We hope you will find all the info needed to be inspired by and through nature. Our members are true believers that nature will prevail if we give it a hand.The World is faced with a great dilemma concerning the future of the next generations to come. This means that we are all part of this problem and so also the solution.
We must join forces and together help the environment to grow at it’s own pace and not be disturbed by our hands, at least as little as possible.
Like our children it also needs a safe environment for it to grow healthy.
Scientific studies concerning our nature are one of the most important things “Nature is Life” is supporting. In this way we help Nature and so help ourselves.
We hope to get you evolved in your own future, and the one of the children of the World.
St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadaloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Granadines, Granada, Blanquilla, Los Roques, Islas de Aves, Bonaire -
After some adjustments done by captain Jan and his right hand man Marck, they managed to get marketing manager of this event, Jayson Persuad, on the next airplane to Trinidad for the parts. He will be back tomorrow so we can get back on track. We got superb support from the excellent diesel engine experts Raul Noel & Carl Edwards. This would not be possible without the tremendous efforts of Nicholas George from Budget Marine Grenada.
Jan & Marck
Jayson Persaud [Marketing Director "Natureislife.org" & "Caribbean.tv"]
Willemstad- Ryan de Jong un heroe ku a sali 5 di december for di St Martin riba aventura pa enkurasha nos tur pa kuida nos naturalesa i nos muchanan ku alabes ta e futuro di majan. Banda di esei, Ryan I su team ta hinka hopi esfuerso den promoshon di nos isla, tresendo temanan ku ta hasi nos Korsow uniko dilanti pa mundu por mira. E extremo di Clearwater Challenge ta hala hopi atenshon den Caribe. Asina Ryan a aparese den notisia di Jamaica, Antigua i St Barths ku ta islanan ku no ta ni den e reto di e challenge. Regularmente Ryan i su crew ta wordu rekonose riba e islanan ku subi tera.
Na final di e di dos etapa Ryan a jega Grenada i a wordu risibi den bon man. E di dos etapa tabata un tiki mas favorabel pa e atleta den e sentido di forsa di bientu i direkshon di koriente. Pero tabata tin hopi momentu nan ku por a hinka e hazana den peliger. Monsoon e boto pa seguridat mester a pasa un distancia alarmante for di un volcano situa bou di awa serka di Greneda. Na un otro momentu un kabuja ku ta mara e dinghie na Monsoon a kibra i a pune un retraso konsiderabel riba e dia. Mask u esei, Monsoon su motor a sufri dano deskonosi den haf aja na Greneda. Pa esaki Monsoon mester keda un dia mas porta te asta dos pa drecha e motor. E jegada dia 27 di december porta ta den peliger. Ryan i su crew ta determina pa rema over time pa sera e buraku aki.
Willemstad - 22 dia anto 1606 km di st. Maarten pa Korsow den un kayak. Pa hopi hende algu strano anto imposibel. Pero pa Ryan de Jongh algu normal. Mes normal ku bo no ta susha loke ta nabu bida, es ta naturalesa. Pesei e la disidi di hasi algu uniko pa pune infasis riba importansia di nos medio ambiente ku sin dje nos no tin bida. E reto aki no tabata solamente un sono pa e atleta konosi pero un reto pa trese sierto punto nan kritiko pa ku e naturalesa di Korsow dilanti. Un di e punto nan aki ta e parke maritimo ku ta traha pa benifesia Korsow ku effecto nan positivo pa nos economia. Un otro punto ta e infasis riba e potensial construktivo di Korsow su naturalesa, riba tera I bou di laman.
Despues di 7 dia Clear Water Challenge a pasa su prome etapa pasando St. Maarten, St Eustatius, St. Kitts & Nevis Monserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica I Martinique. E delaster ta kaminda Ryan de Jongh I su crew a ankra pa rekarga e boto ku kuminda fresku. Meresidamente Ryan lo hana un dia di sosiegu. E bataja te ahinda no tabata nada fasil. For di St. Maarten tabata tin un bientu fuera di normal ku ta bini for di direction zuid-oost ku ta enfrente di e atletiko. E bientu tabata feurte variando entre 20 i 40 konopi. Murayanan di awa, mas ku 4 meter tabata duna e crew un tempo hopi difisil I piligroso. Apesar di tur esfeurso tabata tin hopi momentu nan di sospenso ora ku e crew abordo ta perde Ryan for di bista den anochi, awaseru of ola. Ryan a sostene algun lekshon chikitu na su lomba abou, pia I kansansho di muskulo, presipalmente na e schouder. Tur ta wordu trata anto no tin motibu pakiko esakinan lo mester stroba e hazana. Clear Water Challenge ta te ahinda riba schema anto por spera jegada di nos herue national dia 27 di december. Pa mas informashon bishita www.natureislife.org, www.caribbean.tv
Tank at any of the Curoil gas stations during the challenge and Curoil will save 1 cent on every litre of gas or diesel for the causes. Now tanks to Curoil you can contribute and be a part of the sulotion!
NATURALESA TA BIDA
Incondicionalmente naturalesa ta e factor mas importante di bida. Desde 1854 e Biologo Charles Darwin a purba di educa nos riba e importancia aki, den su buki “On the Origin of Species”, Darwin a splica cu, entre otro, tur cos riba nos planeta tin un conexion cu otro. Despues e filosofo Aleman Rudolf Stiener tambe a plantia cu nos mester pensa den un manera “Holistico” caminda tur cos den universo ta uni cu otro. Te cu awor ta cuestiona si e avancenan tecnologico tambe ta forma parti di e evolucion di naturalesa. Pa mantene e avance industrial, naturalesa a wordo laga atras canando cu e consecuencianan desastroso. Hopi informacion y educacion profundo ta loke ta bay haci cu mas hende rond di mundo, y principalmente aki na Aruba, tambe por siña di aprecia loke naturalesa tin pa ofrece nos. Ta importante pa respeta naturalesa, paso sin dje lo ta dificil pa sobrevivi. Na December tambe lo tin e Copenhagen Climate Change Conference caminda lo sigi elabora riba e Kyoto protocol di nos medio ambiente.
Por constanta awor cu hopi isla den Caribe no tin rifnan di coral mas, nan ta disparciendo den un rapides increibel!
Fundacion CARMABI ta un organisacion cu ta haci investigacionan cientifico riba e mundo di bou awa pa por colecta informacionan clave y preserva nos medio ambiente tan fragil.
WWW.NATUREISLIFE.ORG
Ryan de Jongh, e conocido atleta di Corsow a tuma como su meta pa stimula, protehe y yuda naturalesa pa medio di diferente retonan cu el a tuma den su bida. Por corda con el a rema for di Corsow pa Aruba (185km den 22 ora) y su coremento y tambe su caminata rond di Aruba (150 km den 23 ora) no mucho aña pasa. Na Corsow e ta wordo mira manera un heroe cu ta sali na vanguardia di nos naturalesa. Asina el a cuminsa, hunto cu Fundacion CARMABI, cu e conoci “Clearwater Challange” pa conscientisa nos tur cu sin naturalesa, dus tambe nos lama, no tin bida. Cu e reto anterior Ryan de Jongh a sa di demostra su balentia, caminda cu el a rema rond di Corsow den 33 ora (150 km). Tur esaki conociendo tambe tur e consecuancianan pa su propio bida.
CLEARWATER CHALLANGE III
Pa notifica tur hende tocante e rumbo actual cu nos naturalesa y specialemente e bida marino ta bayendo, Ryan de Jongh a bin cu e sigiente reto cu ta consisti di rema di St. Maarten pa Corsow pasando 16 isla den Caribe, cu un duracion di aproximandamente 3 siman. E team lo sali for di Corsow diamars 2 di December venidero pa prepara pa e biahe interesante for St. Maarten cu lo inicia dia 5 di december.
Pa mas informacion tocante apoyo financiero, por bishita e website www.natureislife.org. Cu boso ayudo nos por stop e dañonan cu ta wordo haci na nos naturalesa.
Sponsernan cu ta judando nos caba ta: Inser Air, Curoil, UTS [Chippie], Curaçao Ports Authority, Plaza Hotel Curaçao, mangusa Supermakets, EcoEnergy, Claerity Administrations, IDF Internet services, Budget Marines, Curaçao Towage Company & Caribbean.tv. Un danki grandi na nos sponsernan pasoba sin nan e proyecto aki no ta posible.
WWW.CARIBBEAN.TV
Pa facilita Natureislife.org su obhetivo y pa hacie visual pa henter mundo Ryan de Jongh y Ryan Oduber (Aruba) a uni forsa y a lansa un website nobo cu tin e nomber di Caribbean.tv, e ta un website caminda por upload video, potret y audio pero tambe mantene un netwerk di amigonan online.
E ideologia di Caribbean.tv ta pa unifica Caribe mas cu otro. Tin ora nos ta lubida cu nos ta Caribeño y mester ta orguyoso di ta forma parti di un parti di mundo cu a saca hopi cosnan creativo manera Reggea, Calypso y Soca pero tambe a logra di cosecha Nobel Prize winners por ehempel Sir Arthur Lewis di St. Lucia pa Economics y V.S. Naipaul di Tribidad & Tobago pa literatura. No ta pornada nan ta yama nos un “Melting pot” caminda tur e diferente culturanan ta biba den paz bandi otro. E bunitesa di nos region ta wordo admira dor di henter mundo y ta wordo considera como un paraiso na mundo. Specialemente esaki ta e meta tambe di Caribbean.tv. Pa laga hende wak nos “Paradise on Earth”. Pone bo imagen unico, bo video of bo musica riba www.caribbean.tv y laga Aruba su cara resalta den Caribe! Di Aruba Ryan Oduber y Germille Geerman lo aporta pa cu e proyecto Natureislife.org y Caribbean.tv door di captura e imagenan pa boso tur wak y conoce Caribe pero tambe pa wak e Challange di serca y experiencia e reto grandi aki cu seguramente lo no ta facil.
Pa donations:
“The Ryan de Jongh foundation”
Banko Di Caribe: 304 128 01 (Swift: BDCCANCU)
MCB: 221.303.06 (Swift: MCBKANCU)
RBTT: 10377514 RBTTANCU (swift BIC)
NATURE IS LIFE
Unconditionally nature is the most important factor of life. Since 1854 Biologist Charles Darwin was teaching us that we are all part of nature’s big chain in his book “On the Origin of Species”. Later on the German philosopher Rudolf Steiner came up with the idea that the whole universe is just one entity, one organ that is Holistically connected. Now some say that the industrialization of the world is just a part of our own evolutionary nature. But the balance is not there. We took more from nature that we gave back. We need to be informed about this “unbalance” of nature and try to stabilize it as quick as possible. There have been many attempts to mend this gap using international agreements on reducing our Carbon Dioxide emission. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. The Kyoto Protocol had some issues, as it did not include some heavy polluting developing nations. Upcoming 15 December is the “Copenhagen Climate Change Conference” where the Kyoto Protocol will, hopefully, be adapted to serve Earth’s best interest. The Caribbean is also represented in this conference by the CARICOM. They will present the 1.5-degree concept, saying: “We need 1.5 to stay Alive”. If we don’t take back the world temperature 1.5 degree soon, not only the World, but also the Caribbean will be menaced with floods, droughts, sea level rising and under water extinctions. Some islands, including Jamaica & Trinidad can verify that with their precious corals gone white [Coral Bleaching] due to global warming and other polluting factors. Fortunately there are many organizations that do give a helping hand. The CARMABI foundation [www.carmabi.org] based in Curaçao [Netherlands Antilles] helps by doing researches both on land and specializes in marine researches.
WWW.NATUREISLIFE.ORG
Ryan de Jongh, the known Curaçao athlete and patron of the CARMABI foundation took upon himself to give, thus protect our nature. In this case focusing on the underwater life. He has used his endurance and strength before to bring forward his massage in a couple of heavy challenges, including the “Clearwater Challenge’s” where he would walk, jog, cycle and/or kayak hundreds of kilometers for the preservation of nature and healthy living. Now he is ready to step up again but with a bigger challenge. For the “Clearwater Challenge III” he will be kayaking, starting on the 5th of December, from St. Maarten to Curaçao, 1606 km, in 3 weeks to raise funds for nature preservation and social projects. The Nature is Life Organization has mobilized a lot of local people to support the project but feels that we all have to be part of the solution and wants to reach the world for this good cause because after all, nature is life. “I am putting my life into this. What will you do?”, Ryan comments. Meaning, he will give more than he can ever give into preserving the most valuable factor of life on earth. “By supporting me, you support yourself. It’s also your life.” he says. The kayaking journey consist of visiting the island of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadaloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Granadines, Granada, Blanquilla, Los Roques, Islas de Aves, Bonaire & Curaçao. Go to www.natureislife.org for more info on how to support the cause and be part of the solution. Sponsors already helping are: Inser Air, Curoil, UTS [Chippie], Curaçao Ports Authority, Plaza Hotel Curaçao, Mangusa Supermarkets, EcoEnergy, Claerity Administrations, IDF Internet services, Budget Marines & Curaçao Towage Company. Without this enthusiastic contributing team the project could not be realized. But now we need to raise the funds for CARMABI and the local social projects Ryan de Jongh is leading. Please give us a hand. Financially or just by spreading the word into the world!
WWW.CARIBBEAN.TV
To facilitate the “Nature is life Organization” the newly launched www.caribbean.tv, a video and social networking site, will document the whole trip and bringing you all it’s real-life happenings. The essence of Caribbean.tv is to unite the Caribbean. We, the Caribbean people, tend to forget that we are all one and that great things has come and still comes from the Caribbean. Some examples are: Reggae, Calypso, Soca & Salsa. Or great Nobel Prize winners for example St. Lucia’s Sir Arthur Lewis for Economics and for literature V.S. Naipaul from Trinidad & Tobago. Whether some islands are called “Paradise on Earth” or as a whole: “The cultural melting pot”, it still is just home to us all. We should treat home as our greatest treasure on earth! On www.caribbean.tv we want to put up the positive vibe of the Caribbean. The simplicity of: “Who we are”. Upload your positive messages on video, in pictures or in music. Let the world see our beauty. Advertise now on www.Caribbean.tv and you will be contributing 100% for this cause! Limited spaces available.
Ryan de Jongh
1998 55km – Kayaking from playa Kalki to Sea-aquarium, Curaçao
1999 500km – Cycling nonstop for 30 hours, Curaçao
2000 116km – Cycling 55km kayaking and 65km jogging 27 hours extreme triathlon, Curaçao
2000 80km – Kayaking from Bonaire to Curaçao 13 hours, Bonaire
2001 185km – Kayaking from Curaçao to Aruba 22 hours, Curaçao
2002 150km – Jogging, walking 2 times around Aruba 23 hours, Aruba
2007 155km – Kayaking around Curacao 33 hours, Curaçao
2008 50km – Kayaking 10km cycling 40km walking triathlon, Curaçao
For donations:
“The Ryan de Jongh foundation”
Banko Di Caribe: 304 128 01 (Swift: BDCCANCU)
MCB: 221.303.06 (Swift: MCBKANCU)
RBTT: 10377514 RBTTANCU (swift BIC)
Most of the methane reacts with the oxygen in the water to form carbon dioxide, another greenhouse gas. In sea water, this forms carbonic acid which adds to ocean acidification, with consequent problems for biodiversity.
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.
A study of satellite measurements of Pine Island glacier in west Antarctica reveals the surface of the ice is now dropping at a rate of up to 16m a year.
Since 1994, the glacier has lowered by as much as 90m, which has serious implications for sea-level rise.
The work by British scientists appears in Geophysical Research Letters.
The team was led by Professor Duncan Wingham of University College London (UCL).
Time is running short to agree a new treaty on global warming amid deep divisions over key issues, according to the UN’s top climate official.
Speaking at the start of the latest round of UN discussions, Yvo de Boer said the political signals were positive, but progress still too slow.
About 1,000 officials are meeting in Bonn for a week of informal talks.
The aim is to clear the way for the adoption of a new UN climate treaty in Copenhagen in December.
“We’ve got a 200-plus-page text riddled with square brackets (where issues are unresolved),” Mr de Boer told BBC News. “And it worries me to think how on earth we’re going to whittle that down to meaningful language with just five weeks of negotiating time left.”
… cont. from part 1.
This magnificent reef is so close to shore that it will be seriously impacted by a huge hotel bordering directly on the cliff shore and with a large artificial beach in the places that are now natural coral rubble beach on fossil coral rock. For the artificial beach, the rock will be blown up crushed and excavated, break waters built and sand brought in from elsewhere, in the process choking the reef far downstream. If the hotel is built it will destroy the very resource that attract tourists.
The coral reef at Jan Thiel-Sorsaka in Curaçao is healthy, highly developed and of an exceptional beauty. Magnificent stands of endangered Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and Staghorn Coral (A. cervicornis, with some of the Elkhorn corals not 10 ft from the rocky shore. Large mountaineous star corals and forests of soft corals. A conservation zone, but under threat of a large hotel development plan, with the government intending to overturn the conservation status. Take a look at what will surely be lost if these plans are not stopped. This is part 1, continued in part 2.
Coral reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate, four times faster than the rain forest. Daniel Sieberg reports on one man’s fight to save this precious resource. (CBSNews.com)
The mix of moonlight, tide, and temperature triggers an extraordinary explosion of life in these waters. When the conditions are just right, divers can witness the reproduction of corals, snappers, yellowhead jawfish, and nurse sharks.
A new Conservancy documentary follows a group of fishers who make their living from the depleted waters of Jamaicas Pedro Bank as they discover Belizes teeming reefs. Jamaica is the most over-fished country in the Caribbean and the Pedro Bank is the only place where people can still eke out a living from fishing, but — if management practices don’t change — this will be the last generation to make its living from the sea. Can the fishers save their reef and their way of life?
Your help will be very much appreciated.
Give nature a hand.
Ryan de Jongh
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"The Ryan de Jongh foundation"
Banko Di Caribe: 304 128 01 (Swift: BDCCANCU)
MCB: 221.303.06 (Swift: MCBKANCU)
RBTT: 10377514 RBTTANCU (swift BIC)
![Jayson Persaud [Marketing Director "Natureislife.org" & "Caribbean.tv"]](http://www.natureislife.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/jayson-124x94.jpg "Jayson Persaud [Marketing Director \"Natureislife.org\" & \"Caribbean.tv\"]")
Willemstad- Ryan de Jong un heroe ku a sali 5 di december for di St Martin riba aventura pa enkurasha nos tur pa kuida nos naturalesa i nos muchanan ku alabes ta e futuro di majan. Banda di esei, Ryan I su team ta hinka hopi esfuerso den promoshon di nos isla, tresendo temanan ku ta hasi nos Korsow uniko dilanti pa mundu por mira. E extremo di Clearwater Challenge ta hala hopi atenshon den Caribe. Asina Ryan a aparese den notisia di Jamaica, Antigua i St Barths ku ta islanan ku no ta ni den e reto di e challenge. Regularmente Ryan i su crew ta wordu rekonose riba e islanan ku subi tera.
Willemstad - 22 dia anto 1606 km di st. Maarten pa Korsow den un kayak. Pa hopi hende algu strano anto imposibel. Pero pa Ryan de Jongh algu normal. Mes normal ku bo no ta susha loke ta nabu bida, es ta naturalesa. Pesei e la disidi di hasi algu uniko pa pune infasis riba importansia di nos medio ambiente ku sin dje nos no tin bida. E reto aki no tabata solamente un sono pa e atleta konosi pero un reto pa trese sierto punto nan kritiko pa ku e naturalesa di Korsow dilanti. Un di e punto nan aki ta e parke maritimo ku ta traha pa benifesia Korsow ku effecto nan positivo pa nos economia. Un otro punto ta e infasis riba e potensial construktivo di Korsow su naturalesa, riba tera I bou di laman.
