The most sustainable advice I can give when it comes to clothing, is to always buy secondhand and not buy too much. That’s advice for before you have bought anything. But what about when you’ve already bought clothing? Whether it’s secondhand or new clothing, the most sustainable thing to do is always to make use…
Author: When A Teen Goes Green
Have I lived eco-positive the past year? 2023/2024 edition
Every year in September I look back at the period of exactly one year. I answer the question: how many earths do we need if everybody on the planet lived like me? In other words: am I taking more than my share when it comes to the earth’s resources? Or am I living an eco-positive…
Seat61.com: the ultimate guide for train travel
In May of this year I gave a lecture about sustainable travel. The main message of traveling sustainable is quite simple. As long as you don’t fly and try to drive by car as little as possible, you have a good base. The only option for far destinations which then remains is traveling by public…
Are festivals a sustainable holiday alternative?
Since about a year now, I am quite active on Instagram, besides this blog and my Youtube-channel. I make a reel every week. And so far, I have shared a few sustainable holiday options already. In some of these reels, I share more about the festivals I’ve been to in The Netherlands. My goal is…
Amsterdam to Edinburgh by train
In May of this year I visited Scotland with my dad. It was a present from him which I got after I graduated my master of science. My dad said I could choose any place and we’d go there together. And as you might know, I don’t fly (on fossil fuels) as long as we’re…
Vegan restaurants in Edinburgh
In May of this year I visited Scotland, by train, for about a week with my dad. We stayed in Edinburgh for a few days and then traveled further north. My dad left the planning of the entire trip up to me, as it was a trip he gifted to me when I graduating my…
My 3 biggest sustainability challenges at this moment | July 2024
In the past half year, my life has changed drastically. I went from living in a student flat in Amsterdam with 13 others, working 32 hours a week in an office in Amsterdam 20 minutes from home, to living with my in-laws in Harderwijk and working 36 hours a week at an office at 2,5…
The Planetary Boundary Climate Change
When people are asked what the biggest challenge of our time is, many people answer it’s climate change. I too, acknowledge that it’s one of the biggest challenges of our time. However, I don’t know if it’s the biggest one though. I don’t know, because I see climate change within in the context of the…
The bloodwork of a vegan
A few weeks back I shared what I eat as a vegan for the 5th time on this blog. The goal of those food diaries is to show you what vegans eat (or at least, this vegan), in hope to inspire you to do the same. I think killing animals for no good reason is…
The Breeze dating app
It’s kind of weird that I will be writing about a dating app. That’s because I have never used one. I’ve been in a monogamous relationship for almost 9 years now, since I was 17. And before that I was at an age where you don’t really need a dating app, I met loads of…