Maybe it seems odd to start this series why less is more with a Do-it-yourself (DIY) process and even more so to focus on care products. But I have to start somewhere – and yes, I really have to. I really feel it is time to work on transformation on […]
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Connect and protect to transform our world
We connect. We protect. We transform. Change starts within. Same as exploring, understanding, and transforming the outer world, this is a never-ending journey. Luckily, we don’t walk – or dive – alone. Over the last months, we started to reach out to other ocean lovers and enthusiastic activists. Hence, it’s […]
WeiterlesenRubbish wave: Looking for solutions for small islands
We experienced a flood of waste being washed into the ocean in Bali earlier this year. At the same time, we received a call for help from Long Island (Andaman Islands, India) and started looking for solutions for small islands crushed by a rubbish wave. We’d like to present some […]
WeiterlesenAsk to refill: Water is life
Maybe during travelling even more than back home, our need to drink leaves a trail of plastic bottles behind, therefore ask to refill – not just water, but also other drinks and even food. Bring your own bags and containers, proudly say no to straws and other unnecessary single-use plastics. […]
WeiterlesenKeep your plastic and clean up the rest
Plastic is on our minds. Every high tide leaves behind a line of plastic on the beach of Amed. Every heavy rain shower washes half-burned or openly collected rubbish from the settlements and streets into fields and streams, distributed by the wind, animals and more rain, eventually, most of it […]
WeiterlesenLiving sustainably: We are no saints
This blog entry „Living sustainably“ is bringing together ideas of how to lower the personal environmental impact and links different areas, aspects and alternatives and will be updated frequently as a source for us and others. We are no saints but are on our way. Stop, think, act: tbc. Last […]
WeiterlesenA walk from S Sonnenallee to U Kottbusser Tor in Berlin: Memories and discoveries
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 […]
WeiterlesenOut of sight, out of mind: Plastic waste isn’t recycled (yet)
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 […]
WeiterlesenPlastic Planet: Minimising plastic pollution
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 […]
WeiterlesenStay wild: Tourist attractions and beauty of nature
We’d like to invite everybody to enjoy the beauty of nature and stay wild by keeping an eye on tourist attractions involving animals wherever you go. In chains and cages We just read a disturbing story of two dugongs, mother and child. They were kept on a chain in a […]
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