Pinal A. Desai

This week’s task: find solutions to the following questions: How to bring a change? What change really matters? Whom to keep happy, the old or the young? How to prove to people that you are the one with a great idea that can make Texel a better place? How to retain the identity? (Well the list is long and so are the discussions on them). But i guess the love story of Lucas and Sophie says it all.

MEETING ONE - NOV 12. 2014 Texel sustainable island Tatiana Armijos Moya, Pinal Desai, Truke Zeinstra   The first meeting of Engineering for a Sustainable Development was held on Wednesday, November 12 th from 13:45 to 17:30 on TPM building, room C. During the introduction we met our course coordinators Bertien Broekhans (course manager), Eefje Cuppen, Caroline Nevejan, Lucas Florez Atehortua and…

Eco-Island . Circular Flow Land Use Management . Creative Island Tatiana Armijos Moya, Pinal Desai, Truke Zeinstra SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA According to Huang Baorong, Ouyang Zhiyun, Zheng Hua and others in their scientific article Construction of an eco-island: A case study of Chongming Island, China; it was stated that Eco-island is a sustainable concept characterized by integrating ecosystem…

Luxury and sustainability... Two words that are seemingly opposite. It is a fact that when we use luxurious transport options like an airplane, it is less sustainable as against a train. But luxury also implies to brands and good they offer for also our day to day usage. It is a fact that more there is an increase in the number of people wanting prada bags, super cars, luxury bathrooms and the…