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We sometimes see and recognize even less the closer we are to something. Magicians and illusionists, for example, make use of this to amaze the audience with their tricks. But maybe this also applies to our view of Nature and the Earth. We rely on the solidity of the ground beneath our feet. We firmly […] Read on...

Imagine lying in the soft, green moss between the strong roots of a mighty tree. Your gaze wanders high up its trunk to its spreading crown. Lush green, its leafy cloak glows, sprouting with new strength in spring. A gentle wind plays amongst its branches. The Sun’s rays warm your skin, and you hear the […] Read on...

In 2011 mobile phone radiation was classified as ‘possibly carcinogenic’ (level 2B) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO). This classification has since been a thorn in the side of the mobile phone industry, which is trying to eliminate it. So when a report in early […] Read on...

Today, around 4.5 billion people worldwide live in cities, and by 2050, seventy percent of the world’s population is expected to be urban dwellers. But as is currently the case in Zurich (32°C), Athens (37°C), Madrid (38°C) or Antalya (39°C) – it can get hot in the city in summer. On average, the temperature in […] Read on...

   Seas and oceans define this planet Earth in a unique way. They make it a blue planet and establish a connection between all the continents. The sea gives life. It is the biggest converter of carbon dioxide and is crucial for the entire water cycle, it is habitat for uncountable numbers of animal […] Read on...

Smoking is stupid! Every smoker knows this perfectly well, because who voluntarily spends thousands of euros or dollars every year just to become ill and die prematurely? The overwhelming majority of nicotine addicts, 80 to 90 percent, would therefore like to get rid of their harmful habit, but only around a third of them actually […] Read on...

On the occasion of Arbor Day, various activities took place around the world to properly celebrate this special day. The priority was, of course, to plant trees, however the program also included information booths, park walks with bird feeding and hikes among the trees. Just as the roots of the trees in the forest form […] Read on...

The seeds, leaves, blossom, bark and resins of trees have been part of the medicinal treasure trove of herbal medicine for thousands of years. Our ancestors saw the healing powers in trees as “divine energy”, attributed to gods or saints, but also to elemental beings and tree spirits. These helpers had their seat in the […] Read on...

Fire, Water, Air and Earth – for more than two millennia, man considered the elements to be the four basic building blocks of all life. Then came the Age of Enlightenment and industrialisation, and science began to break Nature down into ever more and smaller individual parts and to view it as a calculable and […] Read on...

The oceans are the cradle of life and the most biodiverse habitat on our planet. Around 23,000 species are known, but scientists estimate that as many as 10 million species could live in the oceans! (In comparison, around 1.4 million species live on land.) Although the Earth is a “water planet”, the depths of the […] Read on...