Achtung! The Germans are back. Is it good or bad?
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Brussels, Europe english | No Comments »“The germans are back” is a statement I’ve been hearing quite often in different spheres and from different nationalities in Brussels. This statement is made with a mix of skepticism and fear, is this justified? It is a fact that the ...
HOW I MANAGED TO REDUCE WASTE BY HALF
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Brussels, Economics, Environment, Europe english | No Comments »Less than a year ago I participated in the 2h training course organised by Bruxelles-Environement in home vermi-composting and it really worked. Looking back to the time when I started to do home-compost, August 2009, I can confirm that the ...
The most sustainable shopping in my life
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Brussels, Environment, Sustainability | 2 Comments »The most sustainable shopping of my life I never thought I would be writing about such a “simple” thing as going shopping but the experience I had this last weekend really deserves it. My experience these days is that eating sustainable food ...
Stories of the belgian mafia in healthcare
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Brussels | 1 Comment »Someone once told me “If the mafia is not outside the system, then it is inside the system”. My experience with the Belgian healthcare makes me think of the second option. My girlfriend had to be operated of an infection and ...
STIB + CAMBIO + VILLO = ???
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Brussels | No Comments »The Brussels region has been considerably improving its supply of public transport and right now it has valid options of car-sharing and bicycle-sharing. The STIB (Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles) is the largest urban public transport company in Belgium and ...