Tag: netherlands
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One For Me, One For You
Have you ever seen the movie Pay it Forward (this is not an age test, even though it came out in 2000)? The movie (loosely based on the novel of the same name) follows the story of a young boy named Trevor, who is assigned a school project to devise an idea that could make a big…
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Amsterdam Is A Doughnut
🔥Hot news alert!🔥 This month is on track to be the warmest February recorded in the Netherlands! Average temperatures at the Bilt weather station are somewhere around 8.2°C, double the usual norm for this time of year. Is winter taking a vacation? But, there’s more than just rising temperatures on the Dutch horizon. By April,…
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Let’s (Not) Put A Label On It
This is part two of this entry Now that we’ve stepped into a world full of confusing, overly positive, and sometimes just plain wrong sustainability claims, it’s like trying to navigate the dating scene. You know, where labels mean defining a relationship and answering the question of “what are we.” Let’s see how tricky it…
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My Body Is A Temple (Of Doom)
Yesterday, I got a email that at first glance looked like standard phishing. According to the email, sent as a reminder, I had booked a massage class? Now, this wouldn’t have been out of the ordinary for me—I sign up for random newsletters all the time, turning my inbox into a treasure hunt resembling vintage…
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Call Me By My Name
Today’s entry is inspired by a glitch with my dishwasher. The issue at hand was simple – it had mysteriously stopped dissolving cleaning tablets. After a couple of unsuccessful runs, I decided to venture to a nearby shop to experiment with a different brand, hoping to understand the root of the glitch. As I scanned…
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All You Need Is (Orange) Love
Love is in the air today, so instead of focusing on just one aspect, I thought, why not celebrate an entire country? After all, gratitude fits perfectly into the realm of positive impact. Ever since moving to the Netherlands for the first time in February 2012, I have been singing praises and raving about all…
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Sharing is Caring
*This is a double post covering both Sunday the 4th and Monday the 5th* Due to very much foreseen circumstances, I am catching up on two days’ worth of writing in one go. C’est la vie! Both days, however, are connected by the common theme of giving back to the community, albeit through different avenues…
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Let’s Get Dirty
*cue Christina Aguilera ringing the alarm in the background* It is Friday, time to get down and funky! Grab your pitchforks and prepare to compost and chill because this is the topic of today’s post. Ever feel like your food scraps deserve better than the dump? Home composting is your solution for diverting organic waste…
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Ready, Set, Go: Welcome to February
To kick-start the month, I thought I would dive into the topic that will probably dominate throughout this project: food. There are a few food-related challenges on the list, such as vegan weeks, wasteless cooking (using everything, including scraps) and covering groceries only with Too Good to Go (surplus of goods from shops and restaurants)…
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31 Challenges for Fair February
To understand the background of this project, please read this blog post. The idea behind this list is not only incorporating healthy and impactful habits into my everyday life but also tackling the mentality of mindless consumerism and, to put it bluntly, mere laziness (if not negligence or, dare I even say it, nihilism?). That…
Fair February 