When people get off the train, instead of pushing them aside, make a honor guard. This will make riding the train a lot more fun! May 21 2012
Improve the social environment in Rotterdam with the following project. 1. Find people who want to do volunteer work 2. Find places/people who need volunteers. 3. Find companies (cinemas, cafes, etc) who want to stimulate volunteer work and arrange discount for your volunteers at those companies, in this way creating a help chain. May 21 2012
Find someone who is depressed and unhappy. Try to change his or her life to a positive life using all your creativity ( Beeing the clown, the motivator, helping in household, the shrink, go swimming, just some examples). May 21 2012
Smile at every person you make eye contact with in public. May 21 2012
Visit old people's homes on sunday with as many people as you can ( or inspire them to do so like a pay it forward train) and offer to take them outside so they too can enjoy the onset of spring. April 2 2012
clean up littering in a park close to your house and welcome other people to join March 28 2012
Create a place somewhere in the city which makes it possible for people to have conversations with strangers without actually seeing each other. March 15 2012
Buy lots of seeds from local flowers and spread them on any possible patch of earth you can find in your city. (Again? Sorry, but it's the last chance for this year!) March 7 2012
Offer children in a disadvantaged district in Rotterdam, who don't know what to do with their time, workshops dance, sports or theatre and prepare them for a small performance. March 6 2012
Persuade your local supermarket to offer a "bag bowl". Where people can leave their plastic bags for others to re-use. March 6 2012
Make a list of 30 things you don't like about your city. Every day of the month, do something in order to change one of them or to inspire more people to do something about it. March 6 2012
"@ Maarten: if you end up realizing this idea, I will follow it with great enthusiasm nonetheless (because as an idea an sich, apart from what I feel the concept of this website is about, it is great) ;) @ Bart: I understand your reasoning :) I am just more sympathetic towards 'smaller' ideas. The little things that everybody could (should?) do without putting in too much effort. Is it not just gloating to watch Maarten get out of his comfort zone? ;) "February 29 2012 on Trace your favorite shirt back to the factory in which it was made....
Loves a comment: "@maarten ofcourse dancing for charity is much easier for you that it..."February 29 2012
"As much as I love the idea of a documentary of Maarten tracing back his favorite shirt, I feel this idea is too big and/or elaborate. Realizing this idea would take up much time, money and effort while all this time, money and effort can be put into the realization of multiple smaller ideas (that I would like to see realized). That is why I vote against it. It is a matter of how I feel Maarten his time, money and effort could be spend best, keeping the concept of this website in mind. "February 28 2012 on Trace your favorite shirt back to the factory in which it was made....
Trace your favorite shirt back to the factory in which it was made. Travel there, thank someone on the assembly line, spend some time with him/her then tell us about his/her life (including working conditions). February 28 2012
Buy lots of seeds from local flowers and spread them on any possible patch of earth you can find in your city. In a period of time both people and animals will enjoy your deed. February 27 2012
Chain yourself outside the Syrian embassy. February 22 2012
Respect the noble silence, don't talk the whole month. February 22 2012
What if it were true that if you donated five minutes of your time per day, you could positively affect the world? Form a Meditation Group and meditate For A Better World. Cause we've all got five minutes. February 22 2012
Try to convince others to join in at the peace-walk on Saturday, March 31 in Amsterdam. February 22 2012