The information we need is out there. If there is something positive to the media at our fingertips nowadays, it is that they can be employed to seek out facts. One of those facts is that Christ was not born 2022 years ago, nor was he born in December. …

Trust no one: 1. In the waste management “business”; 2. If their existence depends on selling you a product or an image (Ask yourself this: Did their “journey” come to a stop when they could no longer make money? What are they doing now?); 3. If they will readily proclaim themselves to be sustainability/zero waste/circular economy “experts”. Use your brain.

The correlation between Earth Day and the “Arab Spring” When you think of America, what comes to mind? Here’s what comes to my mind: Pepsi, Coca Cola, Nike, Hollywood, the NBA, the NFL, the Super Bowl, Call Of Duty, and actual wars all over the world, among other things. …

How I already expended my stimulus check on Facebook ads What were you up to this time last year? It’s not difficult to find that out nowadays if your life is documented online or if, like me, you take a lot of pictures and videos on your phone. Our last…

And 366 days to NYE 2022 — In China, setting off firecrackers and fireworks during the Chinese New Year period is an important custom, reportedly because in traditional Chinese culture, firecrackers were originally used to scare away evil spirits. Is Covid-19 then a consequence of the Chinese not exploding away enough firecrackers before the start of this…

Are we afraid of enlightenment? Last New Year’s Eve (NYE), I heard the fireworks rather than watched them. I had already tucked myself in for the night but had not yet fallen asleep when the crackling sounds made their way into my hiding place. I live in a city which…

A prerequisite in Rocket Science is not required. — This article is about not giving up on your intellectual capacity to analyze things for what they are and not for how they are made to look, and it is also about Ghaf trees. Advocacy work can be lonely, time consuming and definitely not financially rewarding. I am not somebody…

We cannot keep pretending everything is alright. — The pen is a wonderful invention, the keyboard too; but the pens of today are not the pens or feathers or chisels which facilitated the delivery of words in the past. A pen, like the one in the picture, a Pilot pen I had borrowed (more like allowed myself to…

We cannot keep pretending everything is alright. The pen is a wonderful invention, the keyboard too; but the pens of today are not the pens or feathers or chisels which facilitated the delivery of words in the past. A pen, like the one in the picture, a Pilot pen I…