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• Why Workers Must Be Paid the Living Wage

  

  My daily work is to advise and assist garment factories - in mainly developing countries- to raise their ethical standard. A job I love and even if only 1% of... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• My Mess is No Waste!

  

  "There is no such thing as waste, just stuff in the wrong place!" If you would change the word "waste" into "mess" you would describe the permanent status of ou... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Picturing Modern Slavery

  Please take some time to watch this TED talk on slavery. Photographer Lisa Kristine has spent 2 years traveling the world, documenting the unbearably harsh... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• A New Future for Your Inflatable Friend

  

  I'm not sure what people up till now have done with their "retired" inflatable friends but the Dutch artist Sander Reijgers has come up with an idea. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2012 LIFESTYLE

• My Endangered Friends

  

  Thanks to my friends and my daughters we -as a family- support many animals that are at risk of going extinct. We are close friends with the Panda, snow... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Want to Sleep in Usains' Bed?

  

  Recycling is the way to go to save the world from being covered in trash and garbage. And if recycling means you get a good deal, it even gets better! Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Global Warming Becoming a Visible Threat

  

  Last weekend the Arctic sea ice shelf was measured at 4.09 million square kilometres, the smallest area since 1979 when measurement began. And with the ice stil... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Green Medal For Brazil at London 2012

  

  The Brazilian football players may not have won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, they did, by far, win the London 2012 Olympic medal for trendy &... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Olympic Meal

  

  As I was walking through the Olympic Park with my 4 kids after watching a brilliant Olympic hockey match, we spotted a queue. Probably the longest queue of... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Don't Recycle This! Keep It!

  

  I emphasize that we should collect and recycle as much as possible. And I also think the organisation of London 2012 has done a great job in getting us to do... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• The Green Games

  

  I am living in London so there is only one thing to write about, think about and talk about right now: The Olympics. I am fortunate enough to visit some of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Final Call For Special Holiday Destination!

  

  Still haven't booked your holiday for this summer? Consider one of the 10 places mentioned in this article; they will -most likely- disappear in the near future... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Stunning Video of a Wonderful World

  Please take 2 minutes to watch this stunning video of a wonderful world, our world. What a privilege that we live on this one and not on some remote planet... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Look at My Clothes: I Am Not a Virgin!

  

  A brilliant new brand is looking for support! The clothing company I Am Not A Virgin creates clothes using old brown beer bottles, recycled food trays, clear... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Recycle a Red Telephone Box

  

  Some things should never be removed from our street view and this is definitely the case with the red telephone boxes in England. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Fish in Rio

  

  During the Rio+20 conference last week (see my previous post: The Cloud above Rio +20)an artist tried to draw attention to one of the major environmental... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• The Cloud Above Rio +20

  

  Twenty years after the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Heads of States and Government, specialists and representatives of many... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Behave Or You Have to Take Care of the Chicken!

  

  When I was studying Criminal Law at University, I volunteered to spend 5 days in a new prison that needed to be "dry run" to check for logistic problems, holes... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Something's Growing in My Shoe!

  

  The Dutch are doing well in inventing new sustainable products! After the Bamboo Boxer shorts I posted a few months ago, the Dutch have now come up with a new... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Photographer of the Year

  The CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) has opened this year competition for Environmental photographer of the Year. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT