Cempaka Belanda: The tide has changed for Dutch dykes

"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. …”

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The tide has changed for Dutch dykes

NRC International, by our news staff, 21 April 2010 17:01

The Maeslantkering in the Nieuwe Waterweg. Photo Bas Czerwinski

The Delta Works, a massive system of flood defences, are a national Dutch icon. A committee of government officials has now proposed some surprising alterations.

In 1953, the Netherlands, always vulnerable to flooding, suffered a major natural disaster. The North Sea washed over half a million acres of land and killed over 1,800 people on the south-western coast.

To protect future generations from similar harm, the Dutch government embarked on one of the greatest engineering projects in history. Over the following decades, engineers constructed a flood defence system of dams, sluices, locks, dykes and storm surge barriers. The Delta Work basically shortened the Dutch coast line and turned sea estuaries into freshwater lakes. In 1994, the American Society of Engineers labelled it one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, along with structures such as the Channel Tunnel and the Panama Canal.

Today, little over a decade after the Delta Works were finally finished, a group of Dutch civil servants want to punch a few holes in them.

Safety isn’t everything

Earlier this month, a committee of representatives of all levels of government involved, presented a report outlining the possible future of the south-western part of the Netherlands, a delta of estuaries, islands and peninsulas connecting several large rivers to the North Sea.

Joost Schrijnen, a managing director with the committee, wants to create a delta that is cleaner, more pleasant and more natural. With all the focus on safety after 1953, Schrijnen said, “ other aspects were neglected.” He now wants to change that. “But without sacrificing safety,” he added.

Opening water locks would allow the tide to return to now stagnant waters the report stated. This would be a boon to nature, because certain plants and animals that have all but disappeared since the estuaries were closed off could return. Deeper into the delta lies a fresh water basin where smelly algae bloom in the summer. Allowing salt water to reach these outer stretches again could improve conditions for residents and holiday-makers. A hole in the Brouwersdam [see map], for example, would allow for tides as high as 50 centimetres. The opening would make an ideal site for a tidal power plant, which is also being considered by the committee.

Schrijnen has even proposed altering the situation in the Eastern Scheldt, where a massive dam stands as a testament to both the powers of engineering and Dutch politics of compromise. In the 1970s, after decades of debate, the government decided to build a retractable barrier that is only closed during extreme weather conditions. Since it was finished, in 1986, it has been shut only 24 times. The retractable barrier was built in an attempt to preserve nature, but it has suffered all the same. Sand banks that used to dry up as the tide swept away are slowly being flooded, damaging both nature and recreation there

Wim Kuijken, an official who leads a special committee advising the government on preparing the Netherlands for climate change, has voiced his support of Schrijnen’s plans. “I understand that safety was emphasised after that horrible disaster,” he said. “But I also understand something needs to be done about the ecological consequences. The water quality in the Volkerak [see map] for instance is so poor it is pretty much useless.”

An example for the Netherlands

The operations in the south-western Delta could serve as a model for the rest of the Netherlands, Kuijken said. Many parts of the country, of which a quarter lies below sea level, struggle to create a pleasant, watery landscape without compromising on safety. Security, however, is not the only issue to consider in Dutch water management. The availability of fresh water is also key. “We can only introduce these measures if fresh water supplies have been tended to,” Kuijken said.

Salt water has advanced far in some places, largely because of the constant dredging in the port of Rotterdam. It may be improve nature to allow salt water back in the estuaries in the delta now, but the growing shortage of fresh water caused by climate change needs to be taken into account. The problem seems not so much a lack of drinking water as such, but the locations at which it can be found. “We have plenty, but we need more storage capacity,” Kuijken said.

Using less is not much of an option, Schrijnen explained. Water is essential to Dutch business, particularly the agricultural sector. “We have grown so dependent on the availability of fresh water here in the Netherlands that it would be economic suicide change that. Fresh water is the fuel powering our economy.”

Many of the proposed measures are costly, but it seems the Dutch national government is willing to foot the bill. From 2020, cabinet has reserved a billion euros annuallyto ensure the Netherlands can remain a safe and pleasant place to live despite climate changes. “That figure still stands,” Kuijken said.