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2026
- A new home for ideas Why I rebuilt this site, and what you can expect to find here.
- A living wage for Aruba needs a labor-law deal Closing the gap between the minimum wage and the bestaansminimum is right — but only as part of a package that also reforms dismissal rules, sick leave, border taxes and rentals.
- Our desalination brine could be a magnesium mine Aruba pours about 60,000 m³ of brine into the sea every day, and my PhD research shows the magnesium in it could eventually become a cleaner export.
- Watering new trees with water from the air deserves a proper trial On paper, making water from air to keep new trees alive costs more than trucking it in, but too much is unknown to rule it out without field trials.
2025
2021
- Innovation in energy Why Aruba should embrace new technologies that reduce our dependence on imported, polluting fossil fuels, starting with the ocean.
- Our shared responsibility: Serlimar The crisis in our waste management sector is one the next government must face, and responsibility can't fall on citizens only when it is convenient.