Communities worldwide are critically re-examining their seasonal cultures and calendars. As cultural frameworks, seasons have long patterned community life and provided repertoires for living by annual rhythms. In a chaotic world, the seasons - winter, the monsoon and so on - can feel like stable cultural …

Workshop Communicating and drawing with empathic regard

This workshop is, at its core, a basic exercise in how we communicate and how we receive ‘truth’, in how we calibrate in-between, with consideration, to best meet the needs of the person on the receiving end. One person describes, the otherdraws. The describer makes an effort to convey to the other what …

Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the nurses' experiences with the Nursing Crisis Meetings and to identify nurses' needs regarding the future governance structure. Design: Qualitative study. Methods: Two focus groups were conducted in February 2022 with participants of the Nursing Crisis Meetings …

NORTHERN MARITIME SECTOR BECOMES FRONTRUNNER AS GREEN MARITIME COALITION ADOPTS ‘GREEN’ SHIPS.The maritime sector in the Northern Netherlands presented the promising results of the Green Maritime Coalition’s ‘Green and Digital Maritime Innovation Ecosystem Northern Netherlands’ (GDMIEN-NL) project at …

Battery energy storage (BES) can provide many grid services, such as power flow management to reduce distribution grid overloading. It is desirable to minimise BES storage capacities to reduce investment costs. However, it is not always clear how battery sizing is affected by battery siting and power …

Sustainable Open Solutions Climate Waterfront is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore waterfronts in Europe facing extreme situations under the threat of climate change, eg. heat, too much absent rain and sea level rise with all its consequences. The central goal is to exchange adaptive …