A visit to Volendam

Madeleen Driessen  -  27 mei 2010
Everybody in Volendam know too well that the eel population is in a sorry state at the moment. But that researchers in Leiden have put thirteen years into studying the propagation of eel... Read more »

LZK Schools to Relish and Cherish

M.J.F. (Maria) le Grand MSc  -  21 mei 2010
Trains, buses, regional taxis and my trusty legs took me the length and breadth of the country - from Groningen to Enschede and Breda - visiting LZK Schools for chronically ill children... Read more »

Sector in motion

Dr. G. (Ger) Vos  -  11 mei 2010
Frankly, it was with somewhat mixed feelings that I made my way to the Van der Valk hotel at Schiphol for the joint meeting of the knowledge networks and the sounding board group of the VIP... Read more »

Everywhere the same, everywhere different

Ir. J.M. (Hans) Rutten  -  27 april 2010
Cities are full of people eating – in canteens, restaurants, homes, on the streets, in cafeterias. How sustainable is all this food for the city?.. Read more »

11th National Conference on Extracurricular Care

Drs. F. (Francien) Knorringa  -  20 april 2010
With the words “It’s all about two things; eating and playing outside together in a healthy and fun way” Ria Meijvogel resolutely opened the annual IOS Extracurricular Care Conference (IOS Overblijfconferentie). Read more »

Near Greenery

M.J.F. (Maria) le Grand MSc  -  15 april 2010
The skies are grey and rainy as people come dripping in to the community apartment in Overvecht. “Did you read the papers this morning?”... Read more »

Dwarves on the shouldersof giants

Dr.ir. J.G. (Jan) de Wilt  -   1 april 2010
With a quotation attributed to the medieval philosopher Bernard de Chartres, Minister Verburg launched the Antibiotics-Free Chains Innovation Programme: "We are dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants. We see better and further than them. It is not because our sight is sharper or because we are taller, but because their immense bodies carry us and lift us up." Read more »