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 [...]

Now I can imagine most of you going, who?! Miep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family during the second World War. She is also the one who preserved the dairies of Anne Frank and later gave it to Otto Frank, Anne’s father, who was the only survivor [...]

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 [...]

For those of you who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!!! For those of you who don’t for whatever reason (like me, it’s not a national holiday here) take a moment to think about the things you have to be thankful for. I’m thankful for my family, friends and all the privileges I have in this life, such [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m shocked and at a loss for words, I really don’t know what to say. Today a young man attacked staff and children at a nursery in Belgium.  Killing 2 children, 1 staff member and seriously injuring 10 children and 2 staff members. According to the news details here, the 2 children that died where [...]

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 [...]

Yeah, I really am. Seriously I mean it. I have to get dressed very carefully every day so I don’t damage my wings while putting my clothes on. You won’t believe what a bother that is sometimes … OK, so maybe I’m not that innocent, and my colleagues are catching on as now they are [...]

Nearly a year and a half after the escape of Natascha Kamphusch from her Austrian Horror House where she was held captive in a basement and being sexually assaulted for 8 years, Austria wakes up to another horror house. The now 73-year-old Josef Fritzl has held his daughter Elisabeth captured in a basement below his [...]

Now that the new year has arrived and everyone is speaking about new year resolutions and changes shouldn’t we wonder about what our governments will change this year. Not just for us in our own countries but for the world. Every year world leaders speak about changing things in the world for the better. Things [...]

For the past three years, radio 3 FM has done something called ‘Serious Request‘. Starting tomorrow, radio DJ’s go into a glass house that is situated in The Hague to live there for 6 days without eating. Meanwhile they will play songs requested by listeners, but not for free! Everyone who wants to have a [...]

Live Earth Alert gives me a good reason to get on my environmental soapbox again. Those of you who know me are probably aware that the environment (and nature) are very important to me. I can get extremely angry when I see people dump their trash 2 meters away from a trashcan. It saddens me [...]

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I didn’t think of it until I got to work and some of my (female) colleagues had arranged something special for all female employees. We all got a rose, some chocolate and popcorn and the guys? They got nothing… It was really nice of my colleagues to think of it [...]

It’s December 24, Christmas Eve is drawing nearer. Before the holidays officialy start and most of us disappear from the online world for a few days I thought I’d quickly post a holiday entry. I want to wish everyone very Happy Holidays and all the best for 2007! Whatever holiday you’re celebrating, may it bring [...]

The country is shocked, and the shock has probably spread over the borders, at least to the surrounding countries. Friday morning around 11.25 AM Jesse Dingemans, an eight-year-old boy, was murdered. Murder is, of course, always shocking, but the shocking part of this story is that it happened at the primary school Jesse attended. This [...]

The other day I was having a discussion with someone about culture. First of all what exactly is culture? Culture the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time by m-w.com That’s still quiet broad, for instance, is religion culture? Maybe certain aspects [...]

Today it’s exactly five years ago that two planes crashed into the World Trade center, another crashed into the Pentagon and the last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after crew and passengers tried to retake control of their plane from the hijackers. 2973 people died because of these attacks and 24 remain missing. [...]