{"id":14292,"date":"2026-11-05T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footprintchallenge.nl\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:53:11","slug":"12-5-years-of-the-footprint-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footprintchallenge.nl\/en\/12-5-years-of-the-footprint-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"12.5 years of The Footprint Challenge \ud83c\udf89"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What began as a mission to let people make a big difference with small actions has grown into a worldwide movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 12.5 years, together with <strong>thousands of participants<\/strong> from <strong>46 countries<\/strong>, we have realised more than <strong>500,000 sustainable actions<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That would never have been possible without all the organisations and participants who took action with us. We are incredibly proud and grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To celebrate, we made a short video looking back on 12.5 years of impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"12,5 jaar The Footprint Challenge\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1243624132?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to our team, our partners, all our clients and the thousands of participants for their trust and their contribution to our mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On to much more positive impact! \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura &amp; Miriam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What began as a mission to let people make a big difference with small actions has grown into a worldwide movement. 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