This title may seem clickbait. Because for some people this sounds insane. However, it is 100% true. I am a poop donor. And the story gets ever crazier. People may be cured from a certain disease with my poop. I say may because I am a poop donor in a scientific research program. Today I…
Category: Increasing positive impact
All the posts in this category are about increasing your positive impact in whatever way. There are a million ways to increase your positive impact and this category is just here to give you some inspiration.
I do have one very important thing to say. When it comes to living an eco-positive lifestyle, there are steps and a sequence. And the first step is to live at least eco-neutral. Meaning, that if we’d all live like you, we’d 1 or less earths. This is something you can calculate. Right now, most people in The Netherlands have a much higher score, around 4/5 earths, meaning that we take more than we can. So, please, before you start to make positive impact, take a step back. Start in the category about reducing your negative impact and get your score at 1 or below. Then come back to start increasing your positive impact, making your life eco-positive.
Mapathons
Today I want to share a very specific way to make positive impact with you: mapathons. I want to dedicate a full blogpost to mapathons because I feel like they’re a fun and accessible way of volunteering and creating positive impact, but not many people know about them. Up until this point I’ve joined 2…
Donating organs, blood, plasma and stem cells
From this week onwards we have a new law amazing in the Netherlands. Yes! I am very happy with it and celebrated it. The old donor law used to say that you are not an organ donor, unless you object and sign up otherwise. Right now the rule goes: you are an organ donor, unless…
Volunteering opportunity: NLdoet
The 11th of March it is national volunteering-day in The Netherlands. NLdoet is the Dutch organization which plays a big role in this day, they organize actions throughout all of The Netherlands. Painting jobs, planting flowers, spending time with the elderly, there are all kinds of things which you can do. This way, everyone can…
Volunteering At The Gouda Clean-up
As I’ve written before, I went to my second volunteering activity with Greenpeace on March 4th. On a lovely Saturday noon I went Gouda, because we were going to clean the streets (and the canals) together with The Party for the Animals, the local Greenpeace group of Rotterdam and anyone else who wanted to join….
Voting with your money
Yes, finally, here it is! A blogpost about voting and so also about the upcoming elections in The Netherlands, because those are in two days. I couldn’t resist to write a post about it, because I find voting seriously important. But don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a post about which party I think…
Sustainable Banking at Triodos and ASN
When I pull out my debit card, I often get some strange faces. That’s because my debit card is flashy green. However, not only the card is green, my bank is so too. It is very well possible, sustainable banking. That’s why I am a member of Triodos bank. Today I’ll tell you about sustainable…