“Everyone has a right to a clean and healthy environment.” That’s what the constitution of the U.S. state of Montana...
If someone walked day and night for a whole year, they could walk around the Earth. This idea has been...
He was drawn to the sea. At age 20, he joined the French Navy and began navigating on the surface of the water. In 1936, a colleague lent him a pair of underwater goggles, and his fascination became limitless. The colorful life on the seabed, unknown to ordinary mortals, seemed...
Sociologist Edgar Morin has become a monument of intellectual life in France—not only because he was active against fascism in...
‹I’m doing my best› wrote a friend as he sat unnerved at home with his children for the tenth day...
This November, the canton of Basel-Stadt had a vote as to whether they will become Swiss pioneers in going completely climate-neutral as early as 2030. The ‹Basel 2030› initiative stipulates a change in the constitution. We spoke with press spokesperson Agnes Jezler, cultural scientist and initiative committee member Silvia Henke,...
On the path towards self-knowledge, the distinction between, and integration of, individuality and identity is essential to deepening engagement in...
The third of this four-part series further explores a resolution to the paradox of intellectual materialism. It leads to a...
Trump designated his inauguration to be a “day of liberation.” It is worth clarifying what “freedom” actually is and means. How do we carry and use it for the community? Laura Scappaticci shares her thoughts with us from the US. I was making lunch for our three teenagers when I...
Nagomari, Georgia. Mikhail Starostin studies, teaches and lives in the community of the Free University in Nagomari, Georgia. An interview....
The election campaign has come to an end, but the battle goes on. A reflection on the US elections from...
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