In short: I and my cameras have not always lived in perfect harmony. I love diving and find it very relaxing. Why add another activity on top? Initial struggles were followed by a longer break until I started with a new mindset. It’s not that there were no more frustrations […]
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Hiking across the border of Poland and the Czech Republic offers panoramic views and granite sculptures in the Giant Mountains. Follow our route from summer 2019 in my pictures below. The Giant Mountains with granite sculptures The Giant Mountains (Riesengebirge) brought up vague childhood memories of a mountain spirit called […]
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My old neighbourhood under new light: A walk from S Sonnenallee to U Kottbusser Tor in Berlin brings up memories and discoveries. Read more on the changes as well as sustainable fashion, barbers and second-hand clothes in Neukölln. Berlin memories I love Berlin! It was a huge adventure to move […]
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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 kid: We love […]
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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 (affinity to islands and sea: Inselfieber). After more than a month of being land-locked in the Netherlands and Germany, we were very much looking forward to an island recovery on Heligoland. Deep-sea island Before we got invited to […]
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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 a European Juicy Media reminding us in satirical video clips of the last parliamentary term as „The Juicy Media“ did for the Australian government: 2019 Election Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von YouTube.Mehr erfahren Video laden […]
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Just because plastic waste 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 […]
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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: Minimising plastic pollution. On our way back to Wakatobi last Monday we read about the problem of […]
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