Category: Inspiring
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Elephant-paths a quick way towards change
‘An elephant-path (also known as a desire-path, herd path, cow path and goat track) is a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination. Width and erosion severity can be indicators of…
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Building sustainable, thriving dairy enterprises
For Venture Dairy I work on a sustainable dairy enterprise model for small scale dairy farming. This model is developed with Akshayakalpa. Take 2 minutes to watch this beautiful story about what they are grateful for. It makes me grateful to be able to contribute to the further roll out in other regions. About Venture…
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Slow fashion – goodbye trends, hello style
Many ‘new’ ways are actually going back to the ‘old’ ways. Often they get called slow, like slow food and slow fashion. Good developments since it puts emphasis on value of things and time. If we want to keep our planet healthy, valuing the things we use is a good step. It will make a…
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Healthy relations with food & farmers
Recent events made it more clear than ever that we do not seem to have healthy relations with food and the people that produce our food. In the Netherlands (and much of Europe) we have had many weeks with high temperatures and no rain. To such an extent that using water on crops was hardly…
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11 cities – 200 km IN the water
I was born and raised in the Frisian province, in the north of the Netherlands. A province famous for it’s dairy, the beautiful Frisian cows and horses, it’s water. And, of course the incredible 11 cities skating tour of 200km. It has been a while since skating this tour was possible but it is done…
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Ikigai – a reason for being
According to Japanese tradition everyone has an Ikigai, a reason for being. In daily life wording: your Ikigai is the reason you get out of bed in the morning. Since we spend quite some time a day on working, it is great when our work aligns with our reason for being. It gives purpose to…
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Great things are done by a series of small things brought together – Vincent van Gogh
Coming from Vincent van Gogh we can’t do anything but believe this quote to be true. Also in economics you can observe this to be true. No business has started big. All start with ideas and guts, then trust and determination come into it and trough-out an open mind and observing the world around you…
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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man…
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Nieuwmarkt in the snow
Surely Amsterdam will not have a white Christmas but this comes very close to this feeling. On my way to the supermarket late afternoon I walked along the Christmas tree on the Nieuwmarkt and wanted to take a picture. Since I was not the only one I diverted my attention. And then I saw that…