Be Alink is a restoration architect, woodworker and inventor of The Alinker, a 3-wheeled walking bike that allows active people with mobility challenges to remain active. She was born and raised in the Netherlands and spent 10 years on community reconstruction in Kenya, The Sudan, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. In 2008 she immigrated to Canada.
Be is the founder and inventor of the Alinker walking bike, which she refers to as a vehicle of change. BE's reverse design practices / philosophy lead to the Alinker, which is not built for a "body-with-a-problem" but for who we are, active and engaged. She considers herself to be a gender weirdo, and has often been called crazy, all over the place, and scattered. People told her to focus, and to comply, but she doesn’t into any status quo. She has always held true to her vision that the world needs something else, for and by us all, no one excluded. Be focuses on who we are, not what we have. With insane tenacity, commitment and dedication, she has built her company into a movement of people showing up for each other. Years ago, she said: "I dream of a world where the dismissed people of today, are our leaders of tomorrow”.
The Alinker is a certified BCorp, a SheEO venture, carbon neutral, and practically plastic free. Be employs Alinker users (otherwise unemployed), pays everyone a living wage. The Alinker company is built to create access to health, by building access to mobility, community and healthy food.
In this episode we discussed:
- Indigenous value systems & community
- The sick care system, sobriety and whole foods
- The healing power of cats!
- Capitalism, Freedom and Social Justice
- Kindness as a foundational value
- How trauma leads to DRAMA
- Money as nutrients
Further Resources:
Find the Alinker here: https://www.thealinker.com/
Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table: By Carol Anne Hilton: https://amzn.to/3HRUCtl
Hofstede Model: https://www.hofstede-insights.com/fi/product/compare-countries/
Shopify Featuring the Alinker: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADVJSBPGjnE&feature=share
Find BE Alink on Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/be_alink/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.alink.5
More Interviews with BE Alink:
People Magazine Interview: https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/health/selma-blair-alinker-special-bike-changed-life-with-ms/%3Famp%3Dtrue
ShEO: https://youtu.be/vMLVFSP6qkk
