NEWS
Almere November 2024
Dear reader,
With pain in my heart I have come to the conclusion that my ambition to make the Foundation For A Better World (FFABW) an independent institute before my seventieth birthday has not been achieved. That is why I have asked the board to dissolve the FFABW.
As has happened before, I am far ahead of social development. I have not been able to sufficiently promote the idea that everything not need to belong to someone but can belong to everyone. The FFABW should have become an organization that deals with the development of sustainable environmentally friendly energy (SEFE). Everyone needs this SEFE, but not everyone can afford it. Certainly not if this SEFE is seen as a commodity. The idea was to take the development costs out of the products, not to take out patents but to make the design and all data available under a free open source license. As a result, the product would only receive the cost price for making it.
The FFABW has never received subsidies, only donations from a small group that supported the idea. A limited budget also gives limited possibilities. Despite that, I believe that we have done a lot for the goals within those limited possibilities.
In September 2023 we were evicted from the space that was affordable for the FFABW. The board has done its best to find another space. Without success.
It was already difficult enough to find volunteers and donors. The board also does not expect that replacement drivers can be found. That is why they have started the termination.
We thank you for your interest in the FFABW.
Kind regards
Ludo Thijssen
Treasurer and initiator
