Since last year, experienced linen stewards, have formed the stewardship working group. Together they are working on making the Shared Stewardship transferable. A model that brings back what we have lost over the years. And that is more than just the production of linen. In fact, if we are open to it, there is a lot to learn from this model on a personal, professional and societal level as well. Joan den Exter: “I think business and politics can learn a lot from this. If we dare to do that, we will come a long way and we can solve many things together.”

“Ever since we started, we’ve been getting regular inquiries from people who want to start a stewardship locally.” When The Linen Project received a large grant from the Stimuleringsfonds last year, space arose to get started on this. A working group was formed and a literature study began. Books were read and discussed and twelve stewards from previous years were interviewed. All this information formed the input for a handbook.

Read now: slow down, deepen and connect – that’s the stewardship model a new article by Iris te Wieske.