Journal · Eco-dromen
In our Eco-dromen series, we talk to sustainable entrepreneurs and makers. About how their eco-dream began, the obstacles they run into and what they’d like to pass on to others.
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Simone
Quionia and Oscar
Jan
Nienke and Paul
Just out
For years, Nienke and Paul have both been part-time sustainable entrepreneurs. Years ago, Nienke and Paul set out to build their eco-dream. Since then, they have been designing, making and selling special, personalised…
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Jan enjoys the challenge of getting people who make their choices for other, conscious reasons to make a sustainable choice anyway, without even realising it. Almost…
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Quiònia and Oscar are sustainable entrepreneurs and true eco-dreamers too. They started as homebrewers in 2013 with an eco-dream and now they are the proud founders…
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Manuel van Lijf has been an entrepreneur since 2021 and works as a freelancer within the consultancy Nlmtd. On innovation as the ultimate sweet spot, ordinary…
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Simone van Neerven is an entrepreneur, and not just any entrepreneur: an innovation expert on a mission to be an international catalyst for change. On regeneration,…
Read moreWhat they taught us
Every eco-dreamer shares what they’ve learned along the way. We take it with us into our workshop, the camper and onto our land in Spain.
Simone van Neerven
Not just doing less harm, but restoring. Simone makes the case for regeneration: systems that rebuild nature.
Manuel van Lijf
Sustainability as a purpose, carried by a culture. Not as a marketing tool, but built in from the start.
Quiònia & Oscar
All the ingredients from their own land, and working together with the neighbours: they swap wort for manure from the livestock farmer next door.
Jan Portheine
Pitching, testing and working with customers make an idea better. If you keep your idea to yourself, you end up making something only you want.
Nienke & Paul
Small sustainable entrepreneurs get further when they seek each other out, inspire one another and share knowledge and experience.
Your eco-dream
Do you have an eco-dream, an idea or a question about one of the stories? We’d love to hear from you.