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Soft launch Mayors for a Drinkable Thames
22 November 2024, KingstonOne of the Thames Councilors, James Manthel, co-initiated Mayors for a drinkable Thames and convened the first gathering on the beautiful Thames Venturer riverboat, in Kingston Upon Thames last Friday 22 November 2024. Inspired by the Thames...
HUB IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tierpark Nordhorn | Educating the Next Generation of (Citizen) Scientists
Interview taken by Anna Riley-Shepard“The younger kids come for the animals, the older kids come for the river measurements”, jokes Rebecca Schulte-Iserlohe of Tierpark Nordhorn’s “Zoo School”. We sat down with Rebecca and her colleague Lisa Giese to hear how Tierpark...
DO WE MEASURE UP? Testing the Validity of our Drinkable Rivers Measurement Kit Data Against Other Citizen Science and Lab-Grade Materials
Clara Valdez Research | Blogpost written together with Anna Riley-ShepardDip, shake, read, repeat… nitrate concentration: zero?Kneeling in the grass by the confluence of three irrigation canals into the river Aa, I tried to wrap my head around why my Drinkable Rivers...
Tracking the Health of our Rivers: a first overview and potential patterns found by our community
Blogpost and infographics by Sandra de Vries | Data analysis by Grace Saville | Survey design by Camille JanssenSince the opening of the Drinkable Rivers Citizen Science Programme in 2022, we have been able to grow into 65 hubs in over 22 countries. These hubs have...
Danube Walk 2024 Diary
Goodbye Danube river family!Between our two night trains, we walked 15km in Vienna via parks back to our beloved Danube. Like all the lovely children, our hosts, our Romanian colleagues, and co-walker friends, like the sweet dog that walked with us, we will miss...
Berkel Walk 2024 Diary
June 8th - Day #13Our last day of 14 days in total. At confluence of the Berkel into the river IJssel, an embrace with the five of us who have walked every day and stayed every night as guest with one of our lovely Berkel family hosts: Anne Leeflang, Hans Leeflang,...
Mayors for a Drinkable Meuse Annual gathering #6 (2024, Maaseik, BE)
The sixth “Mayors for Drinkable Meuse” annual gathering took place on March 15th 2024, in Maaseik (Belgium)
Hub in the spotlight – Meet Charlotte & Antoinette – VechtIJsseldelta
Inspiring example of a striving hub: Vecht IJssel Delta
Thames Walk 2023 Diary
Oct 17th - Day #28 - Our final event in London at the Dutch embassyWe're finished walking and we celebrated this moment with about sixty people. We've shared some of our experiences, insights, and encouragements that we have for the Thames River family. We encourage...
Hub in the Spotlight – Meet Ingrid – De Wissen
Teaching teachers and children to monitor the Meuse.
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