Monday 7 March 2016

The new Town Hall of Deventer is beautiful!

A few weeks ago I went to Town Hall Deventer. Here new inhabitants were welcomed by the mayor. And we (the new inhabitants) were the first group that were welcomed in the new Town Hall. This is a beautiful building. With an interesting story. 



The iron for the windows are made of fingerprints. These fingerprints are made by inhabitants of Deventer. Many people were against a new Town Hall. Everywhere was a cut back. But the municipality build a new expansive Town Hall. There were protest parades. During this parade some citizens gave the finger to the mayor.


The mayor wanted art in the new Town Hall. A competition was held, and an artist from Deventer won. She would design the art for the Town Hall. There was only one problem. She also gave the finger to the mayor during the protest parade. So she made a plan! She asked the finger prints of citizens of Deventer. Of course some of them were in the same parade. Thy didn’t want to give there finger prints. She said: I didn’t say which finger you need to use. Some chose to give the finger again! So now their protest processed in the Town Hall forever.


Sunday 6 March 2016

VeggieWorld

Today was VeggieWorld in Utrecht Jaarbeurs. Super interesting. As a child in elementary school, I choose to be vegetarian. I really love animals. And I grew up on a hobby farm. So I really didn’t want my chickens, sheep or rabbit on my plate. Of course I didn’t see any harm in eating dairy. I thought it was part of taking care for your animals. The same as me brush my hair or teeth. Part of the daily routine. I actually thought I showed my love by doing this to them. (I left my guinea pigs free, and thought I made the whole world a bit better. But in my Disney world were no hunting dogs from the neighbours. Of course I was 3 years or something.) Still I didn’t want to eat animals, because they are so cute. This home with all the animals was my little heaven.


Later on, we moved. No more farm. Still guinea pigs. I was a bit older and started sporting a lot. I was the only vegetarian in my family. So I switched to flexy vegetarian. I didn’t want my mom to cook an extra meal for me. Mostly because I didn’t eat with them. I came home later because of my sports. I thought it was unsocial to ask this of her. And again, a bit older, my opinion changed. (ow I’m getting old.) Keeping livestock is very inefficient. There is a lot of energy, water and grain consumed by keeping livestock. While there are so many places in the world where is shortage. Besides, we don’t necessarily need meat, fish or dairy products. I didn’t think I could live as a vegan. Because as a real Dutch person I love milk and yoghurt.


But VeggieWorld was my aha moment! They had all the answers to my questions. Fish? No, seaweed! Where do I get my proteins? Beans, nuts, and avocado. Cheese? Yes we have cheese, vegan cheese. Really? Yes, really! And super delicious. So not yet…. But in a few weeks I want to start the vegan challenge. Then I can see how easy it actually is to eat plants. Only plants. So I don’t eat animals, I eat animal food. Rabbit food! I say yes to plant power. I already bought my seaweed. I love seaweed.

At the end of the day De hippe vegetarier had a presentation. She showed all the new food trends for vegetarians. She gave me a lot of inspiration, and I really enjoy her blog.