Happy 2022

17 January 2022. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

We have been living in an apartment in the southern Dutch town of den Bosch for six months. Miru is happy going to school here, while we keep writing. We wish our readers an inspired new year 2022 full of beautiful friendships and global collaboration.

Children's book

6 April 2021. Udenhout, Netherlands.

We have spent the second part of the covid19-pandemic in the Netherlands with family. Miru and Kamiel wrote a book and are working on a second one!

VOTE!

27-10-2020. Tilburg, Netherlands.

We live in unique times. Your vote could mean the difference between democracy and autocracy, a livable planet and environmental desolation, prolonged culture wars and reconciliation, justice and hypocrisy.

Schooltime

23 September. Udenhout, Netherlands.

Next Pandemic at my place?

15 April 2020. Ao Nang, Thailand.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are lucky enough to be stuck in southern Thailand, a well-known vacation paradise. Although travel plans have been nipped in the bud, we remain in good spirits and enjoy the privilege of working from our temporary home.

Climate change and the Amazon

July 26. Seoul, South Korea.

We are living a calm family life here in Seoul, South Korea. But the headlines begin to spin out of control. We are worried about the heatwaves in Northern Europe that are clearly extreme weather events caused by anthropogenic climate change, and the relentless pace of Amazon deforestation under Jair Bolsonaro.

26 October, 2018. Seoul, South Korea.

Yeon and I are both working as writers and living a rather minimalist life in South Korea. Recently, I learned about the plight of the elderly in this country, especially those who are not fortunate enough to have their children taking care of them.

Mapping local initiatives using maps.me

20 May 2018. Seoul, South Korea.

On a short trip to Laos I realized that mapping small local initiatives can be done using maps.me instead of using sites like kindmankind.net or its successors.

Happy month of March

March 1, 2018. Seoul, South Korea.

Dear fellow Traveler for Good, we are still living happily in Seoul. Our daugther Miru turned five years old in January. She goes to the highest grade of kindergarten today, where she already learns reading and basic math.

We focus on art and writing and live quite a minimalist lifestyle. We hope you are also finding the inspiration this month!

A trip to Pai, Thailand

15 November 2017. Seoul, South Korea.

We traveled to Northern Thailand for a vacation, to the valley of Pai that has turned into a tourist hotspot. It is frankly a beautiful place and you can still escape the hustle and bustle of the main tourist street. Its accessibility by bus (a 3 hour drive from Chiang Mai) makes it a great destination for families. So, why reporting on our family vacation on this site? We didn't visit ngo's on this trip, though we know there are some good initiatives protecting elephants, or permaculture farms. If you visit such places, feel free to write about it on kindmankind.net, with a link to your blog. That way, everybody wins.