Author Archives: Ylva Rancken-Lutz
Trasmatta målas på asfalten i Ekenäs
Underbart initiativ av idélabbet Burken i Ekenäs. http://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2015/07/16/de-malar-en-matta-pa-asfalten-i-ekenas
Students and elderly live together at Dutch nursing home
A nursing home in the Netherlands invited university students to live rent-free alongside the elderly residents. In exchange for an apartments, the Humanitas retirement home in Deventer, Netherlands, requires students to spend at least 30 hours per month being “good neighbors,” Humanitas head Gea Sijpkes said to PBS NewsHour. What an marvelous and simple solution for loneliness […]
Waking up in a new city
I woke up and did not know what time it was The garbage truck stopped outside my window – they come early, I thought A jogger run by with light steps – joggers are out early, I thought A pair of high healed shoes walked by with energetic steps – someone going to work, I though Feet […]
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This American Life: The Incredible Rarity of Changing your Mind
If you have not listened to act two of this episode (555) of This American Life I would like to recommend it. Why and when do we change our minds? One thing is certain – it is not easy to change ones own mind nor ones habits and certainly not to change someone else’s mind or habits. Reporter […]
Innovativa initiativ för en hållbar värld
När man känner att det mesta i världen går mot ett håll som verkar allt annat än hållbart känns det viktigt att engagera sig. Under mitt liv har det varit enormt viktigt att engagemang mig i projektet som gett mig en känsla av jag som privatperson verkligen kan göra något för en hållbarare värld. Det är […]
Ylvas permakultur II
En liten uppdatering av mitt permakulturprojekt. Det växer så det brakar just nu för att det regnar ju varje dag i södra Finland. Jag satte potatis och planterade lök och sådde litet sallad i kanten. När regnet slutat falla och det torkat upp i gräset ska jag kratta ihop gräsklippet på gräsmattan och täcka jorden igen. […]
Share Daily Show’s Burned Notice!
A way to deal with the frustration that you feel when dealing with really ignorant people like the guys on the United States House of Representative Committee on Science, Space and Technology is to make fun of them – to laugh at their stupidity. HOW can we in any other way deal with the frustration […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 