Tag Archives: Science

A suspicious amount of green tea

Posted on June 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

That I seemed to love tea, the cashier of my local supermarket noticed. A fairly unusual conversation starter, where it not that he could impossibly ignore the obvious fact: I had a cart with only green tea, 140 tea bags … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Drinking, Ecology, Food, Food photography, Green, Party, Photography, Science, Summer, Sunset, Tea bag index, Teaching | 4 Comments

Summer is coming

Posted on June 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

While I visited the little Swedish village of Flen for our international meeting, spring slowly turned into summer. The early plant species of the season were still in full glory everywhere, but the next generation was already taking their positions. This marks the most diverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Gardens, Hiking, Insects, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Spring, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | Leave a comment

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Posted on June 8, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Ekenäs Herrgård is an old mansion in the south of Sweden, close to the village of Flen and on a one hour drive, with a cute old black train, from the capital Stockholm. We were so lucky to have a meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Architecture, Ecology, Flen, Mansion, Meeting, Mountains, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plant invasion, Scandinavia, Science, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Flen

Posted on June 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow morning I will be on a plane again. A short trip this time, 3 days up and down to the south of Sweden, where we have a meeting with the MIREN-network (all our colleagues from all over the world who … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Europe, Flowers, Garden, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Science, Sweden, Travel, Traveling | 1 Comment

That’s invasive!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Science has to keep up with the rest of society, in order to stay meaningful. Luckily, science is all about innovating, so the good ideas are plentiful. Through the ‘Empowering biodiversity research’ conference in Brussels, Belgium, where big datasets in … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecology, Europe, Field ecology, future, Gardens, Invasive species, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Plants, Science | 3 Comments

University of the Arctic

Posted on May 31, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

It are the little things that can make someone happy. Some of my Swedish pictures are featured on the website of the University of the Arctic. That idea is already nice, but I also find it nice to be associated … Continue reading →