"Hey Maarten shouldn't you have a place where all the old (from other months) idea's are still viewable? And people can still comment and discuss. Like an archive or a forum as proposed earlier. We the 'onlookers' need idea's and discussion too to make the world a better place. Like this it is just you the 'puppet'."March 2 2012 on Let's be fair and positive.
"Supermarkets sell plastic shopping bags. Of course a stupid item. Can we get rid of them? I hope so. But at least we can reduce the amount getting sold/adding to our waste. So the idea is to get your local supermarket(s) to start using a bowl ('tassenbol', 'bag bowl') at the entrance in which you can donate your unused previously bought bags. So if you come in the shop you can just grab a used one. So people don't have to, out of lazyness, buy more waste! There is an initiative: http://www.tassenbol.nl. In Rotterdam there is only 1! I only know one supermarket that has one. I will also talk to my supermarket manager."March 2 2012 on Persuade your local supermarket to offer a "bag bowl". Where people...
"Turned out to be true that he already is with a "better for the world" bank. But do you want me to delete the idea so that others can't get inspired? Is this just a game to keep Maarten occupied a whole month and make the world a better place for us? I didn't think Maarten would spend a whole month on this of course! I thought Maarten also took up some small ideas on the side."March 2 2012 on Change your bank. Go with one that invests your money in a 'better...
"Something we should all do, not only you Maarten. We are all gonna have to deal with them: banks. The money system will stay with us for some time to come. We can go with a bank that will make the world a bit of a better place too. Start your investigation here eg.: http://www.eerlijkebankwijzer.nl/ Short but good assignment I thought. :-)"February 26 2012 on Change your bank. Go with one that invests your money in a 'better...
"Cool nice idea. I am offering to ride a bike generator type thing to generate the electricity we need during the screening. :-) Seeing what issues you come across doing some of No Impact Man's things I maybe should read through his blog about it because in the docu you don't hear about the real little issues he came across. (BTW He composts with a worm box inside the house)"February 19 2012 on Live during one month without producing any garbage. And document it.
"Hey Maarten, I don't know if you know about a guy who calls himself "No Impact Man". He documented his life trying to live without impacting the environment a couple of years ago. Made a docu about too. Check it out and ask Ingetje! http://www.noimpactdoc.com/index_m.php"February 19 2012 on Live during one month without producing any garbage. And document it.