Marieke Eyskoot

Marieke Eyskoot @mariekeeyskoot, is a sustainable lifestyle expert and author of the bestselling book ‘This is a Good Guide – for a sustainable lifestyle’. She is also a public speaker and equal rights advocate who initiated the #SustainabilityAgainstShame movement to combat shaming for profit and encourage conscious choices regarding fashion, beauty, food, home, work and leisure.

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IRK: Tell us your “Why” 

I was born here, in the Netherlands, by coincidence. I didn’t do anything to earn all that I’ve been given by ending up here: wealth, democracy, freedom, a healthy economy, human rights, privilege, etc. So I don’t deserve it more than anyone else, I don’t have any rights to it. I want to try and use all that I’ve gotten to make the world a better, more fair, equal, just and sustainable place for everyone.

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IRK: What are you most passionate about with respect to taking care of people and the planet? 

Freedom! Being free from exploitation, whether it’s Mother Earth, the people who produce our products or us – held hostage in the identity of consumer of as much as possible as fast as possible. We are so much more than consumers, and that something’s cheap doesn’t mean it doesn’t cost much, but that someone or -thing other than you is paying the price.

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What Sustainable Development Goal do you align with the most? https://sdgs.un.org/goals 

All of them!