Not much of an introduction since I have no clue what to tell you about this recipe other than it is delicious and if you feel like baking a cake I highly recommend this recipe. So to keep it short and simple: here is the recipe…
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Meer groen helpt de natuur. Als we echt duurzame verandering willen laten plaatsvinden dan moeten we natuurlijk de meest vervuilende industrie op grote schaal aanpakken en uiteindelijk heeft wat komkommerkruid zaaien dan weinig zin maar wie het kleine niet eert en ook buiten de stembus wat wil doen kan duurzamer tuinieren in zijn tuin of balkon. Hieronder een aantal tips op een rij:
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Aside from the common warning to watch out for chemicals, another thing we often hear is about toxins. And in this case, there is a little more truth to the matter. We keep telling people: everything is made from chemicals: the air you breathe, your bike, and even your annoying neighbour. But what is often meant is to look out for toxic chemicals, or toxins. But what are toxins? Toxins are a group of substances that are harmful to you, to animals, and to the environment. Firstly, toxic means something is poisonous. And this doesn’t only relate to solid substances, but also to liquids and gasses. There are also different factors that determine how toxic certain substances are….
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This year with Food Bandits, we started to focus a lot more on things that you can do to be more considerate of the environment. And we didn’t just discuss different types of cleaning products, laundry detergent, or plantbased foods, but we also explained the chemistry behind all those things. We decided to do this mainly because we so often read nonsense claims about chemistry that we are certain are meant well, but which don’t really end up helping anyone at the end of the time. So, yes, those lefties (and, yes, we’re also a part of that group) can be a bit crazy at times. But whether you vote left wing or right wing, I think we can all agree that we’re in the middle of an urgent climate crisis right now.
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After having moved house so many times over the past year, I am now quite familiar with the Dutch real estate website Funda, as well as having a solid google street view obsession, real estate agents and mortgages. I have also figured out the best way to quickly fold moving boxes! The technique is rather aggressive at this point: you simply throw a bunch of stuff in it, because regardless of how good your organising skills are, you’ll mostly be searching around for clean underwear the first couple of days anyway.
This house, which I hope is our final destination at least for a while
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Our first ever IG tv is now online! We have been wanting to make videos like this for a while, but every time we didn’t like what we came up with, until we recently looked back at some of our earliest pictures and were actually pleasantly surprised with how much we liked our “eh, it’ll do” pictures. So inspired by that we have a video and recipe for your own margarine without too much hassle
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Doing more for the environment on a small budget. There’s actually a lot you can do. I believe that we as consumers have the power and ability to make a difference, even just by doing the little things. For example, I have had many arguments with my neighbour, who used to give a lot of loud and highly annoying parties. His excuse for this was that he only did this a couple of times a year. My answer to this was that if all 17 million people in The Netherlands thought the same way, no one would ever get any sleep anymore. In short, you can make a difference! Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I would like to talk about how you can make a difference when it comes to your daily diet and the environment.
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Three months ago, I told you that I was going to participate in the Slow Fashion Season 2019, a challenge where you are not allowed to buy any new clothes for three months. You buy things second-hand, but you certainly can’t buy from fast fashion brands. I said before that even though I try my hardest to live eco-friendly, this would be a particularly difficult challenge for me.
And it was.
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Now that we’ve covered soap, shampoo and cleaning products, it’s now time for… laundry detergent! This article came about in corporation with the Instagram pod that I’ve been in for a long time. I don’t think we’ve come very far yet when it comes to algorithm results, but we discuss pretty much anything. So, you can thank Meatball Inc (how we got that name is a long story) for this blog post.
First, let me debunk a myth that I come across a lot…
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An argument you often hear about why people find it difficult to live more environmentally friendly, is money. Many organic products – whether it’s food, clothes, or cosmetics – are more expensive than the regular products. And sadly, that is the truth. Sometimes I read pieces from brave blogger who come up with all sorts of theories to prove that actually, when you look at your total expenses, this is not true. But whenever I do my groceries at the organic store, I’m shocked to see the bill and I do really want to cry when looking at the prize tags of certain fashion brands. So, yes, living more environmentally friendly is more expensive, but there is also a lot you can do without it ending up with you breaking down in front of a cashier. ..
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What is natural skincare? We are debuking some common misconceptions. Tell you more on what you can pay attention to when buying skin-and suncare products.
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Not long ago, I wrote an article about sustainable and organic coffee and tea. With every choice we make as consumers, we can exercise a little bit of positive influence on the world around us, such as the environment and work conditions. And seeing as Johann and I aren’t the only ones in The Netherlands with a coffee addiction – Dutch people drink the most coffee in all of Europe – it is amazing to be able to have coffee that not only tastes great, but is also produced fairly.
Recently, I was contacted by Coffee to Stay, from whom I learned that their business does not only make sure coffee bean farmers are compensated fairly for their work, but are also taught how to work with climate change
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In my search for a sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle, I’ve written about what kind of cleaning products I use, and what soap and shampoo, but also about how I struggle with my H&M clothing addition. It’s a process of constant trial and error, but the intention is there, and the things that do go well, I gladly share as well.
But for a long time now I have struggled to find a good alternative to period products. I wanted something I could trust and thought it was bad enough already to have to deal with PMS each month in the first place
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Many (if not nearly all) of our environmentally friendly cleaning tips involve vinegar. But what’s so good about vinegar? Are all types environmentally friendly? And what exactly is vinegar, really?
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As most of you will know, we are self-proclaimed coffee addicts and have about 78874 different devices to make coffee with to match. I even have a couple more on my wish list. But what about sustainability? Are there ways to be more sustainable when it comes to your daily dose of caffeine? And what to do with the left over lemon peels from my morning drink?
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Zodra we apart plastic, blik en melkpakken apart konden gaan inzamelen zijn we gaan meedoen. Het verbaasde mij eigenlijk hoeveel plastic we gebruiken en hoeveel zakken je per maand nodig hebt. Wij gebruiken met twee personen en drie huisdieren, ik noem ze 'de vieze kudde' 5 inzamelzakken voor plastic en blik per maand. Dit hebben we terug gebracht naar anderhalf. Hoe? Door alles in de zwarte bak te flikkeren. Oke nee, niet zo.
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Zoals jullie misschien al weten is de kledingindustrie één van de meest vervuilende industrieën en dan heb ik het nog niet eens over de arbeidsomstandigheden. Er zijn steeds meer leuke merken die alternatieven aanbieden. Ik geef toe dat ik nog steeds zwicht voor H&M, Zara en Mango maar ik probeer zeker voor mijn basics eerst te kijken naar biologisch katoen. Iets wat bijna elk merk nu aanbiedt. Maar toch schiet het niet op en gooien we jaarlijks heel veel kleding weg. Zowel als consument alsmede de bedrijven. Dus wat is een fijn alternatief wat ook nog eens mooi is? Waar je oprecht blij van wordt en waarschijnlijk ook langer zal dragen dan één seizoen?
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In een eerdere blogpost waar ik mijn rare obsessie deelde voor schoonmaakfilmpjes op Youtube en ik meer vertelde over de alternatieven voor schoonmaakmiddelen komen we nu bij de volgende producten uit; zeep en shampoo.
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