Posted on: April 22, 2020 Posted by: Charley Rousset Comments: 0

Reportage: Inside a COVID-19 isolation center

Reportage: COVID-19 Isolation Center By CHARLEY ROUSSET | April 22, 2020 On Monday, April 6, The Amsterdammer visited an Isolation Center in Eindhoven receiving patients suffering from Coronavirus, which was created by a group of GPs and nurses. The GGD GHOR organisation in The Netherlands gives guidelines on how healthcare professionals should receive patients with COVID-19. However, doctor’s offices have to set up their own testing facilities in order to…

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Posted on: April 20, 2020 Posted by: Cyrine Ettriki Comments: 0

Cyrine Ettriki’s quarantine skin-care routine

My Quarantine Skin Care Routine By Cyrine Ettriki | April 20th, 2020 Cover photo: Photo by Content Pixie on Unsplash. Being in quarantine is by no means easy. Luckily, I have found comfort in creating and maintaining a consistent skin care routine to start and end my day on a good note.  I have, therefore, decided to share the products I swear by in helping me maintain my skin healthy despite…

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Posted on: April 20, 2020 Posted by: Yara Jakobs Comments: 0

Yaka Jakobs’s illustration “Video-calling in times of corona”

ideo killed the radio Video Calling in Times of Corona By YARA JAKOBS | April 20th, 2020 Due the current ongoing lockdown, people have collectively turned to video calling as an alternative for face-to-face interaction. Naturally, this does not come without its difficulties.  Yara Yakoby is a student of Fine Arts and Illustration at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg and works as a freelance illustrator. In her work she tells stories of…

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Posted on: April 20, 2020 Posted by: Josephine Sylvestre Comments: 0

Launch of the ‘Amsterdam City Doughnut’: Establishing the sweet spot of Ssciety

Launch of the ‘Amsterdam City Doughnut’ Establishing the Sweet Spot of Society By JOSEPHINE SYLVESTRE | April 20th, 2020 Amsterdam canals on a summer day. Elisa Morand / The Amsterdammer.  On April 7, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Municipal Executive of Amsterdam decided to adopt British economist Kate Raworth’s Doughnut economic model for sustainable development, making Amsterdam the first city in the world to do so.…

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Posted on: April 19, 2020 Posted by: Linh Nguyen Comments: 0

The lesser of two evils : On the closure of fast fashion factories

The Lesser of Two Evils: On the Closure of Fast Fashion Factories By Linh Nguyen | April 19th, 2020 Photo by Firdaus Roslan on Unsplash A couple of nights ago, as I was scrolling through my favorite app Tik Tok, I stumbled across a video talking about how the coronavirus has forced many fast fashion brand factories in Asia to close. If you follow our magazine, you might have seen an article…

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Posted on: April 16, 2020 Posted by: Annarita Marinaro Comments: 0

How COVID-19 raises discussions on veganism

How Covid-19 Raises the Discussion on Veganism By ANNARITA MARINARO| April 16, 2020 Cover Photo by Ben Cohen On March 21, 2020, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal rights organisation, posted a picture on their social media claiming that, “…COVID-19 would not exist in a vegan world.” According to PETA, up to 75% of the new diseases are so-called ‘Zoonoses’: infections that…

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