Category Inspiration
The documentary “Torn” at Venice film festival
Yesterday I watched the documentary “Torn” at the Venice by Alessandro Grassman who also gave us an introduction to the film and discussed the situation for Syrian refugees together with representatives from UNHCR and the violinist in the film. The event started with a short violin concert. Even if the film had subtitles only in Italian […]
Caffé sospeso – Pending coffee
In the café Serra dei Giardini where I am sitting in Venice I could pay for an extra cup of coffee – an ancient Neapolitan tradition where one pays for a pending coffee. Someone penniless who craved a coffee could just step into a bar and ask if there was a pending coffee. A great […]
Grön Guerilla kurs i Danmark i höst
Mycket spännande hållbarhetskurs på folkhögskola i Danmark!
Obama’s Clean Power Plan inger hopp!
Ja nu kanske något händer även i USA när det gäller att bekämpa klimatförändringen. “This is the most significant action any U.S. president has taken to curb greenhouse gases” sade en talesperson från Vita huset! Obama presenterade alltså sin Clean Power Plan. I en kort (mycket amerikansk) film presenteras planen. Som Washington Post skriver kommer troligen detta […]
I trasmattan väver jag minnen in
Det kunde vara orden till en folksång…… Sen i vintras har jag och min svägerska vävt en 20 m lång mattväv och oj vad glad jag är över att ha börjat väva igen! Senast vävde jag en trasmatta av några av min pappas skjortor och några andra av våra plagg. Nu ligger mattan i stockhuset […]
Trasmatta målas på asfalten i Ekenäs
Underbart initiativ av idélabbet Burken i Ekenäs. http://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2015/07/16/de-malar-en-matta-pa-asfalten-i-ekenas
Students and elderly live together at Dutch nursing home
A nursing home in the Netherlands invited university students to live rent-free alongside the elderly residents. In exchange for an apartments, the Humanitas retirement home in Deventer, Netherlands, requires students to spend at least 30 hours per month being “good neighbors,” Humanitas head Gea Sijpkes said to PBS NewsHour. What an marvelous and simple solution for loneliness […]
Waking up in a new city
I woke up and did not know what time it was The garbage truck stopped outside my window – they come early, I thought A jogger run by with light steps – joggers are out early, I thought A pair of high healed shoes walked by with energetic steps – someone going to work, I though Feet […]
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Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 