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Pamela Peeters: ECO HERO in New York PHOTO © WILLIE DAVIS
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amela Peeters, born in Antwerp and raised in Keerbergen and Den Haag; moved to New York City on July 4, 1999. She talks about a wonderful city that underwent many changes, both positive and negative ones, over the years. Peeters: “A lot of things have changed. Of course there was 9/11 and more recent Superstorm Sandy which shook up thousands of people’s lives. Many new buildings have been constructed, numerous restaurants and shops have closed and even more new ones came along. The waterfront on the West side has been developed and added a new, green dimension to the Big Apple. Also for me personally my life has expanded quite a bit!”
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The American Dream come true Before she left her home country Pamela set some goals for herself. “My initial goal was to be the first woman to ever make a TV show on sustainable lifestyles. Pamela Peeters at home in New York City. My train of thought took me to the USA, because of the leverage of possibilities here. Everybody remembers Frank Sinatra’s ‘If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere ...’ Nothing could be truer in my case. A Closer Look I succeeded brilliantly and am currently hosting my third TV show. I Pamela Peeters is an environmental econoexceeded my goals and in the meantime I have written three books with a mist who has specialized in sustainable defourth on its way. I also added the launch and production of the ‘Sustainable velopment for more than 15 years and adPlanet’ Film Festival and very recently ‘Sustainability Week’ to my resume.” vocates for sustainable living. Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce Short term, long term, ultimate dream an individual’s or society’s use of the Earth’s Pamela’s list of accomplishments is already very impressive, but like every natural resources and personal resources. At good American she still has many dreams. “My ultimate dream is to produce its most basic, sustainable living means liva feature length film based on a novel I am writing. It blends futuristic societing a lifestyle that uses as few resources as ies with a planet Earth in the middle of an ecological crisis, threatening the possible and causes the least amount of envivery foundation of life on our planet. Then I would really be able to say ‘I ronmental damage for future generations to have accomplished all of my dreams.’” deal with. “But my short term plan is to finish the production of a new 8-episode Ms. Peeters consults with companies and long TV series that brings me – and the audience – back to the tribal wisdom personalities on how to “Go Green” and be of living in harmony with Mother Nature. Also on the to-do list: finishing my “Sustainable”. She has produced over 200 fourth book Elements. On the long term I wish to expand my Sustainable television episodes of the lifestyle magazine, Styles online presence into a multimedia channel, including a sustainability Our Planet, various short films and several lab and incubator. On a more personal level, I would love to go on expediradio segments. She lectures internationally tions with the man I love ... Starting my own family while I continue enjoying and contributes in making sustainable develmy life in the States is another one of those long term plans.” (smiles) opment topics become a part of the mainstream media. Since 2005, she has produced Awesome? the Sustainable Planet Film Festival. “There are some things I really miss from my home country. First of all there In 2007, her first book, Urban Ecology, is the great food of course. Secondly, I sometimes miss the ‘down to earth’ was released. Recently, she published, ECO attitude of the people. Here in the US all things are ‘great’ and ‘awesome’, HERO, a book about a little girl who travels but of course life is not always like that. Finally I miss the beauty of our the world solving environmental imbalances cities and the richness of our culture. Compared to Europe, the USA is a often caused by human pressure. In the first very young nation. But I have always stayed in touch with the many friends book, she visits Sweden, makes new friends I made during my life in Belgium. Sometimes I’ll organize a reunion in my and solves the problem with this group. hometown. My friends and I can catch up over a good glass of red wine by Visit her website, www.sustainablestyles. the fireplace. Awesome!” com, to learn more about sustainable lifestyle – Leentje De Leeuw (from-chicago-with-words.blogspot.com) solutions. For additional information on Pamela Peeters see www.pamelapeeters.com.
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Crypt-O-Quote SOLUTION Live your life and forget your age. – Norman Vincent Peale