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World Cleanup Day 2023

Tidy is neat: World Cleanup Day 2023 report

More than 600 cigarette butts cleaned up at an action against litter
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,…

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…

Nature was there first

If you could give something back to nature, what would it be? The first thing that came to mind was: space, nature came first! This realization grew deep in me during my stay in a caravan near the route in Berg en Dal. Here I had to accept…
Walk of Wisdom door Thomas Hontelez

Cleaning up 136 kilometres of rubbish – will you join us?

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Did you also enjoy the nature at the Walk of Walk of Wisdom and do you want to help give something back? As a pilgrimage route, we are participating in a worldwide action to clean up the planet: World Clean up day, on Saturday 18 September…

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…
Pelgrimeren naar duurzaamheid

Saturday 22 June 10.30 a.m.: litter picks and brownies

On Saturday 22 June, at 10.30 am, we will clear the last kilometres of our pioneer route of litter and then have a picnic together on the Waal beaches. For our fourth anniversary, we treat ourselves to homemade, oven-fresh – vegan – brownies…
Foto: film the Way

Picking up litter and going to the movies (note: adapted program)

We are going to clean up a part of the Waal beaches in Nijmegen and then we all go to the movies. Will you join us?Please note: a previously announced morningwalk of 10.00 am will not take place. Saturday 6 April: 13.00h, litter pickingpedestrian…