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For example, last summer, when I was subletting my apartment, I used Google to look for information on applicants. And if I was interviewing someone for a job, I’d also use Google to find out about them. So that one website has replaced many different places you used to have to go. Also, as an international student, I like to keep up on news from around the world, and so the internet has replaced the newspaper for me. It also means that I’m not limited to just a really big newspaper, or whatever is available in my city, but I can find sites that are tailored to the type of news that I want to read. One of my favorite news sites is called World Changing, which is a news site focused on sustainability.



Another big part of the internet for me is about networking people together that wouldn’t otherwise be together. I’m in the MSc industrial ecology program at TU Delft, and my study is all about how to bring together different disciplines to solve problems that don’t normally come together. Google docs, Drop Box, and virtual Skype meetings are all such great tools for working together across distances. I also use the web to learn about sustainable development from people all over the world, such as inspirational TED talks, or the amazing Gapminder site, which is such a cool new way to visualize and learn about different countries. I also use the internet to learn about and get connected to networks on collaborative consumption and community power, both of which are important parts of sustainability, and which I’m interested in for my science journalism class.



I also love the internet’s blog atmosphere, because it’s a really cool feeling to be able to so easily publish your own website, or see the creativity of people from all over. I have a blog about cooking and food, because I’m always making creative things in the kitchen that turn out really well, and I wanted to be able to share them. To me, food is such an important part of sustainability, because we all need to eat. And it comes directly from the planet, so it’s one of our closest links to the Earth, especially since we can all grow our own food. In my blog, I focus on non-processed, local and seasonal ingredients, and vegetarian recipes.” 

• ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html

• gapminder.org

• worldchanging.com

• 1000awesomethings.com

• hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com

Dat heeft de staatssecretaris van onderwijs, cultuur en wetenschappen laten weten na afloop van zijn gesprek met formateur en partijgenoot Mark Rutte.

Zijlstra heeft er veel zin in. “Ik heb in het verleden natuurlijk een paar dingen geroepen over een leenstelsel in de studiefinanciering en kwaliteitsbekostiging in het hoger onderwijs”, aldus de aankomende staatssecretaris, die in de Tweede Kamer lange tijd woordvoerder hoger onderwijs is geweest. “Die twee zaken staan nu allebei in het regeerakkoord of in het rapport Veerman. Ik kijk ernaar uit om daar handen en voeten aan te geven.” De overige portefeuilles van het ministerie moeten nog verdeeld worden.