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TEDx: Our Failure to Imagine Planetary Security Threats

March 4, 2021 by Alex Verbeek No Comments
Our failure to imagine climate change threats was the theme of my TEDx talk. Most of us are reluctant to...
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On speed-skating and climate change

February 12, 2018 by Alex Verbeek No Comments
Perhaps unnoticed to the rest of the world’s Twitter community that doesn’t follow speed-skating and climate change daily, the Dutch...
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Hi, welcome to my website. My name is Alex Verbeek. I care about our small beautiful planet and want to preserve it for the next generation. I work as a public speaker, moderator, and work with others on several environmental projects. This is my personal blog, where I post about climate change, biodiversity, travel, photography, and anything else that caught my attention.

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I enjoyed spending the early morning in nature. In I enjoyed spending the early morning in nature. In freezing temperatures but under a clear blue sky while the sun was gaining strength by the hour. A contrast to my previous visit to Mer Bleue on a recent busy afternoon. The 8000-year-old peatlands are a popular attraction for families; it is not too far from Ottawa, and the boardwalk over the water and the wetlands make it especially popular for the kids. This morning, there was nobody in this remnant of the last ice age. I had thought of walking one of the trails; there are some 20 kilometers of them. But looking at the many pools of frozen mud and the predicted warming within two hours, I decided to walk the most popular part of this protected area. At the entrance, a sign warned me of rare encounters with coyotes, 'especially in the early morning,' but I was only surrounded by the sights and sounds of countless birds and squirrels. Pro tip (since I read the sign and you didn't): If you encounter a coyote: make yourself bigger, don't run, turn around, or play dead, just slowly step backward. And before I forget: if you have little dogs or minor children, lift them up. As so often in protected nature areas, there is a centuries-long history of increasing human interference before the site was protected. First Nations people only came for some medicinal plants and picked berries for food. But in the 1600's the usual pattern of human destruction of well-balanced habitats started by fur traders who came for the beaver pelts. Tree logging on the higher sand ridges was another disruption, one that we still witness worldwide. As a textbook case of our destruction of the planet, the 20th century shifted our attempts to destroy this unique landscape into a higher gear, draining the land, building railway lines, followed by the designation as a bombing range for practice during the second world war. But unlike the well knows stories of how we effectively ruin the environment on the rest of the planet, and a bit paradoxically, it was the... This story continues at https://theplanet.substack.com/  #nature #ottawa #merbleue #amwriting #newsletter #peat #marshland #canadatravel #greenbelt #ottawahistory #canadahistory
A reminder that it is #worldwaterday. This abundan A reminder that it is #worldwaterday. This abundance of water at Rideau Falls is a dream for those who live in regions of increasing drought. 
The ice is nearly gone, compare this with my post from the same spot of just a few weeks ago. 
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#water #rideaufalls #Ottawa #worldwaterweek #sdg6 #waterfalls #Ontario
Probably my last picture of ice on the trees in th Probably my last picture of ice on the trees in this winter season. Snow started to melt, and every day more patches of grass appear. Gras that doesn’t look very happy the first days but remarkably fast embraces life. A diet of sun, soil, and and meltwater is already changing its color in a more lively green. I wonder when I can post the first flower that I see outside in Ottawa. 
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#Ottawa #ottawaflowers #Canadianwinter #winter #iceontrees #frostdiamond #frost #winterscene #winterbeauty
My account needs some springtime vibes and colors My account needs some springtime vibes and colors between all those snowy pictures. Do you have tulips at home?
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#flowers #tulips #dutchtulips #ottawatulipfestival #ottawa #lovetulips #springtimevibes #springtulips
I just got home after a beautiful walk; fresh snow I just got home after a beautiful walk; fresh snow, blue sky, warm, and no wind. A new trail, with old friends. Just perfect. 
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#quebec #winterwalk #winterhike #snowshoeing #walkinginnature
It’s a beautiful day in Ottawa: a layer of fresh It’s a beautiful day in Ottawa: a layer of fresh snow and a blue sky. 
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#Ottawa #ottawalife #Ottawareflections #reflections #winterreflections #ottawaphotographer #ottawacanada #Canada #walkinginnature

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I enjoyed spending the early morning in nature. In I enjoyed spending the early morning in nature. In freezing temperatures but under a clear blue sky while the sun was gaining strength by the hour. A contrast to my previous visit to Mer Bleue on a recent busy afternoon. The 8000-year-old peatlands are a popular attraction for families; it is not too far from Ottawa, and the boardwalk over the water and the wetlands make it especially popular for the kids. This morning, there was nobody in this remnant of the last ice age. I had thought of walking one of the trails; there are some 20 kilometers of them. But looking at the many pools of frozen mud and the predicted warming within two hours, I decided to walk the most popular part of this protected area. At the entrance, a sign warned me of rare encounters with coyotes, 'especially in the early morning,' but I was only surrounded by the sights and sounds of countless birds and squirrels. Pro tip (since I read the sign and you didn't): If you encounter a coyote: make yourself bigger, don't run, turn around, or play dead, just slowly step backward. And before I forget: if you have little dogs or minor children, lift them up. As so often in protected nature areas, there is a centuries-long history of increasing human interference before the site was protected. First Nations people only came for some medicinal plants and picked berries for food. But in the 1600's the usual pattern of human destruction of well-balanced habitats started by fur traders who came for the beaver pelts. Tree logging on the higher sand ridges was another disruption, one that we still witness worldwide. As a textbook case of our destruction of the planet, the 20th century shifted our attempts to destroy this unique landscape into a higher gear, draining the land, building railway lines, followed by the designation as a bombing range for practice during the second world war. But unlike the well knows stories of how we effectively ruin the environment on the rest of the planet, and a bit paradoxically, it was the... This story continues at https://theplanet.substack.com/  #nature #ottawa #merbleue #amwriting #newsletter #peat #marshland #canadatravel #greenbelt #ottawahistory #canadahistory
A reminder that it is #worldwaterday. This abundan A reminder that it is #worldwaterday. This abundance of water at Rideau Falls is a dream for those who live in regions of increasing drought. 
The ice is nearly gone, compare this with my post from the same spot of just a few weeks ago. 
.
.
.
#water #rideaufalls #Ottawa #worldwaterweek #sdg6 #waterfalls #Ontario
Probably my last picture of ice on the trees in th Probably my last picture of ice on the trees in this winter season. Snow started to melt, and every day more patches of grass appear. Gras that doesn’t look very happy the first days but remarkably fast embraces life. A diet of sun, soil, and and meltwater is already changing its color in a more lively green. I wonder when I can post the first flower that I see outside in Ottawa. 
.
.
.
#Ottawa #ottawaflowers #Canadianwinter #winter #iceontrees #frostdiamond #frost #winterscene #winterbeauty
My account needs some springtime vibes and colors My account needs some springtime vibes and colors between all those snowy pictures. Do you have tulips at home?
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#flowers #tulips #dutchtulips #ottawatulipfestival #ottawa #lovetulips #springtimevibes #springtulips
I just got home after a beautiful walk; fresh snow I just got home after a beautiful walk; fresh snow, blue sky, warm, and no wind. A new trail, with old friends. Just perfect. 
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#quebec #winterwalk #winterhike #snowshoeing #walkinginnature
It’s a beautiful day in Ottawa: a layer of fresh It’s a beautiful day in Ottawa: a layer of fresh snow and a blue sky. 
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#Ottawa #ottawalife #Ottawareflections #reflections #winterreflections #ottawaphotographer #ottawacanada #Canada #walkinginnature
Trees, light, and shadows. Walking in Ontario, Can Trees, light, and shadows. Walking in Ontario, Canada. 
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#Ontario #Ottawa #ottawawinter #ottawaphotographers #treeslover #walkinginthesnow #winterincanada #winterinottawa #ottawawinter #forestwalk
I love how the clouds are reflected in this stretc I love how the clouds are reflected in this stretch of open water in the Ottawa River
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#Ottawa #lockdownexercise #cloudformations #ottawariver
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