Causing Death and Destruction and Desitution [ = extreme poverty ]Brazilians guilty of polluting Suriname ?? Amsterdam, 7 feb 2023 –Brazil’s Minister for Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara described the presence of illegal mining (known locally as “garimpo”) in the Yanomami Indigenous Land as destructive, Agencia Brasil reported Monday. The official spent Sunday night at the…
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The Beauty of the Scandinavian Model eyesonsuriname / rystad energy Amsterdam, January 28th 2023 — Hopefully we can all agree that the end of the hydrocarbon age, when it inevitably arrives, will not be brought about by the world running out of coal, oil and gas. The move from higher to lower emitting energy sources will…
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Solar replaces other energy sources eyesonsuriname/af Amsterdam, dec 27 th 2022– Monetary savings, when compared to electricity stemming from other sources, reaches up to 90%, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday about the increasing use of solar energy in South America’s largest country. The data was released by the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (Absolar), the agency…
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Out of a Factory eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 25 november 2022–US firm GOOD Meat invited a number of reporters to a tasting of “cultivated chicken” – what the industry is branding lab-grown meat that comes not from a living bird, but from a tank of chicken cells. This was a rare opportunity. Currently, the only place in the…
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antonfoek Amsterdam, October 1st 2022– At the age of 57, John B. Goodenough invented the lithium battery which powers all our smart phones, tablets and laptops – as well as electric cars. 37 years later at the age of 94, John has unveiled a new, ultra-efficient, low cost battery which uses a sodium or lithium…
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Agreement to conserve and harness biodiversity. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 18th 2022– Efforts to protect and sustain the natural world are just as crucial as global action on climate change – and are similarly beset by a lack of concerted decision-making. The natural world is in trouble. Some 40 per cent of the world’s amphibians, 25…
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The global premiere of the first production-ready solar car, a vehicle for change. We believe in a world where driving is clean and effortless. Unrestricted by plug-charging. In 2016, we began building it: a revolutionary electric car, capable of harnessing the sun’s power. Thousands of lightbulb moments brought us here, to its official premiere. A…
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And in Suriname China has become a major stakeholder in the Amazon region’s infrastructure and exports. Its new domestic orientation to ‘ecological civilisation’ brings some hope of greening the trade partnership. Sarita Reed, Lulu Ning Hui/ Anton JieSamFoek Amsterdam, May 17 2022– Chinese investment in Brazil reflects “a marriage of interests”, according to Tulio Cariello, research…
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Monique Pool – Funder of Green Fund Heritage Suriname Here is my chat with Monique Pool, the founder of Green Heritage Fund Suriname. We talked about everything from economic development to how urbanization is affecting the country’s wildlife. Monique told me that Suriname is one of the 3 carbon negative countries (along with Butan and…
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Make green thinking and resilience a guiding, digital principle eyesonsuriname Tallinn/Amsterdam, 11 May 2022–The President of Estonia Alar Karis emphasized the need to keep resilience and green thinking in mind, addressing international digital leaders at the e-Governance Conference in Tallinn on 11 May 2022. According to President Karis, the examples from Ukraine and Tonga should…
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