Kirsten van den Hul is an Eastern-Europe expert, an Arabist with a passion for change, culture, diversity and gender. Since 2007 Kirsten works as an independent ‘change-agent’ with several clients: NOS, Nike, ‘Zuidas Amsterdam’ and the Dutch Ministry for Education,...
‘I choose the road less travelled and then dance all the way’ Joost Vrouenraets’ latest ‘tour de force’ was ‘Kokoro’ [Japanese for ‘heart’] a 28 km long, non-stop ‘dance marathon’ from Heerlen to Maastricht along the old Roman road nowadays called Via Belgica. “I...
“The rivers of the world have shaped the very existence of humans and the ecosystems in which they live.” After spending the last 20 years paddling on rivers and oceans across the planet, the Buenos Aires-based Australian/Austrian expedition paddler Mark Kalch is...
Food Waste: Breaking the Habit It may sound almost ridiculous, but that doesn’t make it less true. While 4.6 billion euros worth of food is thrown away in the Netherlands every year, 1.4 million people in our country live below the poverty line and cannot afford a...
“Somos aquilo que fazemos daquilo que a vida fez com a gente” (We are what we make out of what life has brought to us) Otto Nascarella, Brazilian singer, inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre This quote is “the story of my life in 12 words,” says the Brazilian...