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10/01/2026

A FEW DAYS IN CYPRUS

Cyprus carries an extraordinary cultural depth far beyond its modern divisions. Inhabited for over 7,000 years, with early Neolithic settlements such as Choirokoitia, the island became a crossroads of civilizations: from Greek and Roman to Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman, and British… each leaving visible layers of history.

This long continuity makes today’s division especially stark: an island shaped by millennia of shared heritage, fractured within a single lifetime.

The Green Line cuts straight through the island and its capital Nicosia (the last divided capital of the European continent), separating two worlds that exist side by side yet rarely meet. On one side, life feels normal; on the other, silence, watchtowers, UN peacekeepers, abandoned homes, and barriers reveal a conflict that never truly ended. Walking along the buffer zone, the division feels deeply human — families split, homes lost, futures paused, with the lines still firmly in place decades later.

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02/01/2026

ANTARCTICA & THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

Honoured to share the film we created in Antarctica, a place unlike any other on Earth.

The Southern Ocean is the beating heart of the global ocean system. It drives the world’s largest heat and carbon exchange, shapes weather patterns across continents, and supports unique ecosystems found nowhere else. What happens here does not stay here: Antarctica is a barometer of our climate, reacting faster and more visibly to global warming than any other region.

During this expedition, and I witnessed both the staggering beauty and the growing fragility of this environment, from the shifting sea ice to the emperor penguin colonies whose survival depends on it. The Southern Ocean is a living engine of the biosphere, and its stability is essential for the planet we all share.

This is why I founded Society for Environmental Awareness (.sea): to support science communication, education, and visual storytelling that reconnects people with the natural world and inspires collective action.

Antarctica reminds us of one simple truth: protecting the most remote places on Earth means protecting ourselves.

29/12/2025

EU4Ocean Platform member Christian Clauwers shares his experience of the Scientific Expedition to Eidembukta. Article by Christian Clauwers - 78° North, Svalbard – 2025

25/12/2025

Season’s Greetings!

21/12/2025

It was a blast! Those are the moments that make it all worth it. Thank you all for attending, for your enthusiasm and support 🫶🏼
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Society for Environmental Awareness
www.supportsea.org

18/12/2025

An unforgettable first edition of .metz, in France.

More than a hundred participants joined a unique talk format — intimate, engaging, and focused on dialogue.
A warm thank you to my fellow speakers Sabrina Speich, Frédéric Denhez and Patrice Costa. Special thanks to Yanis Ristagno for organizing, and to the City of Metz for making this citizen-driven event possible.

04/12/2025

Bij Inezia Tours staat natuurbeleving centraal — maar ook het beschermen ervan. Daarom ondersteunen we met trots de missie van Society for Environmental Awareness - SEA (https://www.supportsea.org/mission), een organisatie die zich inzet voor een wereld waarin mens en natuur weer in balans zijn. 🍀

Op 10 december 2025 organiseert SEA een inspirerende avond in de Blue Earth Explorers Gallery in Antwerpen. Een event dat mooi aansluit bij onze visie op duurzaam reizen en het vergroten van bewustzijn voor kwetsbare ecosystemen.

Wat kun je verwachten?
📸 Exclusieve foto-veiling met werk van Christian Clauwers
🎟 Loterij: maak kans op een once-in-a-lifetime reis naar Spitsbergen en reis mee met Christian — georganiseerd door Inezia Tours ❄

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• Regulier: €25 p.p.
• Studenten: €15 p.p.

📍 Blue Earth Explorers Gallery, Antwerpen
🕕 Deuren openen om 18:00

Steun SEA, laat je inspireren door de kracht van natuurverhalen en draag bij aan een toekomst waarin wildernis blijft bestaan — de plekken die wij tijdens onze expeditiereizen zo graag met jullie delen.

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26/11/2025

WOUNDS IN THE FOREST, SHADOWS IN THE CITY: from Manaus to São Paulo

In Manaus, in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, I saw with my own eyes how the rainforest is being torn apart. From the plane, and later with my drone, the scale of deforestation became painfully clear: long lines of felled forest, open wounds in what was once an unbroken green ocean.

And in São Paulo, the sprawling favelas show another contrast: millions of people living in vulnerable conditions, while the city around them continues to grow. Both images—the degradation of the Amazon rainforest and human vulnerability in megacities—illustrate how nature and society are disconnected.

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19/11/2025

Week One at COP30 — A Brief Reflection

COP30 feels like the world condensed into one place. Every nation is present, alongside Indigenous communities from across the globe. It’s like traveling around the world in a single week... everyone ambitious, hopeful, and working tirelessly to build a better future for the next generations.

But to succeed, we need real solutions. We must confront the impact of land use, meat consumption and the way we treat our ocean and extract resources, think long-term, and avoid simply shifting from oil extraction to mineral extraction. And we must stop pretending that offsetting emissions is a solution. It is mitigation — not transformation.

And at the heart of the systemic change our planet needs lies a deeper truth: we must listen to indigenous peoples, learn from them, and integrate them. They remain profoundly connected to nature. They are the keepers of ancient knowledge and traditions that safeguard some of the most biodiverse places on Earth. As guardians of the environment, their survival is our survival.

The path forward requires courage, honesty, and true systemic change.

Special thanks to the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative for including me in the speaker program, and to the Entertainment+Culture Pavilion for exhibiting my work throughout the COP.

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13/11/2025

Indigenous peoples protect the planet — we must protect them.

Though they represent less than 5% of the world’s population, Indigenous communities safeguard over 80% of global biodiversity. Their traditional knowledge offers some of the most effective and deeply rooted solutions for climate adaptation and sustainable ecosystem management.

As the climate crisis accelerates, listening to and empowering Indigenous peoples is not optional — it’s essential. Protecting their rights, lands, and knowledge is one of the most direct ways to protect our planet.

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