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zondag 23 december 2012

Fashion against toxics.

The life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Luke 12: 23  King James 2000 Bible
Want het leven is meer dan voedsel en het lichaam meer dan kleding.
Lukas  12:23


It's the time of the season for some last-minute christmas shopping. I like to procrastinate gift shopping because I detest shopping, as usual. It took me two months to find the perfect gifts. I think I might have lost some lifeblood during my search. But since it is the season of giving it's only fair if I give back when I received so much from others this year, not only materially but also empirical. I'm quite picky myself but I have a legitimate reason. I rather don't want to 'sponsor' companies who violate human rights. And I'm trying to ban cheap produced clothing containing chemicals which are slowly poisoning our bodies and the environment.

Greenpeace started a campaign to expose the dirty little secret from the fashion industry, using hazardous chemicals and dyes to make our clothes. These chemicals end up remaining in many clothing  we buy and in the rivers near the factories where the clothes are produced.
Greenpeace is een campagne tegen de kledingindustrie gestart met als doel, de ogen van de consument te openen voor het gif dat ze gebruiken om onze kleding te produceren en te kleuren. Resten van het gif beland in onze kleding en in het drinkwater.



I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, I own some clothing from companies who are not 'clean'. But this made me think about where my clothing comes from and what they are made of. I've joined the Greenpeace Netherlands 'Fashion against Toxics' challenge, I'm not going to buy new clothes for three months. The challenge started December 1st. I was being a bit hardcore at the beginning because I didn't know I was allowed to buy second-hand. But I'm going strong. I haven't bought any panties yet and I'm actually in desperately need of them. I don't spend a lot of time at one place so my panties are spread around the country. In some kind of way this make it seem like I sleep around a lot.:/ 
Ik maak mij ook schuldig aan het kopen van 'vuile' kleding. Maar het heeft mij wel aan het denken gezet. Waar komt mijn kleding vandaan en waar is mijn kleding van gemaakt. Op 1 december jongstleden is Greenpeace Nederland met de 'Fashion against Toxics' uitdaging begonnen, 3 maanden geen nieuwe kleding kopen. Ik doe sinds het begin mee. Sinds een week heb ik wat meer ruimte om te ademen want tweedehands kleding kopen is toegestaan. Ik heb wel een probleempje, mijn voorraad ondergoed langzamerhand op. Ik reis er op los dus mijn ondergoed ligt verspreid over het hele land. Ik leef trouwens geen losbandig bestaan, ik kan het uitleggen.:/

Though the challenge is noble, Greenpeace leaves out some critical notions. First of all we have to accept globalization is a fact. We can't just stop buying clothing from developing countries. Buying second-hand only is not the solution, second-hand shops don't produce any clothing. We are too 'addicted' to cheap clothing. Just a small group of people can afford clothing made in first world countries. By banning clothing from developing countries we also take away income from people who earn a small percentage of what we earn. And secondly there is another secret, a lot of cheap second-hand clothing contain acrylic fiber. Every time you wash clothing with acrylic fiber, tiny bits of fiber ends up in our drinking water. Those fibers are like like razors, eventually life in the water.
De campagne is nobel, maar Greenpeace vergeet een aantal punten te vermelden. Door het niet kopen van kleding, treffen wij niet de kledingindustrie maar de werknemers in de derdewereldlanden. Zij zullen de eersten zijn die ontslagen worden als er minder omzet wordt gemaakt. Trouwens, we zijn als Nederland veel te verslaafd geraakt aan goedkope kleding. Wij kopen meer kleding dan wij echt nodig hebben. Eis eerlijke en milieuvriendelijke kleding van de winkels waar je winkelt. Je hebt als consument meer zeggenschap dan je denkt. Daarnaast is alleen maar tweedehands kleding kopen niet de oplossing. In goedkope kleding zit acryl. Acryl is op zich niet giftig elke keer als je kleding van acryl wast, komt er elke keer stukjes vezel in ons drinkwater. Deze stukjes vezel zijn net als kleine scheermesje voor vissen. En je kunt je wel indenken hoe het afloopt met de vissen als zij dit keer inslikken.

Companies like C&A are known for treating their employees very badly and they probably use toxic chemicals.
C&A staat erom bekend dat ze werknemers in derdewereldlanden exploiteren. Waarschijnlijk gebruiken ze ook giftige stoffen om hun kleding te produceren.

This piece of cloth costs € 49 at C&A.
Voor dit poetsdoekje durft C&A € 49,- te vragen.

I do have a little problem. I need a 'new' winter coat. I gave away my winter coat last summer cause I thought I would buy a new one. The thing is I'm wearing a very old winter coat now. I don't really like this one but it keeps me warm. The coat is really worn out, I keep on loosing some of the buttons. And the inside of the coat looks like a pomeranian. 
Waar ik naar uitkijk is een mooie winterjas. Ik heb mijn oude winterjas weggegeven. Op het moment draag ik een winterjas waarvan ik het bestaan vergeten was. Hij valt langzamerhand uit elkaar. En ik ben er ook niet dol op omdat ik door de binnenvoering op een keeshond lijkt.


And when it rains I look like a wet pomeranian.:(
En wanneer het regent, lijk ik op een natte keeshond.:(


Check for more information on the 'Fashion against Toxics' Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/FashionAgainstToxics 
Kijk voor meer informatie op de Facebook pagina van 'Fashion against Toxics'. https://www.facebook.com/FashionAgainstToxics

vrijdag 30 maart 2012

community garden / moestuin

I don't have a lot of spare time so I will use Instagram for the time being. Dont worry, I haven't turned into a hipster. Not yet.;)
Het spijt me, ik heb Instagram ontdekt. Ik voel me net zo'n hipster. Ik heb nou eenmaal geen kekke mobiel. Instagram maakt van een nul een zesje. Aangezien ik ook in tijdnood zit, is dit waar jullie het mee moeten doen. Geniet van mijn kiekgedrag.

Today I read Proverbs 13:4  "The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied." It was time for some gardening action.:(
Vandaag las ik de bijbeltekst Spreuken 13:4  "De verlangens van een luiaard worden niet vervuld, een vlijtig mens wordt rijkelijk gelaafd." Op naar de volkstuin dan maar.:(


Ik steek net iets boven de gemiddelde schop uit dus ik kan net nog een schop de grond in steken, maar een schop weer uit de grond trekken ... Daarom heb ik een Yen-proof schepje.:)


Vandaag ben ik op zoek gegaan naar verdwaalde aardbeienplantjes en ze terug gezet bij de anderen.

Mijn eigen Strawberry field.

En nu de grote 'Wat-is-dit-quiz'. Ik vond tijdens het spitten de volgende plantjes. Weet iemand toevallig of ze eetbaar zijn of is het gewoon onkruid? 


Is dit hetzelfde als het plantje hierboven?




Wie zaadjes wil ruilen, zeg het maar.

Update: Het laatste plantje is een maggiplant.

woensdag 7 december 2011

Day 9: bible verse / Dag 9: bijbelvers

1 John 4:20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
New International Version
1 Johannes 4:20 Als iemand zegt: 'Ik heb God lief,' maar hij haat zijn broeder of zuster, is hij een leugenaar. Want iemand kan onmogelijk God, die hij nooit gezien heeft, liefhebben als hij de ander, die hij wel ziet, niet liefheeft.
Nieuwe bijbelvertaling

We are all the same in eyes of God, made from love. Lets treat eachother with respect.
In de ogen van God zijn we gelijk aan elkaar, uit liefde gemaakt. Behandel elkaar met respect.

donderdag 1 december 2011

Day 6: Money, money, money.

Day 6: What are you saving for?

I'm saving myself for Noah Huntley.;) No, I'm just kidding. *No, I'm not* Yes, I am. *No, I'm not* Oh whatever, who am I kidding, le sigh.=)

Some may know I respect the Islam for their traditions. Especially the ramadan. During the ramadan muslims go on a hunger diet and wait till the sun goes down to feast on yummie food. During the ramadan muslims practice the zakat. Zakat is giving money to the ones who are in need. In the bible Jesus says:

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by men. I tell you the thruth, they have received their reward in full.

I can't afford to pay people to play on their trompets every time I donate money anyway ... One of the biggest arguments people give me why they don't go to church anymore is because of the manditory 10% they have to give to their church. I've never got a letter from my church to give them 10% of my income. Maybe they think I'm poor.XD They did aks me to give them my time. And so I did and still do my duty.

I want to proof a point. You will always have enough money to give away to charity. It's on the street. I've started to collect coins I find on the street since last Chinese New Year (I don't know if this is correct English :/). The first week was fruitfull. I found 90 Euro cents.XD Since then I was kind of busy (lazy) to scavenge the streets for abondend money. It's also suspicious if you hang around ticket machines too long and putting your arm in without even buying anything. Concidering everyone is a bit frantic after 911. There was that time I end up with two municipal police following me.:/

I also have a tin can I call the funny money can. I started with € 1,- and every month I added another Euro ( month 2: €2, month 3: € 3,-, month 10: € 10,-, etc ...). I use the money to pay for entertainment. So the first month I was allowed to spend € 1'-. Searching for cheap deals becomes a sport if your budget is low. So the last 27 months I was on a boat (Old spice whistle), among other things.



Another night out sponsored by the city of Leeuwarden. To promote the 'Nacht van de nacht' (night of the night).



- I went to a gueririlla movie showing from Cinema Ascona in an old Philips factory. The theme was called girls with guns.

Free enterance for girls with guns.XD




If I didn't touch the funny money can I would have saved € 378 till this day. Hello I'm cheap *** not stingy.;) € 87,80 is not bad concidering the thing I've done the last two years. I'm not going to name everything. I need at least 8 blogposts for that.

People say I should share my budget tips on my blog. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. The media always manage to find weird people to promote frugal living. I'm not going to eat bird food or use an electric tooth brush as a vibrator (I don't have a vibrator though) to save some money. I kid you not, there are really people who live that way.:/ That's not frugal, that's crazy.

I do want to share with you my current favourite show, 2 broke girls on CBS. It's about two girls who are broke, simple as that. Two waitresses trying to survive in Brooklyn. Max has been broke her whole life. Caroline was born rich, lost her money after her dad got caught in a Ponzi-scheme. They live together wit a horse named Chestnut and they try to save $ 250.000,- for their future cup cake shop. At the end of every episode a tally shows how much they have earned so far.

I like Max because she is so sarcastic and shows, the born rich, Caroline how the poor get their daily stuff (online painkillers from South America with adverse effects XD). In episode 4 Max introduces Caroline to Goodwill. I love charity shops. Fortunately I don't depend on charity shops but I choose to buy some things second hand if I don't use them that very often. Books are a good example. When I'm finished I give it away to charity. I think the Goodwill stores get more from me than that I've ever bought from them. There is one thing I refuse to buy second hand, pressure cookers. This year a man was convicted for a murder he committed in 1997. He murdered his brother and cut him to pieces and used a pressure cooker to dissolve (do you say it like that?) the head (of his own brother). The case is known as the 'snelkookpanmoord' (pressure cooker murder). That's sick. I'm not sure if someone else in The Netherlands got inspired by this murder but I'm not taking my chances.:/

Anyways, the theme song from 2 broke girls is from Peter Bjorn and John and it's called Second Chance.


Is it just me or do they use a lot of cowbells in songs.

Proof 2. Listen at 1:48


Proof 3 (cowbells all over)


I guess you can't ignore Christopher Walken and SNL. Everyone needs more cowbell in their life.