Tag Archives: Travel

Unexpected bluebells

Posted on May 3, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

This time of year, thousands of people are awed by the Purple Forest, the beautiful Hallerbos close to Brussels, with its endless tapestries of bluebells. Tourists come from all over the world, making the romantic scenery suffer more, year after … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Flower photography, Flowers, Hallerbos, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Tourism, Travel | Leave a comment

Plants do fly

Posted on April 4, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

At the Functional Ecology conference in Montpellier (see earlier posts), several times I heard the saying that plants cannot fly and as such have a significant limitation compared to other organisms. Yet I strongly disagree with that saying, no matter how … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Ecology, Flower photography, Flowers, France, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science, Travel, Travelling | 3 Comments

Montpellier

Posted on March 30, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

A post on the Functional Ecology conference in Montpellier, organised by AnaEE France. Montpellier, the city that opened up the views on the interesting topic of functional ecology (the theme of the 3-day conference I attended here this week). A … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Architecture, Cities, Citytrip, Ecology, Europe, France, Functional ecology, Global, History, Montpellier, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Functional

Posted on March 28, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, I took the train down to Montpellier, in the sunny Meditteranean part of France, to join a conference on Functional Ecology. Here, scientists gather around the common goal of trying to find the ‘how’ in ecology. How do … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Ecology, France, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mediterranean, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Travel, Traveling | 1 Comment

East-ward bound

Posted on March 24, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

As you can see in my previous post, where you can find an insightful map of my current global scientific network, my global network has only a limited connection with the east. While strong ties exist within Europe and across the ocean to … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, General | Tagged Architecture, Asia, Flowers, Gardens, Global, Japan, Nature, Photography, Plants, Spring, Travel | Leave a comment

Interact

Posted on March 3, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

I have some awesome news for this summer! With the help from INTERACT, the European program supporting research in the Arctic, we just made this summers’ research project s in Lapland official. INTERACT has a trans-national access program, which creates opportunities for researchers throughout Europe to work … Continue reading →