We were extremely saddened to hear at the end of last week and over the weekend about the destruction brought by Typhoon Haiyan, impacting the Philippines last week and (at the time of writing) moving towards Vietnam. The event caused widespread damage, with reports suggesting thousands of deaths and an order of magnitude more displaced. The impact on communities through loss of livelihoods and ho ...[Read More]
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Friday Photo (104): Blog Competition Prize Presentation
Earlier this year we announced the winners of our Blog Competition. We were very pleased to present the winners with their prizes and certificates at the recent GfGD Conference. From left to right… David Litchfield (Best Photograph), Philip Irwin (Best Blog), Robin Wylie (Best Blog), Rosalie Tostevin (GfGD National Committee) and Professor Alan Lord (Secretary for Foreign & External Affa ...[Read More]
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EGU General Assembly 2014 – Some Session Highlights…
As noted on Monday we are delighted to have our national team involved in a number of sessions at the EGU General Assembly 2014 in Vienna, Austria. Today we outline a number of other sessions that may interest our readers… please do look at the full list, as we can’t profile every session on here! Remember – abstracts for all of these sessions – and many more – can b ...[Read More]
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GfGD at the EGU General Assembly 2014
Following the success of our own conference last month and the great opportunities we have had to get involved in the EGU over the past couple of years, we are delighted to be involved in a number of sessions at the 2014 General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Collaborating with other partners and convenors, these sessions will give students and academics the opportunity to profile research that is a ...[Read More]
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GfGD Fundraising Calendars
Those of you at our recent GfGD Conference will have had the opportunity to get your hands on one of our lovely GfGD fundraising calendars. The great news is that we have some of these left and so are able to give you the opportunity to get one (or more) – making perfect Christmas presents for your friends and family, or just a treat for yourself. The calendars are available for the bargain ...[Read More]
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Friday Photo (103): Sustainable Building Resources
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
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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]
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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]
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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]
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#GfGDconf – happening NOW!
After many months of planning, the first Geology for Global Development National Conference is finally here! It’s 10am, and we are expecting over 150 delegates at the Geological Society of London, ready to listen to some opening remarks from Jeremy Lefroy MP. Jeremy is the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tanzania, and a member of the international development select committee. ...[Read More]