Mar 16 2009

Everyday sustainable

Mira Bangel


Brave new world, or reality in a few year’s time?

Have a look at this presentation on how to be sustainable – every day:

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Feb 9 2009

Dropping – the slightly different way of spending your Saturday…

Mira Bangel

Early in the morning the tour starts: Our group called ‘Fata Morgana’ has to get into the bus and off we go. We are supposed to get dropped off 1.5 hours drive from Antwerp. From the street signs we can guess that the dropping point will be somewhere in the Ardennes… › Continue reading


Feb 4 2009

Make your own paperbag

Mira Bangel

Newspaper bag paper recycle

VoilĂ ! A more cost effective version to eco fashion (though I’m not sure what will happen to the bottles in the bag when it rains > might only be a solution in dry climate zones):

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Jan 30 2009

Get TRASHed – recycling at festivals/events

Mira Bangel

Trash Recycling

TRASHed is an initiative by Global Inheritance.

This programme focusses specifically on events & festivals for younger people. The idea is to motivate the crowds to recycle an item that tends to create the biggest waste (in terms of volume) on most bigger festivals: Plastic bottles, cups and cans. › Continue reading


Jan 27 2009

Plant tomatoes for food in return: WWOOFING on organic farms

Mira Bangel

Tomato organic food wwoof

WWOOF ‘willing/worldwide workers on organic farms’ is a worldwide network for people that are interested in organic farm projects.

You can contact a WWOOF network and against a small membership fee you receive a list of organic farms in your country of choice. You can then contact farmers directly and find a place to work.

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Jan 16 2009

Veggie boxes 2.0: Cookitude

Mira Bangel

logo cookitude

Yes, I get a vegetable box! Every week someone comes by my house and drops off a box full of local, healthy & organic vegetables. Hmmmm!

But there is one problem: How do I prepare this special local type of salad? And what about this vegetable? I’ve never seen this before and can’t even find it on Wiki or Google. If I don’t even know what it is, how should I find a recipy to prepare it?

Well, here in Brussels the answer is called Cookitude. › Continue reading


Dec 10 2008

Let’s do the green thing

Mira Bangel


Oct 30 2008

Audit yourself! How to (not) use electricity

Mira Bangel

Have a look at the electricity tips from Treehugger. You’ll be surprised about some of their recommendations.
Top Green Electricity Tips


Oct 10 2008

Visit you virtual neighbourhood

Mira Bangel

e-neighbournet

“There is a virtual neighbourhood in Brussels and you are part of it!” › Continue reading


Aug 15 2008

How to make bread

Mira

I just got in the habbit of baking bread again.

So let me give you some inspiration and share this link with you: