A moment of reflection on Paradijslaan
For many years Eindhoven was a twin city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Former councilwoman and columnist Mary Fiers reflects on a dark page in the history of the country.
Mary Fiers
Column: New strategy needed for Brainport region
A lot is needed to seriously tackle the problem of dichotomy within Brainport, Mary Fiers says. "Are we going to take the step towards a broad approach to prosperity together?"
Tomorrow is good: After sunshine comes … hopefully rain
Over the past few weeks, you could smell it on a regular basis. The lovely smell of a heavy downpour after a warm sultry day. […]
Tomorrow is good: Is this the new normal?
At one of the press conferences on corona held by the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte, I heard him say we must now “decide for 100 […]
Tomorrow is good: More than just a meter-and-a-half of nature
The coronavirus is killing people. All over the world. The battle with the virus is fought to the death in vast numbers of intensive care […]
Tomorrow is good: Sustainability – who else is all mouth and no trousers?
A year ago, many people in the Netherlands had never even heard of it. But right now, the nitrogen crisis is dominating the political and […]
Tomorrow is good: Everything of value is … ageless
You probably didn’t miss it last week. There is a problem with too much nitrogen in the Netherlands. A lot of people will have thought […]
Tomorrow is good: Not afraid of the wolf
Perhaps fairy tales have many hidden negative effects on the Dutch in later life. We grew up with Little Red Riding Hood and the evil […]
Tomorrow is good: A natural alarm clock
Last week I thought back a little wistfully on a few years ago. It must have been sometime around 2006. I had become the happy […]
Tomorrow is Good: Drought in Waterland
As the name suggests, the Netherlands is a low-lying country. As much as 26% is below sea level and 59% of the Dutch land surface […]
Tomorrow is good: Put an end to the conservation of nature – instead, start developing it
Anyone who followed the news last week can’t have missed it. Scientists worldwide are ringing the alarm bells. Nature is deteriorating on “all fronts” at […]
Tomorrow is Good: The interim landscape
The world is changing. And our Brabant landscape is changing along with it. That will always be the case. Business as usual, one would say. […]
Tomorrow is Good: Can we switch off the lights?
Light is the city of light; But not light like a feather. The light of this city; is because of a bulb! A world-famous poem […]
Tomorrow is Good – The Hungry City: a plea for food from nearby
Cities, including yours, can exist thanks to the ‘hinterland’. After all, the food of all city dwellers is produced in that hinterland. For an average […]
Tomorrow is Good: Beautiful weather? Here’s a plea for a new definition
In a weekly column, alternately written by Maarten Steinbuch, Mary Fiers, Carlo van de Weijer, Lucien Engelen, Tessie Hartjes and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries […]
Tomorrow is Good: Returning to the great Brabant breeding ground
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, Tessie Hartjes, and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries […]
Tomorrow is Good: Reducing the heat starts with yourself
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, Tessie Hartjes, and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries […]
Tomorrow is good: Tree Knights of the Future
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out […]
Tomorrow is Good: a ‘pettification’ of nature?
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out […]
Tomorrow is Good: Brainport, stupid or genius?
The Importance of actively searching for the limits of our progress In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo […]