If you think recycling is too hard or takes too much time, even after reading my previous post. Than this is something for you! This morning I found out about Blackle.com a search engine powered by Google custom search, thanks to a tweet from Sophia Bush. Basically it’s Google, only in black! And that’s where [...]

One of the things I do to minimize my ecological footprint, besides recycling and separating my trash, is buying organic food. The first time I heard about organic food I figured it was going to be way more expensive than “ordinary” food and because of that not something I could afford. I did a  little [...]

I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise to most (especially those following me on twitter). Silent-Butterfly.com is going GREEN. Not only is it going green in the most obvious way; by layout colour, but from now on I’m going to (try to, I always seem busy) blog about having a green lifestyle. For me [...]

On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion on an oil platform. This explosion is better known as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. Unfortunately this explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. And my thoughts and prayers go out to those injured in the blast and to the families of those who died [...]

Yesterday, May 4, it was rememberance of the dead. On that day we commemorate the military and civilians who died for our country or during peace missions since World War 2. Every year there is a service on the Dam in Amsterdam to which our Queen and other members of the royal family attend. At [...]

Finally, after searching for a very long time, I have been able to purchase TOMS shoes. Now you might wonder why it was so important to me to buy these shoes. Well for every pair they sell, they give another pair to a child who doesn’t have shoes. This might not sound like a big [...]

It’s been almost a month since my last update, but that’s due to my health (again). I won’t go into it again as most of you know what it is and why (especially those following me on social networks). Instead I want to share some exciting news! On June 1st 2010 Hanson’s new album SHOUT [...]

Every year on December 1 it’s World AIDS Day. This day is to create awareness of HIV and AIDS. Right now there are 33 million people in the world who have HIV / AIDS. 22 Million of them live in Africa. In 2008 2.000.000 people died of AIDS and in the same year there were [...]

A few weeks ago I added my name to a petition that would be offered to the European Parliament to ban the import of seal fur in Europe. And yesterday the EP agreed on this ban with an overwhelming 550 votes against 49!!!!! It will be illegal to import seal fur in Europe and I [...]

There same to be special days for all kind of things all around the globe.  Just two days ago it was Earth Day and today is (unofficially?) Test Animal Day. Now I have to say that I’m not planning on writing posts every day about certain days around the globe, but some are better than [...]

I can see some of you rolling their eyes already. Ooh no, not another ‘greenie’. But yes, another greenie. Today is Earth Day, so it makes perfect sense to post about it. I’ve always loved nature and cared for the environment. But just caring isn’t enough, everyone needs to take action to protect it. If [...]

It was on the news here before, but I came across an article on CNN about it today. So it’s a few days old but still very much worth talking about. Cerrie Burnell is the new host of two shows on the BCC’s CBeebies network. This network aims at children younger than 6 and it [...]

Maybe some of you are familiar with this system, although others might not have heard about it yet. In The United States there already is an AMBER Alert plan, named after Amber Hagerman from Arlington, Texas who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996 at the age of 9. The system wants to warn as many people [...]

Because October is NBCAM I decided to kick off this month with a post about Pink Ribbon, an organisation that raises awareness for breast cancer around the world. One in nine (some sites say one in eight) women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though I don’t feel it’s ‘worse’ than any other type [...]