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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A 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 […]
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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 […]
WeiterlesenHeligoland: An island recovery
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 […]
WeiterlesenWhere is the European Juicy Media?
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 […]
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 […]
WeiterlesenWebsite: Restart to connect and protect
This is the official restart of our website to live up to a part of our life mission: Connect and protect to transform the world (About us). The time is now Two and a half years of absence are coming to an end today. The main reason for not being […]
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As a traveller, you better get used to being asked where you are from, as this question comes up early in conversations no matter where you are going in the world. Direct Indonesians? Nevertheless, I was surprised to hear the Indonesian version “dari mana?” constantly when walking down the roads […]
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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