Posts Tagged ‘events’

Why not do-it-myself?

I spent my last weekend at Savoir-Faire event in Brussels.

A number of stands where you can cook your own organic food, learn how to do a compost, make bike bags out of old fuel containers, try a washing machine or a mixer that works with an old bike instead of a motor, learn how to [...]

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World Ocean Day – June 8th & Fête de l’Environnement Brussels June 7th

The ocean is big and can take any kind of abuse!

Ok, now seriously:
“The oceans and seas are a source of life on our planet. They cover almost three quarters of the Earth’s surface and contain some 90% of the biosphere. Their protection is essential to the future of our planet. Pollution of our seas and [...]

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Brussels in cycle fever

The sun is out, it’s getting warmer and lots of things are happening around bikes. Not just that I’m getting in the hot phase with planning a 7-day cycling adventure in France… all Brussels seems in cycle mood these days. Here a short overview of what is going on:

1. Velo-city 2009 May 12th – 15th [...]

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Share your know-how at Savoir-Faire in BXL

Savoir-Fair is a platform (in form of a fair) for people to exchange know-how on how to create & make things that are not just beautiful but help us diminish our impact on the environment (by using natural or recycled material). Topics can be anything from nutrition, mobility, gardening to well-being and games. This year’s [...]

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Nightwalk with Friends of the Earth Brussels

A few weeks ago I went on a night walk with the local group of Friends of the Earth in Brussels. The activity was organized in the spirit of Earth Hour 2009 – an action initiated by WWF on March 28th 2009.

This was the core message of the campaign:

Our walk in Brussels went on for [...]

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