We’re excited to announce that #H2NOWChicago has launched its real-time water quality monitoring platform for the 2022 season at www.h2nowchicago.org. The project provides real-time information about microbial water quality in the river, allowing Chicagoans and visitors to make more educated decisions about how and when to interact with the waterway. We’re a proud partner in
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Seeking two student Fellows to support the development of a Health, Equity, and Nature Report for Lake County. It’s a very exciting project, and a great opportunity for on-the-ground learning. Click on the description for more information! Fellowship Description
Start-Up Nation Central by Valeria Apolinario and Caroline Webster For our last official stop in Israel, we headed to Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) in the business district of Tel Aviv. First impression: is this where an economics degree will get you? When we first entered the building, we were confronted by a large, colorful wall
Visiting Israel’s Water Treatment Facility at Shafdan By Caroline Webster and Grace Wanjiku Wainaina The Shafdan Wastewater Treatment centre is located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. The main goals for the treatment centre are to minimize environmental pollution and protect the state’s limited water resources. The centre comprises a complex inter-region system that collects,
King Hezekiah’s Tunnel By Alexandro Reyes On Sunday, September 15th, we left Masada and made our way to Jerusalem, where we would learn about the water systems there. Upon arrival, our tour guide was quick to enlighten us on the history of Jerusalem through archeological evidence collected over the past centuries. The main highlight of
Ancient Water System Models and the Dead Sea By Deogratias Mukuralinda and Hannah Paridis Though we took the cable car going up, we were out of breath; not because of the scorching heat or the vertigo (it was high!), but because of the beautiful sight of the Negev desert and the Dead Sea. It
Revolutionizing Sustainable Agriculture by Morgan Gass and Helena Freire Haddad For the second half of our first whole day in Israel, we headed just east of Be’er Sheva to visit the Kibbutz Hatzerim. The focus was on sustainable agriculture practices, and we visited the Jojoba Hatzrim plantation as well as the global drip irrigation company
Continuing to Make the Desert Bloom by Valeria Apolinario and Carmen Awin-Ongya The first visit in our GET Trek to Israel was to the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, one of the three institutes part of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University. The visit was in the southern desert region