Category Good news and fun
Does spring ever get to Finland?
Poor boy! I know his sorrow! But here I still sit in Finland (yes, the real country! One can live here after all!). I got this photo from a friend who lives in London and I think British people would say that the season we have here right now is called winter! It was […]
Norrebro bikes for clean air
I recently came home from a week in Copenhagen where I took this picture. The Norrebro kids learn early that: “Norrebro bikes for clean air” as the sign on the banner says. I also found a wonderful collection of bike photos from Copenhagen on the blog Copenhagen cycle chic. I love shadow pictures….
Alterville master’s degree
ALTERVILLE’S Master’s Degree: Political and Strategic Alternatives for the Towns, Cities and Metropolises of Tomorrow is a master’s degree program conceived by the Université de Lyon. A suggestion for all who still believe that there are alternative solutions for towns and cities with limited urban capital (or for you who would like to believe). The Alterville masters’ course will […]
Find your place on the planet and dig in!
It makes me so happy when I find that there are people out there doing great things in a world marked by cynicism and greed. It makes all the difference! From Backdoor jobs: Sustainable Living & Farming Jobs: In a world focused on technology and getting ahead at all costs, it might be time to look […]
A Vision for a Self-Reliant New York!
I want to reblogg this important bloggpost from Archdaily because I get so happy when I read it! “In an era of incompetent nation states and predatory transnationals, we must ratchet up local self-reliance, and the most logical increment of organisation (and resistance) is the city.” This is how Michael Sorkin, writing in Aeon Magazine, explains his hypothetical […]
Varför delar så få Stora Enso nyheterna?
Alla tidningar och TV kanaler i Finland och Sverige har de senaste dagarna, både i IRL pressen och online, skrivit och pratat om Stora Enso – dvs om deras utnyttjande av barnarbetare. Det har slagit mig hur få läsare som kommenterat och rekommenderat artiklarna och delat med sig på social media i jämförelse med hur mycket […]
Their effort to make others happy….
…makes me happy! There are so many good projects in the world! When I see films like Erik Johanssons Photoshop in Real Life I am reminded of how Internet is a wonderful workshop, forum and arena for creative people and can create community.
Vi ska skapa plattform för dialog!
Hoppas kunna skapa nätverk och dialog inom stadsplaneringen i Raseborg och Ekenäs. Yle.fi artikel
Reko-ringar och crowdfunding – gamla fenomen i Facebook-kläder
I Västra Nyland och på några andra orter i Svenskfinland har vi nyligen fått ta del av “nya” sätt att handla närproducerat. Modellen som är aktuell just nu kallas REKO-cirklar och det sägs att modellen “har tagits från Frankrike”. Fast jag applåderar att flera vill handla närodlat (och gör därför gärna reklam på min blogg) […]
Cooperation and happiness go hand in hand
My father-in-law was a history professor whose special interest was Scandinavian life and civilization. American teachers often use humor to illustrate the subject at hand, and this joke was one he used to introduce the topic of perceived differences between people in the Nordic countries: Eight survivors of a shipwreck–two Norwegians, two Danes, two Finns […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 