Livin’ Large
New discoveries about other planets expands our view of our own.
Waiting for a Colorful Spring
By Alexander Verbeek On one of the few sunny days of this week, I walked in the streets and parks of Ottawa. As a Dutchman in Canada, I can get used to the extreme cold in the winter, but I find it much harder to accept that it takes so long for winter to turn […]
Earth Day 2022
Kaleidoskope Celebrates Earth Day This year, it will be 60 years since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published. The book about the consequences of pesticides is widely regarded as the start of the American environmental movement. Eight years later, Earth Day (officially on April 22nd) was observed in the United States for the first time. It is […]
The Last Maui Dolphins Need your Support
Noemi Knight is passionate about the playful Maui dolphins and an advocate to save this subspecies of the Hector dolphin. The author, NOEMI KNIGHT Won’t give up without a Fight Noemi refuses to give up on her favorite animals, and the book is full of suggestions for action to save one of the world’s smallest […]
Valentine’s Day: The Origins of the Day of Love
The history Valentine’s Day.
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A New Year’s Walk
The Island I Call Home Editor’s Note: Alex Verbeek shares his take on what it’s like to walk his homefront beaches on the coast of a small island in the Netherlands, in the Province of ZEELAND and the island of Schouwen-Duiveland Here are his impressions, from his New Year’s Day walk that has become a […]
