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Silvia Criara

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Il Fuorisalone a Milano unisce le persone alla ricerca di soluzioni sostenibili

Dal 6 al 12 giugno il capoluogo lombardo torna a vivere con mostre, talenti emergenti, designer e artigiani: qui tre momenti imperdibili.

22/05/2022
zoelmond, the netherlands   21st of may, 2020 peter blom 53 kisses his father john blom 89, m on his head, while his daughter norah 1 looks at them at the dinner table at intergenerational cohousing family blom, in zoelmond, the netherlands on the 21st of may 2020 in summertime the family often shares meals outside in the garden peter 'taking care of your parents used to be a normal phenomenon in the netherlands until the second half of the last century after that time it seemed to have disappeared now slowly people are turning back to this system of caring for each other it is a change in moral and ethical views, the current demographic and economic developments also require a different strategy in elderly care'peter blom 53, together with his wife lisa wade 41 and their two daughters simcha 7 and norah 1 moved to a farmhouse in zoelmond, the netherlands in 2017 they had to do major construction work, as they turned the former cow stables into their living room after finishing this, they turned the former hay shed, which is situated right next to the house, into a home for peter's parents, els 83 and john 89 john passed away in 2020 more information by peter blomwe have been living in zoelmond, culemborg, in an old stable since 2017, which we have converted into a beautiful house before that, we lived in an ordinary house when we moved to the farm, we first lived in the stable for a year it was actually uninhabitable at the time we had no bathroom, no private toilet, no real kitchen and we had a bedroom without heating the stable had a wood stovewe had bought this farm together with our old neighbours, from our 'normal' house they went to live in the front house and we in the stablesince 2019 my parents came to live with us, that has always been a dream and a wish for me we have converted the hay barn into living space for them“my father was 10 when the war broke out a jewish boy in amsterdam when he was twelve they were taken from home and transported via westerbork to auschwitz and sobibor to be murdered my father was already the only one to escape in amsterdam after the war, his family was dead his father's bakery house was gone or at least, it belonged to other people by now he couldn't go back he wrote the book 'never go home' about this experienceit has always felt like perhaps the most important purpose of my life to add to this book, if only in his heart, a little epilogue i wanted to give him a home again a place where he belonged and where he could feel safe and cherished”it feels really good to live with my mom and dad now as a baby you need the nurturing of your parents, it is nice to be able to give this back in the last part of their life and take care of themthey live right next to us, so if they need help, for example with the internet or with the online banking app, i just walk over there it's all kinds of little things in a day and we do it with love it is practical informal care and it is super convenient to live together like this as a result, the help does not cost any time and is not burdensome you can walk there in 5 minutespsychologically it is also nice to enter the period together when my father became less strongit's nice to have close contactit is also nice for the children, they can always visit grandparents, it is practical and fun when my daughter is arguing with us, she often goes to grandma to complain about us and to play some board games thereof course you will also be confronted with each other if you see each other less, if you don't live together like we do, you can still hide your worries, but that is really not possible with this way of living togetheri assume that it will not be tenable to continue to professionalize all care where possible, the care we have for each other should be more self evidentliving together in this way will also become more the norm in the west it's really a deviation from the norm now, but i think that will be different it would be nice if this way of living was taken into account more in the construction and renovation of housesto have my parents close by is the best of both worlds, for us, for them and for our girls i also believe that leaving elderly care entirely to professionals is not what care in the future will look like'credit ilvy njiokiktjien

Vicini è meglio che soli, storia del cohousing dove fioriscono le relazioni

La casa è un luogo in cui si intrecciano relazioni. In modo che le persone, cambiando, possano trasformare le città (e farsi venire buone idee).

28/01/2022
La surfista di onde giganti Paige Alms si allena a Pe'ahi, sull'isola di Maui (Hawaii)

Le donne del surf conquistano l'Oceano

Sport da maschi, sembrerebbe. Invece loro gareggiano alla pari su una muraglia d'acqua e anche in tribunale. Dove hanno ottenuto l'equo compenso.

03/07/2019
Bawah Reserve, Riau Islands, Indonesia

I resort di lusso dove tutto è sostenibile

Colgono l’aria del tempo le nuove strutture eco che si mimetizzano nel paesaggio, promuovono le realtà locali e cercano alternative allo spreco: dal Portogallo all'Indonesia passando per Zanzibar.

21/04/2019
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