Kolden's Private Diary

Meet Kolden. In this section you will find the latest journey information and personal reports from people Kolden has met on his adventure.

Surely you're using public transport?

Written by Christer Lindqvist, Stockholm - Sweden
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Kolden's been staying with me for a couple of weeks now and it's about time you got an update! The one thing that has bothered us the most over these weeks is the apparent lack of insight that has afflicted so many of my fellow Swedes taking their cars to work.
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Kolden redeployed; Stockholm, Sweden

Written by The GnomeDiaries Team
Sunday, 11 May 2008
After his short stop in Zwolle, Kolden has been redeployed to Sweden. After a pleasant flight on which he had the honour to be part of a pilot's first landing, he travelled on to Stockholm where he was received by Christer Lindqvist; our Swedish correspondent.
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Solar powered garden lights

Written by Willem van Zon, Zwolle - The Netherlands
Sunday, 04 May 2008
I received Kolden some days ago. I think that this is a great initiative to confront people to live a more durable live. I have bought solar powered garden lights and installed them together with Kolden into my garden.
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Wadis and district heating

Written by Harold Roosen, Eindhoven - The Netherlands
Monday, 25 February 2008
Some time ago Kolden was given to me by Jolanda Bachrach. The journey continued from Breda to the city I live in; Eindhoven. Let me tell you something about the part of Eindhoven where I live.
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How your beef causes Global Warming!

Written by Jolanda Bachrach, Breda - The Netherlands
Sunday, 27 January 2008
After the first adventures of Kolden with the Gnomediaries team, I am the first one who can write something about him. When I received Kolden from Roel I had to think for a while about what I want to write.
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And the story continues

Written by Roel Gillesen, Breda - The Netherlands
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Hello, my name is Roel Gillesen, the 4th and last co-founder of Gnomediaries.com. It is my privilege to send Kolden into the wide world where he will continue his journey.
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Every message needs a messenger, this time it was me!

Written by Hermen Vorstenbosch, Geffen - The Netherlands
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Hello, my name is Hermen, I am 36 year old. I am one of the co-founders of gnomediaries.com. I am proud to let you know that it was me who designed the GnomeDiaries logo. It’s weird to realize that numerous people will see something I created.
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Make this “heavy subject” more accessible to normal people

Written by Paul van Zoggel, Uden - The Netherlands
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Hi, my name is Paul (32-year old Dutchman), one of the co-founders of this project/website. I am glad that we have finally left the preparation phase and that our project has reached the operational phase. A phase in which our Gnomes will spread the message throughout the world.
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Getting aware is just the first step

Written by Jeroen van Oosterhout, Oss - The Netherlands
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Hello, my name is Jeroen van Oosterhout and I extremely proud as co-founder of GNOMEDIARIES, to personally launch our first travelling gnome "Kolden". You can read in this personal diary entry what I have changed to combat climate change.
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Welcome to Kolden's diary

Written by The GnomeDiaries Team

Friday, 19 October 2007

Kolden’s name starts with the first letter of KYOTO. Like the other GNOMEDIARIES gnomes Kolden is named after one of the letters off the Kyoto Protocol.

Kolden is the first GNOMEDIARIES travelling gnome and has started his journey in Oss the Netherlands on October 20th 2007. You can read more about Koldens release in the "Launch first GNOMEDIARIES travelling gnome Kolden" news item in the Ambassador News section.