Cempaka Belanda: Dutch Don Quixotes fear Europe's largest wind farm

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Dutch Don Quixotes fear Europe's largest wind farm

Expatica,

World leaders will descend on Copenhagen tomorrow to draw up plans to tackle one of the world's biggest challenges in the 21st century - climate change.

The quay of Urk

The aim is a sustainable world where clean energy takes over from traditional fossil fuels. But the solutions sometimes clash with ordinary, everyday life, as the people in the Dutch village of Urk would agree. They've become modern day Don Quixotes in their fight against one of Europe's largest wind farms.

I was born on Urk, some 90 kilometres northeast of Amsterdam, on the shores of the IJsselmeer Lake. I realise I should say I was born in Urk, but we still regard our hometown as an island, which it was until the early 1940s. Then new land was reclaimed and the town of Urk now sits on a peninsula jutting into the Ijsselmeer, but the island mentality has never really vanished.

Life as it used to be

In many ways, Urk is atypical of early 21st century life in the Netherlands. Most people are devout Christians, the main source of income is the fishing industry, it has the highest birth rate in the country, unemployment is virtually non-existent and the Urkers are famous for being the biggest donors to charitable organisations.

Never give up

We are also famous for our determination. We rarely give up easily. When the new surrounding polders absorbed the island, our fathers and grandfathers didn't give up fishing. Instead, they found other ways to build a fishing fleet so big, the Urkers rightfully claimed it was Europe's largest and most modern.

My fellow Urkers are showing the same determination in fighting Europe's largest wind farm, the Windpark Noordoostpolder, which is planned only a few kilometres from the historical and picturesque seafront of Urk. Nearly 100 giant modern windmills, each between 150 and 200 metres high, stationed in three or four rows along the shores of the IJsselmeer. We'll be surrounded by these giants on two sides: the north and the south. Currently, Urk's tallest building is its lighthouse, which is just 27 metres high.

An uphill fight

But the Don Quixotes of Urk are fighting an uphill battle, as the windfarm fits perfectly into the Netherlands' drive for sustainable energy within the next decade. Dutch Economic Affairs minister Maria van der Hoeven fully embraced the plans last week and offered up to one billion euros worth of subsidies to anyone wishing to invest or participate in the project. Apparently there's no way back, even though this giant wind farm will only provide 0.1 percent of the Netherlands' total energy needs in the future.

Against the tide

And there's another struggle. It feels like we're combating generally accepted - and laudable - views on sustainable energy. If you're against a wind farm, you're against clean energy and you're simply ignorant on climate change, some say. Most Urkers would disagree. It's not about being ignorant. It's about saving a piece of centuries-old history.

"Just imagine", wrote one protester in Urk's local newspaper, "if you walk on the seaside boulevard in Urk, trying to enjoy a wonderful sunset on a beautiful summer's day. It's possible now, as you have an unobstructed view and you can see for miles. In the future, all you can see is a little bit of IJsselmeer and many, many windmills. What kind of view is that?".

A sacrifice too far

Not that the Urkers are against sustainable energy. In fact, the current economic crisis is hitting Urk hard, many ships of our oil-guzzling fishing fleet have gone out of business due to high oil prices. Fishermen are currently looking desperately for cheaper and more sustainable fishing methods.

But 200-metre-high windmills towering over the quiet village are stretching Urk's willingness to help stimulate sustainable energy a bit too far, many say. But this is Copenhagen and Kyoto put into practice, so there's hardly any opposition from environmental groups and political parties.

Drop by for a visit

Perhaps the world leaders should break away from their Copenhagen summit for a few hours and take a look at Urk. It's only a short flight from Denmark, anyway. Once they've taken in the magnificent seaside view, they might see for themselves that sometimes, sustainable energy comes at a huge price.

The question is whether we're all ready to pay that price. Many Urkers aren't. We're beginning to feel isolated from the rest of the world once more, as nobody seems to understand our feelings. A sense of isolation only islanders recognise.

Johan van Slooten
Radio Netherlands