Happy living

In Bhutan, the GNP (gross national product) was officially replaced by the index of GNH = gross national happiness. On the basis of this, economic development and happiness of the population are mapped. Despite Bhutan being one of the world's poorest countries, one can still speak of happiness. In 1972, GNH was launched and that…

Tech meets nature and appearance

The ideal of what beauty is varies by country, but also the effort people make to pursue this can vary. Often people blame the media of creating this image. In TV shows and fashion magazines awfully thin models are seen. This can be the cause of a negative self-image, but this doesn’t influences everyone. But…

Extremes in this wonderful world

With the arrival of the Internet people have become more and more connected with each other. Every minute of the day we can be online and everything we want to know, we can figure out. We are in direct contact with other people, are constantly up to date when it comes to the latest trends…

Water

Water. We cannot live without it. It is a known fact that we need to drink it in order to survive. Even our body consists for 40% of water. Water is everything and it is becoming more and more popular. An example of this growing popularity is the company Cleantech Group, who believes in a…

Politics of the future

Who has the right to speak? Who decides what? And where do we base our political decisions on? We cannot predict how politics will look like in the future. However, we can consider current trends and changes in today’s politics. In the Netherlands it appears that politics become more and more a language of “the…

Druggies

The negative association that people have with drugs is slowly reducing. Drugs no longer just mean misery and hopelessness. This change can be seen globally and is also stimulated by the legalization of cannabis across various states in the US. Several sectors use this change of tide in their goods or services and in that…

Doomsday en bizarre natural phenomenon

One of the scariest things in life is whenever you start thinking about the environment. With all the changes that our planet had to go through, it seems that the end of our days are near. An example is the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic clock which represents the countdown to a global catastrophe, like a nuclear…

Androgyny

A common phenomenon in The Netherlands is that with the birth of a child, “beschuit met muisjes” are served. If it’s a boy, the ‘muisjes’ are blue, if it's a girl, they’re pink. But these colors have not always been assigned to these genders. If we go way back, boys and girls both wore white,…