Tag Archive for: landscape contribution

Oude kerktoren Afferden

Landscape contribution: €250 for the old church tower Afferden

From every pilgrim who registers for our starter pack , we save for the landscape along the route: the nature and culture on the Walk of Wisdom. We have now transferred €250 of the 2022 registrations to the foundation that manages the old…
zwerfafval prikken Waalstranden

Waal beaches clean again

Last Friday we cleaned the Waal beaches from the center of Nijmegen with a cheerful group of Walk of Wisdom volunteers. The beaches are located in a nature reserve almost at the beginning of our route. Litter Waal beaches In our early years,…
Waalgaard

New stop in Weurt: de Waalgaard

We have found an inspiring new stop in the last municipality on our route: the Waalgaard in Weurt. Food forest-Waalgaard In each municipality we have two places where pilgrims can 'score' their bird ring for the pilgrim's shoelace. To our…
Stevenskerk Walk of Wisdom pelgrimsroute door Bart Kouwenberg

Landscape contribution: €750 for the birthday of Stevenskerk

Landscape contribution: the Stevenskerk has existed for 750 years. That's why we gave the church an extra contribution of €750,- Thank you for the hospitality!
Hunting Lodge Mookerheide Natuurmonumenten

Giving back: €240 for Natuurmonumenten

From every donation for our starter packs, we set aside €1 for nature and the landscape along the route. At the end of December, we helped Natuurmonumenten (+-Dutch national trust) with €240 for the beautiful Hunting Lodge Mookerheide,…

Giving something back to nature: report from the World Clean up

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Stray with sunshine, Photo: Thomas Hontelez When the sun shines, the whole world is beautiful. The whole world? Well, at least it was perfect weather to 'pick' litter. About 50 volunteers cleaned up almost our entire route last Saturday during…

Landscape contribution: €1,000 for Land van Ons

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For every pilgrim who registers, we save €1 to give back to nature: our landscape contribution. Because the Walk of Wisdom is doing well - we are approaching the 10,000th registration - we can donate a nice amount of money every year to landscape…

Giving something back to nature: our contribution to the landscape

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Walk of Wisdom, Jan Alers We feel that taking care of nature fits in with being on the road through the landscape as a pilgrim. When we explored Santiago de Compostela in the development phase of our route, we were shocked by all the…
Stevenskerk door Patrick van Bree

Landscape contribution: €365 for Stevenskerk

Last Sunday - June 21st, the day of our (fifth!) birthday - we donated €365 to the Stevens Church in Nijmegen. The church is the most popular monument in Nijmegen and stands proudly on top of a hill. The Nijmegen resident who sees the tower…
Tree of Wisdom voedselbos

A pioneer tree in a new food forest

Pilgrims who have walked the Walk of Wisdom in recent months have walked past an inspired new food forest along the route: Food Forest Worldly. The forest is still in the pioneering phase and is not yet recognizable as a food forest. The…