General News

www.dontcorruptaid.org.nz is a campaign to keep New Zealand’s international aid focussed on addressing poverty. We think aid should be spent on meeting the needs of people in developing countries, not advancing the interests of the government of the day.

Please support this urgent campaign by visiting the website and showing your support for keeping NZAID separate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and allowing more effective progress in development aid.

You are invited to join EWBNZ as we kick off a new start to this year.

Please come join Engineers Without Borders New Zealand (EWBNZ) as we start off with our combined professionals and university chapters Launch 2009!

Date: 11th March 2009
Time: 6.00 p.m
Location: Engineering 1.439, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland

EWBNZ Auckland recently sent a team to Tonga to design a biogas digester. Found here is a report by the project team leader, Anita McKenzie, on the ups and downs towards getting the project completed that happened.

Have a good read!

There is an upcoming opportunity to listen to a guest lecture on microhydro in Vanuatu and South Pacific tomorrow and on Thursday. There are 2 parts to this lecture.

Part 1:
Where: University of Auckland, Arts Room 209
When: Tuesday, 21st October 2008
Time: 3pm - 4pm

Part 2:
Where: University of Auckland, Commerce C Building, C303
When: Thursday, 23rd October 2008
Time: 2pm - 3pm

This is part of the Water Resources Engineering course.

Please find attached the related presentation materials.

We would like to let you know of the upcoming NZSSES (NZ Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science) Symposium on Achieving Sustainability through Collaboration

This event will be held on 21st October at the University of Auckland Business School.

Our Chair, Dr Carol Boyle, and Deputy Chair, Dr Ron McDowall are both speaking at this event, which is co-hosted by Swedish Style New Zealand.

Please find attached a new flyer which outlines the purposes, programme details and registration form.  Contact information for further information is also available on the attached flyer.

Check out what Engineers Without Borders has been up to this past month in our September Newsletter.

Features in this newsletter are:

• EWBNZ Open Design Challenge Wrap Up
• Information on Ongoing Projects
• Update on Upcoming Project - Tonga Project Applications Closes 7pm 19th September 2008!
  

Have a good read!

Check out what Engineers Without Borders has been up to this past month in our August Newsletter.

Features in this newsletter are:

• The Vanuatu Water Retrofit Project 2008
• EWBNZ Past Events
• Updates on Upcoming Projects

Have a good read!

The Better By Design CEO Summit is happening on 1 September in Auckland.
It includes world-leading visionary speakers for a sustainable future such as Ray Anderson, Janine Benyus, Michael Braungart, Alex Steffen and Lee Weinstein.

We want young people to be there, so if you're 17-30 years old, looking for inspiration, and would like to attend, read on...

Intersect, in partnership with the Sustainable Business Network, and with the support of Better By Design and Interface NZ are enabling 5 young people to be there by providing 5 discounted tickets at $195. The normal ticket price is $1195+GST.

If you would like to be one of the 5 people, you need to be in quick.
Here's what you need to do:

Engineers Without Borders 3rd Annual National Conference
27th November - 29th November 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Access2008: Knowledge. Resource.Technology

The Engineers Without Borders National Conference is a hub of learning and inspiration. Delegates will hear from the most exciting and innovative people working in situations where community development and appropriate design intersect.

In 2008 the EWB Conference will look at how development programs are ensuring access to and effective use of knowledge, resources and technology in communities here in Australia and around the world.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS CLOSE AUGUST 31st, DON’T MISS OUT!