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A new board
The first newsletter of the new board of 2009 is a fact! We have already familiarized ourselves with S4S and since March 16th we are the official new board of S4S. Wouter Bossenkool as president, Jurjen de Jong as secretary and treasurer, Werner van Westering as commissar extern, Mirande Pieron and David Oludare as commissars projects. We start this new year with a fresh mood.
Dies Natalis
S4S celebrates its anniversary! We celebrate our Dies on thursday 9 april. There will be a Diesdrink in the sportcanteen, from 16:00 to 18:00. Do you want to get involved, support S4S, meet the new board or do you just want to have a good time? Just come by!
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Malao Waters
In many developing countries there is a shortage of clean drinking water. Desalting of seawater is one of the ways to make drinking water. This can be done with the help of a windmill, but current windmills are expensive and not energy-efficient. One of the projects in which Students 4 Sustainability invests your two euros, is “Maloa Waters”. This project is a cooperation between the TU Delft and the Daryeel foundation. Most of the current windmills do need some electricity or fuel to operate. Researchers from the TU Delft have developed a windmill that does not require any electricity or fuel to operate. This new windmill is also very energy-efficient. Moloa waters has te goal of being commercial, but the main goal of the project is to provide clean drinking water for everyone.
In 2008 a prototype has been built, and it has shown that the concept is very successful. The next step, that is being taken at the moment, is redesigning the windmill and building a new prototype, that will be tested in Somaliland. S4S has already saved up to 4800 euros for Malao Waters. But to enter the next phase, we do not only need to invest money, but also enthusiastic students who want to invest their time.
Do you want to get involved with this project, or do you know somebody who wants to get involved? Please contact us!
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Water for Ethiopia
On the 9t of March Susan van Wissen and Willemijn Elkhuizen (Industrial Design) have traveled to Ethiopia for their internship. In Ethiopia there is also a shortage of clean and affordable drinking water. Susan and Willemijn will research the problem in coörperation with the universisty of Mekkele. When the problems are clear, they consider to work out a solution at the end of their internship. If they do not finish the project within the four months of their internship, the plan is to continue the project with another studentteam in 2009..
Students 4 Sustainability supports Susan and Willemijn for now with a loan of 200 euros for buying equipment, which will turn in a gift if they can spend it on solving this problem. You can follow the project “Water for Ethiopia” on their website:www.watervoorethiopie.nl
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Sustainable Energy in Negeria
The objective of this project is to provide sustainable and renewable energy for achieving sustainable development and poverty alleviation in rural areas in Sub – Saharan Africa. This is the conviction of the current Government of The Netherlands. In pursuance of this belief, the government of Nethetrlands has invested huge amount of resources towards capacity building in students from this region.
This project is expected to stimulate and promote private sector participation in providing sustainable rural electrification services to the rural populace in Sub – Saharan Africa through solar energy. This region is endowed with abundant supply of sun and solar panels have minimal maintenance cost coupled with high energy payback time.
The idea about this project started on the last day of the boat week (Technology in Sustainable Development) , after a good dinner, with the Rector Magnificus, Prof. Jacob Forkema in attendance, he challenged the participants of the programme on the effective and practical applications of the knowledge gained during the sustainability week. He admonished us to be a good ambassador of the University and to help adress the enviromental problems facing the world having gained sufficient knowledge on alternative energy sources which are not only renewables but sustainable. Implementing this in a rural community in Nigeria will be a good start up and could spread to other communities within and outside the country.
- David Oyediran
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