Used oil canisters form the framework for a wall in Ladakh. Where resources are scarce and often imported, people find creative ways to make use of existing resources. (c) Geology for Global Development 2013
Guest Blog: Before the wells run dry… New Competition!
Geraint Burrows, Head of HWB-UK, shares an exciting competition that Earth Scientists could enter in collaboration with engineers or other stakeholders…Hydrogeologists without Borders UK (HWB-UK), in partnership with Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK), have launched a competition entitled ‘Before the well runs dry’. The competition challenges innovators to design a new cost-ef ...[Read More]
GfGD University Groups
Our conference is over, but there is little time to rest. October-December is a key time to invest in our growing network of University Groups. Today we share a little bit about their purpose, leadership and how to start the process of launching a new one in YOUR university… GfGD University Groups are a key way of outworking our objectives to (i) promote the collective and individual respons ...[Read More]
Friday Photo (102): #GfGDconf
A full house at the Geological Society of London on Wednesday, 23rd October, for our first National Conference. 150 students and recent graduates from universities around the UK and ROI joined development professionals and practitioners to ask the question ‘fighting global poverty – can geologists help?’. The answer was a resounding YES, we can. More photos from the day can be fo ...[Read More]