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==== Eva Peeters ==== | ==== Eva Peeters ==== | ||
+ | Part of the [[gent plant people]] | ||
- | Eva is involved with many wonderful Gent initiatives around plants, food production and sustainable living. Her family recently moved into a new ‘passive | + | Eva is involved with many wonderful Gent initiatives around plants, food production and sustainable living. Her family recently moved into a new ‘passive house' |
- | Eva is involved with Wivjeld | + | Eva is involved with Wijveld |
Eva is also a member of the new [[Voedselteams]] group which recently set up in Gentbrugge. Voedselteams connects local farmers to residents. Members shop for the different local produce online and each week they collect their food from a local pick up point (if you want to learn more, you can read the story I did about Voedselteams). I was very interested to see how Eva accesses food on a number of different levels | Eva is also a member of the new [[Voedselteams]] group which recently set up in Gentbrugge. Voedselteams connects local farmers to residents. Members shop for the different local produce online and each week they collect their food from a local pick up point (if you want to learn more, you can read the story I did about Voedselteams). I was very interested to see how Eva accesses food on a number of different levels | ||
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Eva and I chatted a lot about growing food and how some people are too scared to grow plants for fear of killing them or they don’t even know where to start. Eva talked about her own worries when hearing about how difficult tomatoes are to grow. But at the end of the day, we decided that it’s worth trying and if it doesn’t work out, you can always try again having learnt from the past. You only have to ask a friend or neighbour who likes gardening for advice. Local knowledge helps local systems to grow. | Eva and I chatted a lot about growing food and how some people are too scared to grow plants for fear of killing them or they don’t even know where to start. Eva talked about her own worries when hearing about how difficult tomatoes are to grow. But at the end of the day, we decided that it’s worth trying and if it doesn’t work out, you can always try again having learnt from the past. You only have to ask a friend or neighbour who likes gardening for advice. Local knowledge helps local systems to grow. | ||
- | Eva is also involved with a car sharing group called ‘de Gage’, where car owners let other locals access their car as long as they pay for the petrol and mileage. It was obvious that Eva is very concerned about the environment and her green footprint. It didn’t surprise me at all when she told me she was involved with the Transition movement. | + | Eva is also involved with a car sharing group called ‘Degage’ www.degage.be |
- | She is a member of Transition Midveld, the regional Transition collective. Transition is a worldwide movement where communities shift to local solutions around climate change issues, problems associated with economic hardship and a desire for less reliance on peak oil and other natural resources. Eva is involved with pushing policy change and linking communities together, and she is helping to organisine the Transition conference in October at Vooruit. They are presenting 26 sessions, including panels on car sharing, energy for housing, and sustainable food systems. | + | She is a member of Transitienetwerk Middenveld and Transitienetwerk Cultuur. Transition is a worldwide movement where communities shift to local solutions around climate change issues, problems associated with economic hardship and a desire for less reliance on peak oil and other natural resources. Eva is involved with pushing policy change and linking communities together, and she is helping to organisine the Transition conference in October at Vooruit. They are presenting 26 sessions, including panels on car sharing, energy for housing, and sustainable food systems. |
It was great to meet Eva and see how much positive change that one person can make for their family and their community. | It was great to meet Eva and see how much positive change that one person can make for their family and their community. | ||
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