success rate of wetland construction projects. Based on 30 years of experience, this publication is authored by one of the pioneers in the field of wetland construction. USD$34.95 plus s&h - Order online at http://www.wetland.org/ Source: Bronwyn Mitchell, wetland.org, via Email (Comment A.Schoenborn: The book may be focussing heavily on the situation in the USA. We are looking for reviewers for the EcoEng-Newsletter. If you want to review the book, please contact me at |
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| Oct. 21, 2003 | 3633 visitors on EcoEng-online in September 2003
Have a look at some further statistical data on visitor frequency on our site. The interest is considerable. The Business Lounge ranks as number three in the interest of our visitors. So, if you have a business in Ecological Engineering, you better get listed now. ;-) Andreas Schoenborn |
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| Oct. 14, 2003 | EcoEng-Newsletter 2/2003 to be published in November
The next EcoEng-Newsletter will be issued after the conference on "Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management: Designing Industrial and Urban Watersheds", to take place from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in Harvard, USA. Our co-editor Carl Etnier will be there in person and will report about the event. The next issue will also feature an interview with Dr. René Haller, Baobab Trust, Kenya about his lifelong work on Baobab farm, his ideas and visions. It is to be expected that Joe Swamp will be present in this issue as well, in one way or the other, although I personally haven't seen him for a while... You are invited to contribute information about seminars, conferences or interesting projects of yours at any time. We'll try to include them into this issue, if they come timely enough. The deadline for longer articles will pass tomorrow. Andreas Schoenborn |
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| Sep. 17, 2003 | Volunteers needed for IBSnet e-seminar
IBSnet co-organized the Internet Conference on Ecocity Development last Feb. to June. Jackie Foo is now planning another Internet conference on water and wastewater treatment for next year in cooperation with the Department of Biotechnology (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm). He is in the process of submitting a grant application. Before the end of this year, he'd like someone to help organize and moderate an e-seminar. How to do it:
Contact Jackie Foo: foo@swipnet.se Source: Email by Jackie Foo, Sep. 4, 2003 |
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| Aug. 29, 2003 | GTZ's Ecosan Newsletter No.9 now available
as. The GTZ Ecosan newsletter offers a great wealth of information to all interested in Ecological Sanitation and can only be highly recommended. It is also distributed via email. If you aren't yet, subscribe to it!
Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ |
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| Aug. 26, 2003 | Fachtagung Wasser und Landschaft / Conference on Water and the Landscape
A conference in German language, focussing on System Aspects of Water and the Landscape, Sustainable Land Use, Ecological Engineering, Water in the Urban Landscape, Water and Landscape Planning. The conference is organized by the Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung Deutschland (IOeV) and the Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten (BDLA). For more information see the websites of IOeV (http://www.ioev.de) and BDLA (http://www.bayern.bdla.de). Dowload the announcement (PDF, 56 kB) Source: Email by G.Höhner, IOeV |
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| May 6, 2003 | Ecological Engineering Conference in Harvard: Announcement Now Available
The next in the series of Ecological Engineering conferences is going to take place in Harvard, Mass., USA from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2003. It is titled " Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management: Designing Industrial and Urban Watersheds". Download the announcement (PDF, 140 kB) as. |
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| Apr. 28, 2003 | Course invitation: Appropriate Sanitation in the Developing World
The course is taking place from June 2 - 6 2003 at the Agricultural University of Norway. For further details please download the announcement (PDF, 160 kB). as. |
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| Apr. 3, 2003 | New entry in "Business Lounge": aquatectura, Germany
The new company of IEES members Anja Brüll and Grit Bürgow is now listed in the "Business Lounge" of EcoEng-online. Aquatectura focusses on
Visit aquatectura's website at http://www.aquatectura.de as. |
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| Feb. 26, 2003 | New Ecosan Newsletter now available from GTZ
Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ |
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| Jan. 14, 2003 | New EcoEng-Correspondent in Sri Lanka
The EcoEng-Newsletter has a new correspondent in Sri Lanka. Shantini will keep an eye on developments in Ecological Engineering and related fields in Sri Lanka for the community. Here's a brief introduction written by herself: "I am shanthini, working as Senior Lecturer at the department of chemical enginering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya. I teach and research in the areas of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Industrial Pollution Control and Abatement, Environmental Pollution Reduction, and Modelling of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions. I am very interested in promoting a world in which each and every life, including human, animals, insects, trees and other living things, has an equal place and equal justice.I am a freelance writter, a councillor, and a story writer. We, my husband and I, have a lot of animals at my home which we saved from roads." I'd like to warmly welcome Shantini as our new correspondent. Her contact is shanthi@ids.lk. Andreas Schoenborn |
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| Jan. 8, 2003 | EcoEng Newsletter 1/2003 - Call for Contributions
The next issue of the EcoEng Newsletter is planned for March/April 2003. It will focus on "Evaluation Criteria for Ecologically Engineered System" and will also publish some results of the first test eWorkshop carried out as part of the IEES "NetWorks" project . If you want to make a contribution to the focus topic, write an article about an interesting project of yours or make a website or an event known to the community of Ecological Engineers, please contact the editors of the newsletter before February 21, 2003. The editors |
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| Jan. 7, 2003 | Register for the 2nd International ecosan-Symposium!
Dear ecosan-friends, are you an "early bird"? You can now immediately register for the 2nd International Symposium on ecological santiation, to be held from April 7-11, 2003 in Luebeck, Germany! This event is organised by the GTZ in cooperation with the IWA specialist group on Sustainable Sanitation. The very interesting programme, that was just scheduled, will consist of an international political opening session with keynote lectures and a panel discussion, 9 topical blocks of oral and poster presentations and discussions, a one day excursion to ecosan sites in Northern Germany, side events and social events. Subjects of the topical blocks are:
The full conference announcement, a preliminary programme draft, the conference registration form, a hotel list and a hotel reservation form as well as informations about a post-conference ecosan-study tour can be downloaded at : http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/deutsch/symposium2.htm or http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/english/symposium2.htm We are looking foward to meeting you in Lübeck! With best wishes for Christmas and year 2003, your GTZ-ecosan-team Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ, received Dec. 13, 2002 |
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| Jan. 6, 2003 | Relaunch: MaESTro - Environmentally Sound Technology database
The maESTro database available on-line has been redesigned to better serve users with improved content and interface. The new EST database will be renamed maESTro II to reflect this important step. maESTro II has been augmented with additional features that will enable users to access ESTs, as well as other relevant information, in order to identify and select the most appropriate ESTs for a particular need. Major tasks
IETC is committed to collecting and disseminating EST information and to improving the quality and user-friendliness of the maESTro database. Visit maESTro II: http://www.unep.or.jp/maestro2/ Source: The MaESTro team via email |
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