The days here in The Netherlands are getting colder. The other day I was biking past a house, and I could tell their fireplace was lit. It’s a certain smell and a certain feeling on the lungs. In the Netherlands most people have a pretty good heating system. Most of them are still running on…
Category: Reducing negative impact
Reducing negative impact is the first step towards moving towards an eco-positive lifestyle. You first have to remove as much negative impact as you can, in order to live within the earth’s capacity. Meaning, that if everybody lives like you, we’d only need 1 or less earths.
Once you have that base of living eco-neutral (having no negative impact, but also no positive), only then it’s time to start increasing your positive impact. That’s why this category about reducing your negative impact is the biggest category on this blog, it is the core of an eco-positive lifestyle.
23 reasons why we still need feminism
The past decades the world has become a better place for women, thanks to many activists/feminists. However, today in 2024, we’re far from living in an equal world when it comes to rights for all different genders. Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of this fact. Now that women in The Netherlands can work and vote,…
3 ways to make your clothing last longer
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…
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…
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…
What I eat in a week as a vegan – 2024 edition
It’s been more than a year since I shared what I eat in a week as a vegan, in March 2023. I also shared food diaries in 2022, 2019 and 2018. I think it’s important to share what I eat as a vegan, since many people have no clue what vegans eat. And I personally…
The ‘Beter Leven’ label on meat explained
If you tell Dutch people there’s someone in their neighborhood who is gassing pigs or cutting off their tails, people are disgusted and mad. They think this person should be tracked down and prosecuted. When you tell them that it’s a company doing this, a slaughterhouse or a farmer, then they don’t seem to care….