First day of the BIOVEXO Biopesticides to fight Xylella fastidiosa meeting. Still trying to outrun Xylella fastidiosa and it's killing of olive and almond trees. Some promising progress is made. RTDS Group Acies Bio DOMCA @BirUantwerpen

#GSTICRio Conference is OUT! 👉Program: lnkd.in/eW5MY_Zs 👉Registration: lnkd.in/eaa7zUhc #Water sessions in collaboration with: G-STIC, Fiocruz, TERI #SGD6 #HumanRights #innovation #technology #sustainabledevelopment #sanitation #energy #food #health

Hey BIOVEXO Biopesticides to fight Xylella fastidiosa have u seen this...

⚠️Worrying #information from #Portugal🇵🇹 #Xylella has been detected in 7️⃣5️⃣ plant species, including citrus, olive groves and #vineyards. ☹️ This endangers the country's #biodiversity and #agricultural production.

A big happy birthday to @Siegfried_Vla of @BirUantwerpen and CAPTURE. We surprised him today with a delicious koffiekoek 😃.

It was again very insightful to visit the Nieuwe Dokken #sustainable neighborhood in Stad Gent with our IMDO environmental science students of Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp. Thanks a lot Dries Seuntjens and DuCoop.

Today Julia Santolin of Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp pitched the #Nutrichoice project to the Advisory Board of the #Smartwateruse tool of Flanders' FOOD co-developed by VITO WaterClimateHub VITO . Here some results of her quick questions to the board.

Yeah great news. I am looking forward to this one.

We had a great SUSFERT project meeting. Seeing our #sustainable #fertilizers innovations taking shape. Thanks especially to our host Groupe Roullier. Expect to see SUSFERT webinars and final conferences coming your way soon...

Yesterday Tim Van Winckel and I were invited by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges to brainstorm on the future of our #WaterREACT tool. Key questions were: How can we better exchange water in the harbour and what are the barriers to it. Thanks to Antwerp_university and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges for funding!

Out now! Most detailed #MFA of #nitrogen and #phosphorus in #agrifoodsystems yet! Over 1800 flows! Informing interventions and #circularity in #Flanders. Open access link! Amazing work by ruben vingerhoets & team Erik Meers, @Siegfried_Vla & others. authors.elsevier.com/c/1g~xs3QCo9iz…

Second edition, second day of the #windsurf #experience with & for 25 #ukraine children. #windsurfing for #peace and #smiles! Thanks to Sport Vlaanderen and Tim Calluy of making this possible. Great to work with Pieter Mertens our freshwater #waver rider. Continued in May.

SUSFERT #Scientific Co-ordinator & #Senior #Scientist from the Austrian Institute of Technology, Günter Brader, will speak at our #Webinar on 23 May. Join the #conversation about the latest #microbial #research in #phosphorus & #iron supply. Register ➡️ bit.ly/3ASQKWb

♻️How can a #phosphorous containing #mineral #struvite be #recovered from #wastewater? Meet Marc Spiller from the University of Antwerp who will speak about struvite as a #fertiliser at the SUSFERT #Webinar. 💚This is a #trending topic to join: bit.ly/4381qMZ

ABiTEP Head of Regulatory Affairs, #biological #patent #inventor and SUSFERT partner, Dr Kristin Dietel, will speak about #fertiliser #strains developed on the #project. Register for Webinar ➡️ bit.ly/3ASQKWb Read her take on #regulation: bit.ly/3l8XJCs

📢👩‍🔬Join SUSFERT #enzyme and #lignosulphonate team at the #project's #hybrid #event on: 🗓️Tuesday, 23 May at 10:10. What has been achieved❓ bit.ly/3IXB7jx ➕ bit.ly/3iYeq6q Register for Webinar ➡️ bit.ly/3ASQKWb

What medieval castle toilets looked like The first modern flushable toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, who installed one for his godmother, Elizabeth I. Occasionally, some brave knights would conduct sneak attacks by entering the castle via the shaft connected

Today on my way to the Phosphorus Platform White #Ammonia Recovery Meeting. Which was hugely informative, reconnecting to people from Eawag., VITO WaterClimateHub, INSA Toulouse and Colsen b.v.. I came across that poster. How topical.Let's go #GreenNewDeal and #CircularEconomy.

From #shower to #flower! This weekend we ran out of #rainwater to #water the garden due to the lasting #draught. See our solution in 5 steps. Join the #showertoflower movement of our family. #Waterresponsibly! Share your solutions too. VITO WaterClimateHub @BirUantwerpen

#Systems #change debate about #degrowth and #greengrowth at the CAPTURE business day. Let's make a change.