A regular reader has informed us about this initiative. Use your multidisciplinary knowledge set to propose a practicable way to preserve the delta we call home (and go in the prize to win €10,000).

A combination of ideas from different disciplines could contribute to a sustainable development of the Deltas of the world. These could cover (combinations of) areas such as Water, Nature, Mobility, Agriculture, Energy, Health, Housing and/or Recreation.

We are in particular seeking creative, innovative and multi-disciplinary solutions. But solutions should also have a scientific base and be realistic (let’s face it… we will probably not all move to Mars in the coming decades).

The DeltaCompetition calls upon (bachelors, masters en PhD) students from all over the world and from all relevant disciplines to prepare – together or individually - a paper and submit this to our internationally acclaimed Jury.

The Jury will award two prices: €10,000 for the best paper submitted by a group of students; and €5,000 for the best individual paper.

View the endangered deltas of the world in the Google Earth tour “Endangered Deltas”. For that, you need Google Earth installed on your computer. Scroll down in the menu ‘places’, click on ‘endangered deltas’ and press the ’start’ button.

Details: http://deltacompetition.ddg42.tamtam.nl/en-us/Pages/Home.aspx