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Farewell to a SWEET 16
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2017 | Asia | Irit Eguavoen | Urban | Water
Postcard from Yazd in Iran: Knowledge hub on qanats, water reservoirs, wind catchers and cloud seeding
The Iranian oasis town Yazd is known as the capital of wind catchers. Its surrounding province has around 500,000 inhabitants. The ancient city was built in around 3000 BC and has many historic clay buildings built in narrow streets and an amazing, century-old water system. In 2017, it was declared a UNESCO heritage site. UNESCO…
2018 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Europe | Food Security | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Science Policy | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
The German President & I: ZEF at the Villa Hammerschmidt Open Day 2018
Little did I know when I decided to work with Black Soldier Flies that they will take me on this breathtaking journey. Seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official presidential palace and even more seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official…
2020 | Capacity building | Community outreach | CORONA | COVID-19 | Elevator Pitch | Europe | Global | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
Young Entrepreneurs in Science & online engagements during Corona times 🦅 🦅
Do you know how much am I fond of the Wright brothers ?? So much that I could spend the whole night talking about the endless documentaries, books and articles I read about them. The Wright brothers were nothing but genius entrepreneurs who where way ahead of their time. They began their experimentation in flight…
It is official now: IPADS and ZEF on the move!
The cooperation on paper becomes real. With the recent signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Tokyo and the University of Bonn on the one hand and the MoU between ZEF and IPADS on the other, the “strategic international partnership” between the institutions in Japan and Germany has become official. This has…
2016 | Global | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
Entomology without borders a.k.a The Insects Olympics
Away from her flies and waste samples, Marwa paid the spa a visit and to be honest while she was there nothing played in her head more than Shania Twain’s song: Man…I feel like a woman 🙂 Marwa’s visit to the spa was in line with her preparations to an exciting journey that she waiting…