April 22 is the annual Earth Day, a central day around which the Earth Day Network draws attention to themes related to nature and the environment on Earth. Every year, the Earth Day Network chooses a central theme to focus on and emphasize. The theme for 2026 is: Our power, our planet!
Categorie: Environment – Milieu
Environment – Milieu
Stewardship vs. Conservation
It happens that someone uses one specific word in a speech which inspires you to write about, and elaborate on that topic. This time it is the word stewardship. In a world where there exists a deafening cry for nature conservation it is important to reflect on what certain terminology actually implies.
World Wildlife Day 2025
With a world investing more and more in egos and deep pockets of a few, it is essential that we as a people fight for the quality of the daily habitat we all live in, including wildlife. This is not only the job of just a few individuals or organisations, it is the job of us all as users of these habitats. So what will you do in the close future to help protect wildlife?
Our failures in design
Not that long ago, all household garbage on Curacao was dumped into the sea, an act deemed acceptable because the sea was seen as this huge endless pit that would take care of our failures. Even today, dumping garbage overboard while underway is still a valid way of cleaning up, on board of ocean going vessels.