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
Twestival is a series of events that will take place on the 12th of February all around the world.
The aim is to raise at least about 4000USD per event so that one well can be built and give people in the developing world access to clean drinking water (this event supports the cause charity:water).
The event is to 100% run by volunteers. Publicity is mainly made via networking tools like Twitter and Facebook. For some more information, watch the video below:
So if you can make some time on February 12th, look up the event in your country/town and party for water!
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
Funny idea: My flatmate showed me a little purse she got from a friend that was made of a ‘recycled’ sauce pack. Browsing around online I found this UK based shop called DoyBags that sells recycled bags, household items and accessories that are made of recylced drinking & sauce packs.
Domespace is a round house that rotates with the sun. The house can be adapted on the individual needs of its inhabitants and the construction aims to create a long lasting home that creates a low impact on the environment buy enabling a maximum of life quality.
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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.
is a place for start ups that develop projects that approach social and environmental topics.
The approach: Give people with innovative & entrepreneurial ideas the space and facilities they need to develop it.
I met Joan Nadal a few weeks ago at the Planet Attitude fair here in Brussels.
He has designed a paper coat hanger that can be used with empty water bottles or a piece of rolled paper is quite cool:
A Water Roller is a tool designed for water tranportation. Instead of carrying big buckets, one can simply ‘roll’ the water. Anyone can buy or distribute these rollers. › Continue reading
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
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