Il video di Federica Mingolla e Gabriele Carrara sull’apertura di L’isola che non c’è, la via d’arrampicata aperta l’estate scorsa sull’Aiguille Croux, nel massiccio del Monte Bianco. Nell’estate 2018 Federica Mingolla e Gabriele Carrara hanno aperto L’isola che non c’è, una difficile nuova via sulla parete est dell’Aiguille Croux, sopra il rifugio Monzino e la […]
Read MoreUsufruct: Rethinking our national inheritance
The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who believe a radical large-scale spending program to combat climate change will stimulate economic growth and those who fear it will inflate […]
Read MoreUsufruct: Rethinking our national inheritance
The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who believe a radical large-scale spending program to combat climate change will stimulate economic growth and those who fear it will inflate […]
Read MoreBritain after Brexit: welcome to the vulture restaurant
“Britain has no leverage, Britain is desperate … it needs an agreement very soon. When you have a desperate partner, that’s when you strike the hardest bargain.” So warned former US treasury secretary Larry Summers on Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme this morning, as new foreign secretary Dominic Raab jets off on a tour of North […]
Read MoreIt’s not about reaching Europe, but fleeing Libya: accounts from a Mediterranean rescue ship
In the morning of 3rd of April 2019, the search & rescue ship Alan Kurdi rescued 63 people from an overcrowded rubber boat in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, 20 nautical miles from the Libyan coastal city of Zuwara. I was the medic on board. The Alan Kurdi is the old German vessel of […]
Read MoreTorn: defaced posters and silent dissent in Egypt
“I had all kinds of tactics to prevent myself from going totally crazy.” my aunt used to say while remembering her riddled childhood in a suffocating domestic environment. One of her most effective ones sought to channel her frustration by tearing up stacks of paper, which she would hide beneath her bed. The image of […]
Read MoreMindfulness and social change
As mindfulness becomes more prevalent in western societies, it’s understandable that its popularity as a practice for reducing stress and improving mental health is attracting greater scrutiny. In a recent article on Transformation, Ron Purser argues that mainstream mindfulness needs to move beyond a focus on individual wellbeing towards more collective and systemic responses to […]
Read MoreUsufruct: Rethinking our national inheritance
The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who believe a radical large-scale spending program to combat climate change will stimulate economic growth and those who fear it will inflate […]
Read MoreWhat we could learn from lawyers – and from China – about protecting the planet
James Thornton is not what you expect from a New York lawyer. He has a soft lyrical voice; each statement he makes is carefully balanced and deeply considered; he practices Buddhism, is gay, and drinks green tea. But he is fierce. This one man poses the greatest threat to polluting companies operating in Europe. Is […]
Read MoreAfter the revolution: Sudan’s women face backlash from Islamic fundamentalists
“If I could walk, I would go to the streets again”, Muna*, a 25-year-old Sudanese protester, told me over the phone recently. She was shot and severely injured by the army during an early June crackdown against a sit-in in the capital Khartoum, when activists say more than 100 people were murdered in one day […]
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