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Going Green [6]: greener living ideas
It’s a constant struggle for me. I think we need a whole lot of policy change to meet our climate goals and save our planet from climate change, deforestation, and pollution. But then again, while we – by ourselves – have very little impact on the global outcome, eventually we’ll all be making changes. These…
FLEE: Not escapism, but essential viewing
Danish animated documentary FLEE has been collecting quite a few awards and nominations since its premiere in January 2021. And rightly so, it works both as a wonderful animation and a personal, moving documentary of an asylum seeker who finds a way despite being confronted with the worst parts of humanity. Considering the headlines these…
Stuck.
I am stuck. People in my life are stuck. Society is stuck. The world is stuck. Once I’m stuck and I haven’t found a way to get unstuck, it’s hard not to notice more stuckness around me. Let’s start somewhere: I’m stuck in my anxiety. Now most restrictions due to the pandemic have been lifted,…
Song&Art: ‘Sunblind’ by Fleet Foxes
After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold around me.
SSE: the anatomy of feelings
The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty.
Going Green [5]: cheese is heaven, cheese is hell
In the Summer of 2019, after attending barbecue with way too much meat on the grill that can possibly be safe, moral and responsible, I decided to become a vegetarian. I had been eating less and less meat over the last few years, having been a pretty big fan of it throughout my teens and…
Almost every letter changed: Netflix’s The Letter For The King
The last time I’ve read The Letter for the King (De Brief voor de Koning) by Tonke Dragt before writing this article, was over ten years ago when I was still studying. I disappointingly discovered that the book was not as epic as I remembered and – having grown used to more modern children’s books…
Going green [4]: Voting with your wallet
It’s a problem environment friendly folks run into frequently. Green companies taking money from companies that aren’t green. Recently,oat drink company Oatly made the news for taking private equity money from an investment firm called Blackstone. The slightly ominously named company is linked to all that’s”currently evil in this world. For example, the head of…
SSE: a voice of understanding
Only want to get to work, but every morning I’m too sick to drive.Suffering whiteout conditions, forget the mission just get out alive Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers The song Whiteout Conditions is one that has become a close companion in times of stress and trouble. The band that performs it, The New Pornographers,…