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p a g e 2 5 Morocco! Magnificent well asthese custom-made products from herlineas I purchased avariety of aromatherapy products. ordered somecustom-made consultation withherand natural andraw. Ihada emotional care, all100% A friendwho an argan oil product A woman making High Altas Argan oil.It’s handmadeand area, there are women making products store. Intheentrance Quarzazate, there isanArgan oil Marrakech ontheroad to store - Argan oilproducts Assaiss OuargnTichka [email protected] 54. F ech, Morocco. T A Pharmacie L’Unite the daytime.RajaaChbani@ night andusedherdayoilduring during thetrip,IusedArgan oilat so it’s best to use itatnight.So could contribute to darkspots, Argan oilattracts sunlightand with her,sheexplained to methat products. Duringmyconsultation venue Hassan II–4000Marrak- or herraw food workshop: About 100kmfrom el 212(0)244485
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p a g e 2 6 Morocco! Magnificent the stores carry thesame of rose products. Manyof stores thatsellevery variety streets are packed withsmall water, andthissmalltown’s is where they produce Rose full ofroses inbloom. This because inMaythisarea is alley”, thetown called I continued mypath alley” water. Itsmellssonice. factory to manufacture theirrose that saysthey have theirown small and boughtrose water from astore products. Istopped byafew stores, wind wasremarkable. Thefirst The silence andthesoundof and aquadrideonthedunes. desert”. We went for acamel ride them “thosesweet people inthe Milky Way, andthe people. Icall sky fullofstars andthebeautiful the sunset,amazingnight place I’ve ever visited. Iloved most amazingplace andmyfavorite Sahara desert At P alais Bahia This isthe Sahara Desert Insha’ to gobackthere manymore times. And Ihopethat’llbeluckyenough enjoyed beingouton thedunes. people inthedesertandonce again later andreunited withthosesweet because Iwasbackthere 3months want to leave. Butdon’tbesad, I couldn’t stop mytears. Ididn’t the desert,andIcriedincar. cleansed me.Inthemorning,left it wasthebest feeling. Thedesert was just most pure form ofme,and and definewhoIaminthisworld. I the otherthingsthatattach to me name, whatIdofor living,andall still mebutwithoutanything,my and Iwasjust thisbeing.Itwas desert hadstripped mecompletely felt very calm. Itfelt asthoughthe felt like IwasonadifferentI planet. there bymyselfwithacamel boy. It patterns onthesand.Iwent out created interesting shapesand the morningafter aheavyrain. It time Iwent outto thedunewas Allah. camel boy atdesert A Camelanda
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ndividual: OYL Inspirational I Wubbo Ockels & His Universe of Happy Energy An interview by Lonneke Engel
Prof. Dr. Wubbo J. Ockels (1946) is this optimistic “Energy Hero”. He a brand in itself. His track record started many international, power is impressive. He was the first projects including the Superbus, Dutchman in Space aboard the last the Ecolution Ship, the Nuon Solar successful trip of the Space Shuttle Team Challenge, and most recently Challenger before it exploded his “Happy Energy” project. He on its 23rd flight. Wubbo Ockels does all this while dancing his way is a physicist, a professor at TU through life and enjoying it to the Delft University of Technology, utmost, surrounding himself with director of ASSET (Applied the young people of our future, Sustainable Science, Engineering sometimes even at the Supperclub and Technology), and not only in Amsterdam. And it certainly that: Wubbo Ockels is THE man doesn’t seem like he’s going to who has put sustainable energy stop anytime soon. “Optimism is on the agenda in the Netherlands a responsibility one cannot win and beyond. In addition, Wubbo without” is his motto, along with Ockels has survived many life- “If the world ends today, I’ll be ok threatening situations, including because I am happy with the way an airplane crash and having I lived my life”. OYL is ready to get his heart stop beating for 6 a lesson in living a sustainable,
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roommate, Dick. Ifelt reallyMy sad. members, andthepassing ofmy and aboutthedeathof7crew Then Iwastold abouttheexplosion discover that wasnotthecase. with ourkids.Iwasrelieved to wife ifthere wassomethingwrong film crews atmyhouse.Iasked my Challenger’s disaster whenIsaw reac in your lifesofar. How didyou one ofthegrea roomma crew membersincluding your exploded mid-flightkilling7 the Challengerbefore i t last successful flightof flight ST-61A.Tha the Space ShuttleChallenger, were onwas the22ndflighof as well?Imean,theflighyou inherent riskinflying t Perhaps thereissome that isfor sure. think about.Buttheview isamazing, new? Thatissomethingwe should their environment for something Don’t people just wantto escape start regular flightsinto Space? environment. Dowe really needto dangerous? flying int you escaped adisaster? Will the news?Didyou feellike
p a g e 4 6 Wubbo & of t Challenger, 8hadissues with of the23flights ofthe Later, we found outthat could have beenprevented. the solidrocket boosters that there was adesignflawin I gotangry. Asitturnedout, 2nd emotionlater onwasthat
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from? Where didthisinerescome engineering andtechnology. interes of Aerospace, you shiftedyour After your work inthefield of thebox, andsomesayitmight my whole life. Ilike to thinkoutside care ofit.Iwasalways aninventor is beautifulandthatwe have to take and soon.Ilearned thattheEarth blue ofwater, thegreen oftrees, what Imean.TheEarthhasthe could seeitfrom Space, you’d know unique. ButEarthisIfyou page 49 Dress Lonneke: Spijkers &Spijkers in Sustainability atthe in 2004,Igota Professorship started inventing again,and Club ofRome.In1996, Limits to Growth” bythe moment whenIread “ The 1972, Ihadaneye-opening also bemyhandicap. In Really, Space isnotso owards sust ainable good for theenvironment. restrict ourtravel because itisnot their own reality. We mightneedto the scenery, like they escape from people travel now just to change lived there for 4years. Ithinkmany Band NationalP Amsterdam, andIalsoloved Big north oftheNetherlands),Ilike the “Waddeneilanden” (islands places to visitclose to home.Ilike also thinkthere are manybeautiful but Ihave cutdown onitrecently. I travel t favorite placeEarth on Y of Earthisasnow? Wha Wha new wayoflooking at data. on different projects, andwitha University ofDelft.Ienjoy working ou liket t doyou thinkhesiua o? o travel. Wha I usedto travel alot, ark inT exas when I t isyour o t tion progress, and you willseemany Electric cars willmake tremendous you needto embrace thefuture. to make theworld abetter place old-fashioned. Ithinkifyou want using thecommonly usedfuelisso F at ourselves andchangeourways. to dobetter, butwe allhave to look houses. There isalot ofpotential buildings andproducts to heatour in capturing heatfrom existing products, andwe can still improve also abigpotential for recycling a different culture... There is change inourmindset.We need of it.Iseethatwe have to make a Earth hasbeensuffering because profit isthedriving force. The of doingbusiness onEarthwhere years? do for Earthinhecoming do you thinkweshouldall or instance, inmyopinion acar I thinkwe still have a way
get themexcited. communication like socialmediato sources. Iembrace new waysof projects thatuserenewable energy energy andto helpthemsetup future -to thinkaboutsustainable young people -thepeople ofthe or theEarth. that doesnotharmpeople, animals, new paradigm inlooking for energy, Energy movement asanew way,a That’s alsowhyIstarted theHappy energy istoo bigfor humankind. Revolution. Thiswayofgetting It isthearrogance oftheIndustrial energy, includingnuclear energy. far withcertain waysofcapturing shift. Ithinkwe have allgonetoo car, we willhave madetheright rather thesilence ofanelectric a car isnotthenoisy engine,but once you realize thetruebeautyof becomes more sustainable. And the total production ofelectric cars years asbatteries getbetter and more onthestreets inthecoming look like? world ofsus t on andwha projec C Energy? Wha an you tellusabi t abouhe
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