Let’s be honest: how often do you throw away food without really thinking about it? Most of us do it more than we’d like to admit. In today’s episode, we’re talking about Taste Before You Waste, a local organization that tackles this problem by collecting surplus food and turning it into community dinners. We’ll hear how it started, what difference it makes, and why even small steps can help reduce food waste.
Tiffany Flaherty is part of the organisation and she is going tell us everything about how taste before you waste operates and its impact, but also how we can redefine what we call “waste” and how each of us can reduce food waste at home.
Tiffany's additional thoughts regarding the Erewhon strawberry:
The Erewhon strawberry - the viral strawberry selling for $19.99 - epitomises an unsustainable food system and contributes to the global food waste issue. Advertised as a seemingly perfect strawberry, one might ask "what happens to the strawberries that aren't the perfect size, shape, or color?" Likely they are thrown away, despite being edible. This not only contributes to wasted resources (water, land, and energy) to produce a fruit that is merely thrown away, but it also contributes to food inequality where rather than edible food being redistributed to those who need it the food is wasted. Since these strawberries are produced in Japan and have a peak ripeness with just a mere 24-48 hours, they are flown across the globe to reach L.A. The carbon footprint of the Erewhon strawberry is undeniable. Aside from carbon emissions, the fact that each strawberry is sold in an individual plastic cloche contributes to the use of single-use plastic and greater plastic pollution. There is also an unsustainable social element to this strawberry. It has become a luxury item only available for those willing and able to afford it. Food is one of humanity's basic needs and rather than ensuring greater access and resources to those struggling to feed themselves, we have glorified a single strawberry. This subsequently skews the prices people are willing to pay for food and what are acceptable prices for our basic necessities. If only the staggering price indicated the true environmental and social cost of trying one of these strawberries.
Links:
Website Taste before you waste: https://www.tastebeforeyouwaste.org/
Instagram Taste before you waste: https://www.instagram.com/tastebeforeyouwaste/
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When was the last time you used ChatGPT? It surely wasn't too long ago, right?
Artificial intelligence has pushed its way into our lives so fast during the past few years and now most of us make use of it to make our professional life easier, for example. Or we let it plan our itinerary for our next city trip.
But what, if we could also use AI for emotional support, as a friend who listens or to work through previous trauma?
Artist Mila Bogi did exactly that and in this episode, she is going to tell us everything about it.
Links:
Instagram Mila Bogi: https://www.instagram.com/mila.bogi/
Spotify Mila Bogi: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0vM7kWHyUt0EML2LtSgDX8
Album Glass & Mirrors: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/milabogi/glass--mirrors
https://open.spotify.com/album/3EavtJsO3hLONZWYdVciDd?si=cT6vm5-0TVWwIOKWKtTYNw
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In this episode, we’re diving into Sexhibition—a bold andboundary-shifting art exhibition traveling across the Netherlands. Each artwork is created with, not about, sex workers. No voyeurism. No exploitation. Just real stories, real people who love their job, real agency, and real art.
Mistress Eve is one of the initiators of the project, a musefor a piece of art, a sex worker and an activist. And yes, there will be talk of a vulva coat … you are welcome ...
Links:
Sexhibition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexhibitionnl/
Sexhibition Website: https://www.seksworks.nl/sexhibition/
Mistress Eve's Podcast Succes in sekswerk (Dutch): https://open.spotify.com/show/32NLbnZo3jPBQ3qn1chXKC
Website Succes in sekswerk (Dutch): https://www.succesinsekswerk.nl/
Prostitution Information Center Website: https://pic-amsterdam.com/
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When was the last time you did something for the first time? When was the last time that you were really curious about something?
Often we get so hung up in our own life reality, our bubble and our ways that we forget that breaking out of routines can be – quite literally – eye-opening. How do other people work? How do they live their lives? What choices did they make in the past and who did they lead them to be today?
This is what the Curiosity Club Amsterdam wants to achieve. To inspire us, to make us curious again and to learn from each other.
Links:
Curiosity Club Amsterdam Website: https://wearecuriosity.com/en/clubs/amsterdam/
Curiosity Club Amsterdam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiosityclubamsterdam/
LinkedIn Anaïse Crombé: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaise-crombe/
LinkedIn Sanne Chateau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanne-chateau-63810918/
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Gender equality is an ongoing struggle, and there is still a long way to go to achieve full equality of rights and opportunities between men and women. In the meantime, a new movement against gender equality is gaining traction in Europe, weakening democracies.
This is a quote from the EU-funded project Push*Back*Lash that wants to develop sustainable solutions, bringing together gender activists, EU experts and researchers from several fields such as political science, anthropology, communication and media, philosophy, sociology and social psychology.
Liza Mügge, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, is part of this project and she is going to tell us everything about the backlash and the pushback.
Links:
Website Push*Back*Lash: https://pushbacklash.eu/
Project website MEN4DEM: men4dem.eu
Cartoons: https://politicsofdiversity.eu/news-media/news/push-back-lash-cartoon-series-digital-violence
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Growing up in a loving, caring and nurturing environment,created by our own family and our own parents, that should be the default for every child. But sometimes, this is just not possible, for various reasons. This is usually, when a government office for youth welfare and child protection interferes and when the foster system comes into play.
Aarathy Balasingam has lived with a foster family for the larger part of her childhood and she has decided to make a film about her experience, to raise awareness for what it is like to grow up this way.
Links:
LinkedIn Aarathy Balasingam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarathy-balasingam/
Crowdfunding: https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/18595-alleenkind-hku-afstudeerfilm
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The city of Amsterdam welcomes more than 10 million touristsevery year, offering hop on hop off busses, boat trips and sightseeing tours. Those walking tours focus on the red light district, food, street art, jewish life etc etc etc. And how many of them focus on women? Yeah, not as many. But Martine Bontjes wanted to change that and today she is going to tell us moreabout her Women of Amsterdam.
Links:
Women of Amsterdam website: https://womenofamsterdam.net/
Women of Amsterdam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/women.of.amsterdam/
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Today is the 8th of March, international women’s day and we’re diving into a conversation that couldn’t be more important—consent.
Joining me is Claudia Dictus, founder of Our Bodies OurVoice, an organization dedicated to sexual violence prevention and education. We’ll explore what consent really means, how we can create a culture of respect and empowerment, and why open conversations about boundaries are key.
So, let’s get into it—because consent isn’t just a one-time‘yes’ or ‘no,’ it’s a conversation we all need to have.
Please note: During this episode, we will be adressing topics as sexual assault, sexual violence and the objectification of female bodies. In case you do not feel safe with these topics, please consider skipping this episode or listening with someone who can support you.
Info:
For the volunteer position please email ourbodies.ourvoice@gmail.com with 'Volunteer' in the subject of the message
Links:
Our bodies our voice website: https://www.ourbodies-ourvoice.com/
Our bodies our voice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourbodies.ourvoice
Centrum Seksueel Geweld website: https://centrumseksueelgeweld.nl/
Centrum Seksueel Geweld hotline & chat: 0800 - 0188 (free of charge and anonymous)
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https://www.ourbodies-ourvoice.com/resources
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337580400_Our_Bodies_Our_Voice
Losing a beloved one is probably one of the worst things that can happen to all of us. Having to deal with death in our close proximity is a fear that probably unites all of us.
And in such a moment that we all rather like to keep away from us, as far as possible, Liza Berenfeld managed to find beauty. In death, she has found her calling.
Liza Berenfeld is a death doula and today, she is going to tell us more about her very special profession.
Instagram Death Doula Den Haag: https://www.instagram.com/death_doula_den_haag
LinkedIn Death Doula Liza Berenfeld: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liza-berenfeld-a43342a
Workshop Natural Health Centre: https://www.thehague-naturalhealthcentre.com/events
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Have you ever heard of something called hypersensitivity, high sensitivity and an HSP?
It refers to a certain way how the brain works and how people experience the world, but - as there is still not a lot of knowledge about it - many HSPs probably don't even know that they have it.
Esther Bergsma - and myself as well - are HSP. Highly sensitive people. And we also didn't know it for the largest part of our lives.
In this episode, we are talking about what hypersensitivity is, what it feels like to be a highly sensitive person and why we sometimes feel like the world is really not made for people like us.
Esther Bergsma website: https://hoogsensitief.nl/
English blogs: https://hoogsensitief.nl/category/english-blogs/
Summary of Esther's international research on HSP at work places in English: https://hoogsensitief.nl/hsp-and-burnout-international-research/
Her English book The Brain of the Highly Sensitive Person can be ordered via Amazon and as an ebook on her own website.
In this blog post you can find more information on the highly sensitive brain: https://hoogsensitief.nl/the-highly-sensitive-brain/
Based on scientific insights, Esther Bergsma developed a model that offers tools to professionals in healthcare, education and to therapists and coaches who want to learn more about high sensitivity. Her goal: that everyone – and especially the highly sensitive person – has a better understanding and appreciation for this quality. High sensitivity offers unprecedented talents that only become apparent when we understand high sensitivity and create the optimal environment for HSP’s.
Her Dutch books can be ordered here: https://hoogsensitief.nl/bestel/
Please find here the HSP test by Esther Bergsman (only in Dutch): https://hoogsensitief.nl/test/
English test by Elaine Aron: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/
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How often have you used your smartphone or any other mobile device today already? Minutes, hours? Do you even know? When was the last time you were completely offline and disconnected from the digital world?
Exactly … to be honest, I cannot remember either. So, maybe it is time to take a break?
This is exactly what the offline club wants to achieve. Silvia Mota is a host of the offline club events and she is going to tell us everything there is to know.
The Offline Club Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoffline_club/
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The world of martial arts is not very welcoming for women. It can be very intimidating to go to a place full of men who punch each other. This is why, girls or women often shy away from this category of sports. Which is very unfortunate, because boxing, kickboxing or any kind of martial art can be fun, empowering and a great workout for your body and mind.
Safe spaces for women to practice martial arts are rare. But now, there is Knockout Ladies in The Hague.
Knockout Ladies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knockoutladies/
Move to heal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/move_to_heal/
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In this podcast, we talk a lot about gender equality, empowerment and gender norms. But of course, we cannot look at feminism without also looking at masculinity. Or rather toxic masculinity, which affects all of us, regardless of our gender.
And to dismantle harmful gender norms, it is also crucial to bring men on bord with us. Which is why, today, we also have a man as a guest on this podcast.
Edward van der Vliet and Iline Ceelen are both involved with a Dutch organisation called emancipator that wants to change our society’s ideas of men and masculinity.
Website Emancipator: https://www.emancipator.nl/
Facebook Emancipator: https://www.facebook.com/EmancipatorNL/
LinkedIn Iline Ceelen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iline-ceelen-796b20b5/
Linkedin Emancipator: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emancipator/posts/
Instagram Emancipator: https://www.instagram.com/emancipator.nl/
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Remember what it was like for you when you came to the Netherlands? When you had to get settled and needed to find a job? For some of us it is rather easy, for others it is really hard. For migrants who are not familiar with the Dutch or any European labour market there are many challenges to face. Often they apply and apply but only receive rejections without knowing the reason.
Shea Harty is the founder of Empowerment foundation that strives to empower people to change their circumstances from surviving to thriving.
Website Empowerment Foundation: https://empowermentfoundation.work/
LinkedIn Empowerment Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mpwrmt/
LinkedIn Shea Harty: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheaharty/
Instagram Empowerment Foundation: https://www.instagram.com/mpwrmnt_/
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Today's episode is going to touch on a topic that affects us all at some point in our lives – grief and loss. But even though it is omnipresent in all of our lives, we rarely talk about it. Death is something that scares us, that we rather do not talk about. My guest for today Carin Hafkamp, has chosen to become a grief and loss coach to guide and support individuals through this challenging process. To remind some that in all the darkness there can also be light again.
Website Carin Hafkamp: https://www.carinhafkamp.nl/
Facebook Carin Hafkamp: https://www.facebook.com/carinhafkamp.verliesenrouwcoach
LinkedIn Carin Hafkamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carin-hafkamp-98425418/
Instagram Carin Hafkamp: https://www.instagram.com/carinhafkamp.nl/
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The global medical world produces an enormous amount of waste every day. Mostly by using disposable equipment. But what if there was another way? What if there was a chance to make medical equipment reusable?
Dieuwertje Drexhage is one of the founders of Layco Medical Devices and it is her goal to make the medical world more sustainable. And that could even have an impact on women specifically – not only in the Netherlands – but globally.
Website Layco Medical: https://laycomedical.com/
LinkedIn Layco Medical: https://www.linkedin.com/company/layco-medical-devices/
Dieuwertje Drexhage LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dieuwertje-drexhage-93533614a/
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Are you a fan of Spanish and Latin American films? Do you love storytelling and exciting visuals?
Bienvenidos and welcome to the 10th Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival. For a decade, the film festival has focused on storytelling, insights into the culture of Spain and Latin american countries as well as voices multiplying voices we often do not hear loud enough. Among others, the voices of women.
Bloem van der Linde and Nela Linares Antequera work for the Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival and they will tell us everything there is to know.
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival: April 12-21, 2024
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamspanishfilmfestival
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asffofficial/
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival website: https://amsterdamspanishfilmfestival.com/
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amsterdam-spanish-film-festival/
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In a conflict, in a war or in a crisis it is oftentimes those who are innocent who suffer the most. But the ones that are the most innocent are often overlooked and forgotten. Wars, conflicts and natural disasters affect animals as much as they affect human beings. But they have even less of a chance to fend for themselves or verbalize their pain or demand their needs to be catered to.
Luckily, there are people like Esther Kef and her organization animal heroes, that make sure that the animals of this world are not forgotten.
Website Animal Heroes: www.animalheroes.eu
Animal Heroes Project Westbank: https://animalheroes.eu/projecten/help-animals-in-the-westbank/
Animal Heroes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animalheroes.eu
Animal Heroes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animalheroes.eu/
Esther Kef Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther.kef/
Esther Kef Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.kef
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Today, we're diving into the magic of the HER Film Festival Amsterdam – an event that amplifies the voices and visions of women filmmakers and highlights films about women and their so far often untold, unique stories.
It's more than just a film festival; it's a celebration of creativity, resilience, and the power of women worldwide.
Sabine Brusse from Simavi organizes the event and she is going to talk about her favorite stories, the position of women worldwide and why an event like HER Film Festival is still necessary and important. These days maybe more than ever.
Website HER Film Festival: Herfilmfestival.nl
Instagram Simavi: https://www.instagram.com/simavinl/
Website Organisation Simavi: Simavi.nl
Simavi petition access to water: Simavi.nl/petitie
Website Cinetree: Cinetree.nl
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There is the gender pay gap. The gender pension gap. The gender funding gap. The gender health gap. The gender investment gap. The gender wealth gap. And there is also a gender orgasm gap.
During heterosexual sexual encounters, women have far fewer orgasms than men. And often we are being told that this is just the way it is and that some women simply cannot have an orgasm.
The world is acting like a female orgasm was a myth and it was rocket science to get her there as it is basically as complex as an open heart surgery.
Well, it is not. And women’s pleasure is just as important as men’s pleasure.
And luckily, there are people like Heidy van de Velde who remind us of that and who help women to set boundaries during sex but at the same time demand the highest possible pleasure for themselves.
Podcast Heidy van de Velde: https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDnpG1h5s4k1qCF4bT8Kh
Heidy van de Velde Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidy_vande_velde/
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