tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978084527106050822024-03-05T16:48:11.592-08:00lazy-bedA lazy-bed is a small field for crops traditionally laid out on the hills of the Scottish islands. To me it is a metaphor for being creative, taking care and looking to the future.Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-80341810879760441262018-10-26T07:42:00.001-07:002018-10-26T07:42:40.725-07:00New DirectionThis blog has been silent for a while, because I'm working on a new blog:<br />
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It's about the objects in our daily life, and how we can look at them in a sustainable way. I connect the research to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG12.<br />
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This is what Joanna wrote:<br />
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ACCESSORIES FROM YOUR PIECE-BAG<br />
<i>Never throw away any odd pieces of material, as some kind of decorative or useful purpose can always be found for them. A well-ordered piece-bag will save you many odd pence from time to time, and will do much to relieve the monotony of a rationed wardrobe. </i><br />
<i>It is better to store pieces in a large square cardboard (hat)box than in a bag. If you put pieces of material, lengths of ribbon, buttons and buckles into a large bag they will get crumpled and 'mussed', the buckles are likely to tear delicate fabrics, the buttons drop to the bottom of the bag and get lost, and the bits of material become really dishearteningly crumpled. So find a large box, and get your bits and pieces in order.</i><br />
Isn't this a lovely way to describe such a handy item.....<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-89176156104027790082013-08-12T06:51:00.003-07:002013-08-12T06:52:14.753-07:00Sew and Save VIHere's about another skill that we are loosing: darning.<br />
Back in 1941 it was a common thing to do; clothes had to be kept as long as possible. I reckon we will need some time to practice this skill......<br />
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<u>A DARN THAT LOOKS LIKE KNITTING</u><br />
<i>It may be that your most attractive jumper has a moth hole in it where it shows most. In this case you will have to mend it by grafting so that it won't show. Thread a needle with a length of matching wool and run it along the garment just before the place where the stitches have gone. Put it through two stitches at the lower part of the hole, draw it through, and pick up another tow stitches at the top of the the hole, then down again into the lower stitches. Draw up tightly enough to fill the gap, but not so tightly as to put any strain on the main section of the garment. Grafting forms a line of imitation knitting that is non-detectable. </i><br />
<i>As long as a garment is not too far gone, neat efficient mending will give it a new lease of life. Repair where you can, and renovate where you can't.</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-12861843914357966272013-07-30T11:31:00.000-07:002013-07-30T11:31:07.913-07:00Sew and Save VTogether with <i>Sew and Save </i>there's another great book from the forties in Britain: <i>Make Do and Mend. </i>This collection has reproductions from instruction leaflets. On clothes, fuel, household keeping etc.<br />
Austerity out of need made everyone a hero in reinforcements and good care in those days. Here's on laundry:<br />
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<u>YOUR HOUSEHOLD LINEN HAS GOT TO LAST!</u><br />
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<i>Mend all tears before washing- whether they are done at home or in the laundry. If you haven't time to do a proper darn catch tears together. Laundries are working under difficulties these days and a stitch in time will be appreciated.</i><br />
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<i>Never let clothes or household linens get really dirty; several light washes are less harmful than one hard one and use soft water- rain water is best.</i><br />
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And indeed, there's nothing better than laundry freshly dried outdoors......Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-33619293052631722632013-07-18T02:24:00.002-07:002013-07-18T02:24:33.944-07:00Sew and Save IVAnd this is what Joanna Chase wrote in 1941 about bed time:<br />
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<i>Your three great allies in clothes care are heat, steam and a good, stiff brush. Always brush your clothes when you take them off at night, as dust left on overnight works its way into the material and is responsible for that grey 'bloom' on clothes. Buy several twopenny wooden hangers, so that when you hang your clothes up they fall into their natural folds and retain their shape. Be sure to get the hangers wide enough, so that the shoulders of clothes do not sag over the ends. Never hang a garment on a hook by its neck. If you do that, you simply ask for bulging neck-lines and sagging hems.</i><br />
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Come to think of it; it would maybe make us sleep better after this. Away from daily business, problems and thoughts in our minds. Just hang, brush properly and then sleep well...<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-24481584144690200792013-07-12T02:48:00.002-07:002013-07-12T02:48:53.129-07:00Sew and save IIIFrom 1941:<br />
<u>PRECAUTIONS IN PUTTING CLOTHES AWAY:</u><br />
<i>When you are storing clothes, remember that all shoes should be wrapped in newspaper, and all dark and heavy garments folded with sheets of newspaper between them. The printers' ink is disliked by moths. Mothballs, of course, are an elementary precaution.</i><br />
<i>Summer clothes should be stored in white paper so that they do not get soiled; hats put down crown downwards into large boxes, one crown into the next. If you are storing silk lingerie, or silk stockings that are new, do not wash them, but put them into an air-tight jar and seal the top. In tis way they will keep without perishing</i>.<br />
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If you read this; we completely lost the skill of storing! The fight against moths is still going on today, and the newspaper method is worth doing, not harmful and very easy. I also have eco-bags with herbs that they don't like which I buy in my local organic shop.<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-46783274326714487452013-07-08T00:02:00.000-07:002013-07-08T00:02:53.297-07:00Sew and Save IIIf what you buy is precious to you, you will take care. Regarding clothes, that's what we've lost a bit. So read what Joanna said in 1941:<br />
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<u>TAKE CARE OF YOUR CLOTHES</u><br />
<i>Clothes, like everything else in the world, respond to care and kindness in your treatment of them. If you look after them, they'll not only last you much longer but will retain indefinitely the speckless appearance they have when you bought them, thus giving you a well-groomed air which is more than half-way to being a well-dressed woman. The secret of looking after clothes is to make a regular job of it, just like washing up or sweeping the drawing-room carpet. Allot a few hours one day each week to going over your wardrobe for cleaning and repairing.</i><br />
A few ours each week...but that must have been meant for the wardrobe of the whole family, or?<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-7738197560166078042013-07-05T12:23:00.000-07:002013-07-18T22:55:01.320-07:00Sew and SaveI found a most inspiring small book published in Britain in 1941: 'Sew and Save' by Joanna Chase. It's a manual to assist women getting themselves and their families through war and crisis in decent clothes. The way she describes how to handle clothes when new, how to maintain them and how to take special care; we can learn a lot from it in these days. In 1941 clothes were on coupons and money was poor. Nobody had too many clothes; however sustainability was not an issue back then. We in our times are struggling with our consciousness regarding the circumstances in the clothing industry, poor quality of cheap clothes an an ongoing fashion merry-go-round of 2 collections each year. In those days you had clothes that were produced in your own country, of good quality and were relatively expensive to buy. So taking care was important. Reading the book made me think how useful the descriptions and ideas are for us now. So here's the first:<br />
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<u>TO PLAN YOUR WARDROBE</u><br />
<i>Every woman wants to be well dressed. At any time, but especially in war-time and now that clothes are rationed, this is a matter of planning rather than of plenty. So find five minutes to sit down with a piece of paper and pencil and plan your wardrobe carefully to fit in with the money you have to spend and the type of life you lead. Go over your existing clothes and make a list of what is still wearable, what will have to be replaced, and your next necessary and important 'buys'.</i><br />
<i>When you've done that decide on a colour scheme and stick to it, otherwise you'll find you have odd frocks that don't match your overcoat, or a sweater without a matching skirt, and not enough coupons to remedy these difficulties.</i><br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-12987074200714968502013-03-30T07:28:00.002-07:002013-06-27T10:06:15.148-07:00Social Design IIII'm off to Malawi tomorrow, to continue working with the women on the craft project. With them I've set up a structure, and we'll make an analysis of what worked and what not. Improvement is the aim, along their wishes and possibilities. I've made a business model of how a social design project can work. The book <i>Material Change</i> by Eve Blossom has been helpful, as well as other research and my previous experience. It's important to aim at individuals as well as the community for both development and poverty alleviation are among the targets. I'm also looking forward to meet them again, exchange and work hard. Each step, however small is a step forward......<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-32800923703193367412013-03-08T05:58:00.000-08:002013-03-08T05:58:06.800-08:00NEW COLLECTION 2013From tomorrow on my new <a href="http://www.renyvanderkamp.nl/subpaginas/nieuws/studio.html" target="_blank">collection 2013</a> HAND KNITTED VASES will be on sale at museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. A new exhibition will be openened: <a href="http://www.boijmans.nl/nl/7/kalender/calendaritem/1192/hand-made-lang-leve-het-ambacht" target="_blank">handmade</a>. The value of crafts and craftmanship are central themes so I'm happy my collection was selected for the shop.<br />
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It's all about worldly textiles, rooted in tradition but with a bright vision for the future!<br />
Hurray on it's way to issue 100..<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-55139268992552459332013-01-21T07:17:00.000-08:002013-01-21T07:17:47.340-08:00Bowerbird Collections | Sibella CourtHere's the review I wrote for <a href="http://www.athenaeum.nl/recensies/sibella-court-life-bowerbird" target="_blank">Athenaeum</a> about the book 'Life of a Bowerbird' by Sibella Court.<br />
The Bowerbird is a very stylish bird with a great sense for colours, texture and shapes...<br />
But the book is about the phenomenon of collections, how to start, how to display and how simple a collection can be with great visual impact. My review starts with one of the most beautiful museum rooms I know: the Enlightenment Room in the British Museum in London. Stunning and moving..<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-32884856015362304802013-01-16T02:12:00.001-08:002013-01-16T04:40:18.224-08:00Material Change IIII have almost finished this really good book by Eve Blossom. In the continuation of her interesting story of building Lulan Artisans she comes with some very important steps which I endorse:<br />
<u>Listen</u><br />
Seems logic, but should not be forgotten; what do people want, need, which skills do they have? That takes time; in Malawi most of my work is to listen to the women and village leaders and discuss with them<br />
<u>Structure business around culture</u><br />
If for instance agriculture is the main source of income, the crafts have to fit in. It cannot be the other way round; not realistic...<br />
<u>Build the company around people</u><br />
It's important to get to know the people; some women might be shy but very skilled, others may be quite good leaders for the project.<br />
<u>Make meaningful products</u><br />
That's a big issue; many so-called fair trade design is built around products that are not meaningful. Unsustainable decoration, things we don't need, or just for the Western market without any roots in the local culture rather than the skills.<br />
<u>Bring value</u><br />
The project can add value to the community; it's important to stress that. Often women have a low position in the community, and are not used to be in the front. So step by step everybody in the community has to get used to the idea that the crafts are part of the way out of poverty.<br />
<u>Embrace community as your partner</u><br />
The Malawian society is very traditional and has many rules. You have to respect those rules and work on getting everybody 'on board'. The Chief has to approve, for instance.<br />
<u>Incubate your future partners</u><br />
Not specifically suitable for the craft projects I'm doing in Malawi, for they have their own local market, but it's all about endorsing any initiative.....<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-38250381706381982922013-01-10T03:49:00.001-08:002013-01-15T01:25:47.886-08:00Seikatsu Kogei - Living CraftsRecently I bought the book "<a href="http://www.ideabooks.nl/inside/26302/" target="_blank">New Standard Crafts</a>" by Kazumi Tsuji. This book has been put together because of an exhibition about <a href="http://www.seikatsu-kogei.com/" target="_blank">Seikatsu Kogei</a>, living crafts. Japanese are very good with crafts, and crafts are highly valued in Japanese society. So even before opening the book I knew it would interest me. I would say it's a silent book. Silent in its book design and silent in it s content.<br />
'Things' we need for our daily lives, like buttons, haircombs, cups, spoons, chairs etc need to be made to last long and must be made to be utilised properly. Those things make our lives good, clear our minds and make us ready for our daily tasks. When you look at things in this way, you can see their beauty. You can also see immediately when they crappy, unpractical, unnecessary, of no value at all.<br />
The images in the book are of such simple beauty, it struck me straight away.<br />
They made me think of those items in my house that I value highly. My ceramic bowls, my bamboo comb, my wooden chairs, my hand knitted scarves, the handmade wooden table; really well designed and crafted.<br />
The idea of Sekatsu Kogei suits my idea of design very much. For a sustainable angle at design you need to have things that have longevity and beauty. Besides that, the designers, makers and crafters are part of the product as well. In mass production their role is totally evaporated. Price, materials and the process of making have lost their value in mass production. That must change. Seikatsu Kogei is a way of revaluing things and makers. It's an ongoing process!<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-21209747425032292862013-01-01T09:00:00.000-08:002013-01-01T09:00:02.482-08:00KinfolkThe first post in 2013 is a <a href="http://www.athenaeum.nl/recensies/kinfolk" target="_blank">review</a> I've written about Kinfolk. A beautiful magazine from Portland USA. Food, friends and living, in a wonderful mix. On sale at <a href="http://www.athenaeum.nl/shop/zoeken&q=kinfolk&search=books" target="_blank">Athenaeum</a>, of course!<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-32220843238145430762012-12-27T03:54:00.000-08:002012-12-27T03:54:37.152-08:00Christmas with the Samaritan TrustA lovely little film from Malawi, best wishes for 2013!<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-25073791528017674242012-12-17T10:05:00.003-08:002012-12-17T10:05:29.106-08:00How Effective Is Overseas Aid?<i>Some quotes from a very interesting discussion in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/how-effective-overseas-aid-coversation?INTCMP=SRCH" target="_blank">Guardian</a> last Saturday between Clare Short (former Development secretary UK) and Ha-Joon Chang ( economist, born in South Korea) :</i><br />
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CS: "The UK spends about ₤8bn on aid, we spend more than ₤40bn on defence and ₤600bn on public expenditure so ₤8bn is a tiny part....Funding that helps countries speed up their development is just about decency, and also about the world being safer and more secure in the future."<br />
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HC: "In all the recent debates on aid, there is an implicit assumption that aid more or less doesn't work. However, there are many examples of aid working. My own native country, South Korea, is a great example. In the 1960s, it was one of the poorest countries in the world; now it's a donor. In certain periods, foreign aid played a critical role in allowing us to build infrastructure, resolve housing crises, build particular fertiliser factories and so on- if you use it well, aid can be a very good thing. So let's talk about how to make it better rather than talking about getting rid of it."<br />
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CS: "42% of children in India are stunted. That means 42% of little brains and bodies are not getting enough nutrition and clean water to grow. So you can't say: Oh, India's rich now- and walk away."<br />
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HC: "Well, you need to do so many things to pull some countries out of their poverty, so giving individuals a goat is a good thing. But it's not enough, so I don't want that kind of private aid to be considered a replacement for building infrastructure, installing sanitation systems and so on."<br />
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CS: "I don't think food banks are the answer to to poverty in Britain, but in the mean time it's good that people (and companies-RvdK) are giving aid."<br />
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HC: "Unfortunately, with the austerity drive, Britain is becoming a bit of a Scrooge. This country used to be very decent, and now it's becoming narrow-minded and stingy."<br />
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<i>Let's hope Scrooge (in this case most rich countries) will see the right ghost and direct its mind to world development. Improve rather than get rid of aid, Chang couldn't have said it better.</i><br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-1121934987489144042012-12-11T01:29:00.002-08:002013-01-16T02:13:29.554-08:00Material Change IIHalfway I am, reading this book by Eve Blossom. It's good; she says some very interesting things about (social) design. I can relate to her practice with <a href="http://www.lulan.com/" target="_blank">Lulan Artisans</a> through the craft projects in Malawi. Even with many differences, for the craft projects in Malawi are focusing on a local market, which is essential in this case. Still, we can learn from all of these projects.<br />
Here's a few issues worth quoting:<br />
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<i>Good design is creating enduring values. For good design sustainability and social good are new values. Essential is that local culture is partner in the ownership of a project.</i><br />
Indeed these things are essential. Enduring value has to do with beauty, longevity, material sources and social circumstances for production.<br />
Social design and fairtrade don't work if you come in from abroad and push some 'design' into the community. That won't last, and has little to do with local strength.<br />
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<i>For a strong development of social design we need disruptive entrepreneurship. </i><br />
Entrepreneurship that has a strong vision, that is grassroot, that doesn't wait for official canals to be ready. Indeed we, those with ideas, just have to do it. Make it happen. In Malawi we, the women and me, just started. I brought in the ideas, curated their skills, they were eager to just do it.<br />
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<i>It's about knowledge DNA and design sprouts. Work matters, not structure.</i><br />
Knowledge which is new to a community doesn't stay just by bringing it in. It has to become the DNA of the community. Therefore knowledge has to be collaborative and needs to assimilate with local skills and crafts.<br />
After a while the knowledge and new ways of utilising skills become budding ideas and design sprouts; being passed from one person to another. In this way it grows, develops and becomes better. A most natural way of creating social change. And when this 'business model' doesn't have a name, or doesn't fit in any well-known model, so be it. Knowledge is everything. In Malawi people are not used to create new ideas. Their lives have a strong, traditional routine. School education is poor in the area where the villages are, and women have a low social position. But with inspiration and diving in their lives they suddenly accelerate. Curious, working together, passing on skills to others and focused.<br />
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<i>Diversity creates strength.</i><br />
Most important. It's better to focus on more than one skill/product/design. Local circumstances can change rapidly sometimes, and when for instance a source material is not available for a while, the whole business comes to a standstill. Better to have other options as well. That's why we discussed other crafts than knitting in Malawi. Finally we decided to also work on basketry. Bamboo is always available and at no costs. The new skill of making baskets is something that literally thrilled them!<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-8105647144001295292012-12-10T05:16:00.001-08:002012-12-10T05:16:44.784-08:00In the Bleak MidwinterThis old English song is one of the most beautiful winter songs I know. It's written by Harold Darke (1888-1976). The photo's are made by my father last weekend, when I walked with my father and brother. This landscape is utterly beautiful, and the pureness is stunning with the snow....<br />
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<pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span><i>In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter, long ago.
Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
but his mother only, in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the beloved with a kiss.
What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
if I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-13593057363425609602012-12-07T05:14:00.001-08:002012-12-07T05:14:51.469-08:00Material ChangeI've just started reading Material Change, by Eve Blossom. A book in which she tells the story of how Lulan Artisans was established as a sustainable business in Vietnam. <i>Design Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement </i>- is the subtitle.<br />
It's about design rooted in local culture, sustainability rooted in traditions.<br />
The book has a wonderful poem by Fausto Contreras Lazo as a dedication:<br />
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"Our Forefathers"<br />
In our hands they deposited<br />
the tools that interweave our dreams,<br />
what we see, what we feel, what we live.<br />
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In the weaving they taught us how<br />
to weave with yarn the rainbow,<br />
colors, with the fragrance of our country<br />
from this, we cultivate and harvest.<br />
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They, too, did it this way, like this they flowered,<br />
today we, their children, mark new trails,<br />
together with our greatest teachers.<br />
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The photography by Mark Standen is beautiful, inspiring and clarifying.<br />
Later more about the content.<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-79572450862970799052012-11-29T08:45:00.000-08:002012-11-29T08:45:22.207-08:00Xmas by April&May<a href="http://www.byaprilandmay.nl/nl" target="_blank">April&May</a> is the wonderful webshop by my former students Jantine & Vivian. They sell the cute little hand knitted sheep from my collection. For Xmas they made these lovely photo's. I'm proud!<br />
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<br />Renyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890607850166919027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697808452710605082.post-15374528885077776562012-11-16T07:27:00.000-08:002012-11-16T07:29:18.623-08:00Biobrandstof | Biofuel<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Biobrandstof, ooit gepresenteerd als duurzame oplossing van onder andere het klimaatprobleem, blijkt helemaal niet zo duurzaam. Sommige biobrandstoffen zijn zelfs nog slechter voor het klimaat dan fossiele brandstoffen als olie en gas. Miljoenen hectare landbouwgrond worden gebruikt voor de productie van biobrandstof in plaats van voedsel. De landbouwgrond die gebruikt wordt om Europese auto’s te voorzien van biobrandstof zou genoeg tarwe en maïs kunnen voortbrengen voor 127 miljoen mensen.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><i>Het grootste deel van de biobrandstof aan de pomp wordt gemaakt uit voedselgewassen zoals graan, maïs, suiker, soja en koolzaad. Nieuwe soorten biobrandstof, gemaakt van gebruikte vetten, landbouwafval, planten en algen (de zogenaamde tweede en derde generatie biobrandstof) zijn nog minimaal beschikbaar. Het grootste deel van de bijgemengde brandstof bestaat uit eerste generatie biobrandstof.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Veel voedsel verdwijnt dus in de tank, en dat is schrijnend. Zeker nu steeds meer mensen hun dagelijks eten niet meer kunnen betalen vanwege de hoge voedselprijzen. Benzine of diesel bij de Nederlandse pomp bestaat uit méér dan 4% biobrandstof. Zonder dat dit wordt vermeld. En weigeren kan niet. Dat paar procent biobrandstof lijkt een klein aandeel, maar al met al is het een enorme hoeveelheid. Bijmengen moet volgens Europese en Nederlandse regels. In 2008 werd door de EU al bijna 3 miljard euro uitgegeven aan belastingvoordelen en stimuleringsmaatregelen voor de productie van biobrandstoffen. Indien er niets verandert met betrekking tot het huidige Europese beleid, kan de verplichte bijmenging van biobrandstof in 2020 elke EU-burger zelfs 30 euro per jaar kosten.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Wij betalen dus voor de lobby van biobrandstof, gooien voedsel in de tank, werken mee aan armoede in de wereld en een andere keuze lijkt geen optie. We kunnen wel wat doen om voedsel in de tank tegen te gaan. Ga naar <a href="http://www.biobrandstof.nu/" target="_blank">biobrandstof.nu </a>en kom in actie. Nu!</span></div>
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