Stories Matter
After completing high school, I didn’t immediately come to The Netherlands to study what I am learning today. I began my university studies in Italy following my strong passion for [...]
Rising Stress from Rising Seas
The Emotional Toll of Climate Change Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone deeply concerned about the state of our planet? Perhaps you’ve had a [...]
Moving Beyond “Doom & Gloom”
Despite the increasing attention the climate emergency receives from media, institutions, and governments, people are still not engaging with the issue as much as we had hoped. The latest IPCC [...]
We Can All Be Hopepunks
I still remember the time during my first year at Breda University of Applied Sciences when we had the introduction days about the different tracks. I remember listening to a [...]
Having one good friend can make a difference
Leisure as an instrument for impact Leisure time is an amazing time. It is the time that you enjoy and makes you feel alive. However, Leisure is more. [...]
What about the commons?
For this blog I recorded a radio episode together with another friend with whom I live together in the community in Vlaardingen. We talk about the concept of the [...]
Vlaardingen Commons
In this blog I will talk about Vlaardingen Commons - a commons-based project for fairer urban housing. This is my graduation project, on which I am working right now [...]
The Helpful City of Den Bosch over the Years
From “Bossche bollen” to “Bossche koek”, the city of Den Bosch is the home of many treats that will satiate your hunger for “Brabant” goodness. The capital city of [...]
Feel free to act
Societies across the world are facing many complex and interwoven challenges—poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, demographic change, discrimination, and violence—that threaten our efforts to enable people everywhere to live a [...]
“With great power comes great responsibility”
The Netherlands is a wealthy country, and while we can discuss how that wealth is distributed, we cannot deny that things are going well here. On a global [...]