Skating in "Het Broek"

The weekend of january 10th, our nephew Maarten (almost 2 years old) was here to give new year wishes to Ine, who is his godmother.
Ine gave him a sledge and we went down to the frozen ponds in "Het Broek".
There was a whole crowd skating, biking, sledging and sliding.
It's been more then ten years since we had a real winter like this. All the activity reminded me of Breughel's winter paintings.

younger people need less light

Although you would not consider the body of a thirty year old to be in decline,
he needs twice the light a ten year old needs to see well.

20 euro per minuut

Global Crashing

Wall Street by various calculations has to date lost, within the financial sector, $1-$1.5 trillion

According to The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Teeb) study interm report by the European Commission the annual cost of forest loss is even higher at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

The figure comes from adding the value of the various services that forests perform, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide.

calvin

taikonauten

rainforest shrinking speed doubles

This year the speed with which the amazone rainforest in brasil is cut has more than doubled.
At the current rate the rainforest will be gone by 2030.