"I agree that what I say is way too big and difficult. But at least to begin with (and this is a call to everyone) put your vote where your mouth is. It doesn't matter what you think of Europe, but it is the place where really a lot of international trade regulations are being made. So vote for parties that try to bring equality to trade regulations. And put your money where your mouth is too. These are problems that are much more complicated and highly abstract compared to a lot of issues that are being dealt with on this website, but i sincerely believe that these kind of issues are very very important. A big role in international trade is ofcourse for big companies (Nestlé, Shell, Unilever, P&G, etc). We should encourage these companies to work as sustainable as possible - not only focus on sweet & small local production. Those small scaled initiatives are simply not able to feed the world, not even if there where multiples of them. We need those arrogant, unfriendly multinationals, we can't beat them, but we can change them. This is for example done by this organisation http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/ "July 24 2012 on people save money, go to some poor country, make a lot of hot soups,...
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"i believe that really helping people in poor countries lays not in solacing people by giving soup and share our heart with their children. It lays merely in helping people to educate their children, by removing unfair international trade regulations (that favor developed countries), support the countries by becoming more democratic, in other words to remove the inequality."July 22 2012 on people save money, go to some poor country, make a lot of hot soups,...
Loves a comment: "Yes, this month I think you can collect enough water for the entire..."July 17 2012
Loves a comment: "Wow this is a great idea, especially since Holland is so rainy!"July 16 2012
Loves a comment: "I agree with bart, this can be done in much less than a month, so..."July 12 2012
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"hi douglas, you make a reservoir, a big one, which is positioned higher than the flushtank. If the flushtank is empty it opens a faucet, which allows the water to flow in, and it stops automatically by a float. You can just connect the reservoir to the input of the flushtank and the water will flow in due to gravity. You can filter it easily for the water to be clean enough for washing (it's better even than water from the tap, because rainwater contains hardly any calc. And you can make a bigger cleaning installation to be able to use it for drinking purposes. The difference between toilet and all the other purposes is that you need pressure for the other purposes. It'll cost more money."July 9 2012 on Build an rainwater collection system on your roof and connect it to...
"It's been talked about earlier, and i am sure you are able to build it in much less than a month. You'll be saving water for years! An average person uses 34 liters of water per day for toilet flushing. That's more than 12000 liters annually. "July 8 2012 on Build an rainwater collection system on your roof and connect it to...
"@John: I agree with the blind side thing. Money makes a lot of things invisible. However: doing a month without it doesn't show this very good. Maarten will probably be unhappy that he is not allowed to pay rent. Maybe he could put al his spendings in a comparison to the source of his money. You can then ask: do i want to work half an hour, just for a bottle of wine? And then compare the costs of what you buy with basic things: bread, tomatoes. Do i want to buy a bottle of wine if I would also be able to buy three breads (one for yourself and two for people who needs it)? But skipping money has another disadvantage: you would hardly see that with every bread you buy (say 2,50) you are also paying for education, health services, public transport, social services, developing countries (and unfortunately also for military services and asphalt). 6% of the 2,50 is BTW (VAT). And then the baker pays taxes (probably about 40%) on the money he earns. So money is a good tool for letting people pay for community services. The more money you have, the more you pay. I think nothing wrong with money, but with some of the people spending it. Use direct trading instead doesn't make those people better humans."June 22 2012 on Live 1 Month Without Spending Money.
"I love this one! As well: put all your letters you receive online, your emails, your sms's, everything you send out. Just anonimize other peoples data but not yours. Seek help of for example Bits of Freedom. And stream video as well ofcourse."June 20 2012 on Live a life without privacy, stream a live radioshow 24 hrs a day....