In our Tuesday blog post we have already provided a lot of tips on the subject of gardening. It is very important that you are helping the environment and yourself. If you plant something yourself it means you know where your food comes from, it…

Spring is coming. After social distancing for the past two years, isn’t this a good time to enjoy sitting in cafés and breathe some city air? One positive effect of the pandemic is the rapidly increasing demand for sustainable alternatives when traveling. Many of the…

Eat slowly, appreciate food again, and pay attention to an environmentally and socially responsible way of dealing with it. Last week we already introduced you to the Slow Food philosophy: good-fair-conscious. Our Green Pearls® partners around the world strive for a good, fair and conscious…

What is behind the term Slow Food? The organization with the same name was founded by Carlo Petrini and some of his friends in BRA, Piedmont, as an enantiomer to “FAST Food”. Carlo Petrini defined three basic concepts for a “New Gastronomy”: good, clean and…

“The greatest sight to see is the world – look at it!” This insight by Kurt Tucholsky drives us humans to travel to distant destinations, to discover new cultures, different mentalities and customs. What type of traveler are you? Do you prefer to take it…