What makes a place home?

Just had a brief thought about this as I was landing in Schiphol and getting a feeling like I was visiting home. What makes the Netherlands feel like home to me? I have… Continue reading

Sustainable Conference Hosting

I do my best to go to many sustainability conferences (when the student registration price and travel expenses are acceptable) in search of inspiration and connection to the latest real life practices. Of course I… Continue reading

8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns (上)

The hope to better organize, to reflect upon and to share what I have learn from these events was one of the things that drove me to start this website in the first… Continue reading

“Fixed vs. Growth”

Read this super cool article Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives the other day, and shared it with some friends who told me that they also found themselves… Continue reading

Storytelling for corporate sustainability

I recently explored a bit more into the corporate side of sustainability and was generally happy about the information I have come across so far. It seems that CSR is gaining momentum with… Continue reading

Practical ideas on reducing food waste

I always thought that I am pretty good at reducing waste but still watching this made me reflect. It is most shocking to hear produce sellers explain how the less-perfect looking ones and… Continue reading

Low carbon life style-PHD thesis

Last week, I went to David Andersson’s PhD defense on low carbon lifestyles. It’s interesting hearing about five years of work of a person in 2 hours. It’s also refreshing to be taken deep… Continue reading

Nudge- vegetarian menu to be default

I was browsing around for inspirations for my thesis work and came across this video about the ISSST conference menu, where vegetarian food was default and meat eaters were accommodated. So simple yet… Continue reading

About change

“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” —-                                  Giuseppe di… Continue reading