The Giant Mountains (Riesengebirge) brought up vague childhood memories of a mountain spirit called Rübezahl and they definitely cast their spell on us. We didn’t meet Rübezahl – or at least we didn’t recognise him – but we are enchanted by the beautiful mountain panorama with alpine vegetation around the […]
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An old neighbourhood under new light: Sustainable fashion, barbers and second hand clothes I love Berlin! It was a huge adventure to move to the capital in 2004, for many years the city felt like an ever changing playground, so it was hard to empty my small inner city apartment […]
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Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the northeastern part of the country it is often overlooked – at least by Germans on our race to the Western coast. I was lucky enough to get myself a Grunn (Groninger) who moved to Drenthe as a teenager. Since my […]
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Die Jugendvision „The paradise we’ve lost“ war für mich ein Statement, das weite Teile der Menschheit mit einschloss, all jene die arbeiteten und konsumierten, sich im Hamsterrad abmühten und damit die Welt dem Abgrund immer näher brachten. Ich aber wollte mein eigenes Paradies finden und dies mit möglichst wenig Menschen […]
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My first visit to a Frisian island since I was a kid (see affinity to islands and sea in German here). After more than a month of being land-locked in the Netherlands and Germany, we were very much looking forward to a short visit out at sea. Deep-sea island Before […]
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Inselleben Jahrelang habe ich nun auf kleinen Inseln gelebt, je abgelegener umso besser, viel Natur, möglichst wenig Menschen, oft kaum Internet, aus der Welt, sich selbst genug und im Moment sein. Die Besuche in Europa waren immer zu kurz, voll mit Treffen und Unternehmungen, oft gingen Begrüßungen direkt in Abschiede […]
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European elections are coming up and we’d like to have Juicy Media reminding us of the last parliamentary term as they did for the Australian government: 2019 Election We discovered Juicy Media just a couple of months ago and it turned directly into our favourite news programme. Keep in mind […]
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Just because it is collected doesn’t mean it will get recycled. How shifting the meaning of recycling is blinding us to see the painful truth about our part in plastic pollution: Plastic rubbish travels the world already before it enters the oceans. Rubbish collection and neglection I’ve been living in […]
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Indonesia’s garbage problem, community solutions to reduce plastic waste, legislation, and initiatives on production and use of plastic, behavioural changes and campaign pressure supported by NGOs and all of us who take action. On our way back to Wakatobi last Monday we read about the problem of plastic waste in […]
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Ihr geht auch noch in eurem Urlaub tauchen, war die verdutzte Nachfrage anderer Gäste auf Lembeh, einer kleinen Insel im Nordosten Sulawesis (Indonesien), wo wir uns für sieben Tage mit unserer Kameraausrüstung austoben konnten. Nachdem wir den Luxus genießen, unserer Leidenschaft fast tagtäglich nachzugehen und die Stunden, die wir unter […]
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