AMSTERDAM: The finale of my Sustainable Amsterdam tour w/ Cornelia Dinca

In this final video in the three-part series, Cornelia takes me to Amsterdam's first intentionally designed eco-district and car-free / car-lite community, GWL Terrein. I hope you enjoy the ride.

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Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
Part One in this series:    • AMSTERDAM: Exploring new sites with Amanda...  
Part Two in this series:    • AMSTERDAM: Exploring new sites with Amanda...  
Sustainable Amsterdam: https://sustainableamsterdam.com/
My tour of Houten with Billy:    • HOUTEN: A Resident-Led Bike Tour ~ An Inte...  
Cornelia's blog post on GWL Terrein: https://bit.ly/4ggfcTE
GWL Terrein: https://gwl-terrein.nl/
My short Vauban visit video:    • VAUBAN: Car-lite and car-free living made ...  
A relatively recent article on Vauban: https://bit.ly/4juachb

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Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 35 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

Since 2010, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.

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