Category Place & space
Utebord av lärk min farfar planterat
Vilken speciell glädje det är att få bygga ett utebord av den lärk min farfar Torsten Rancken planterade för 90 år sen i Merikorpi på Åminne gård och min bror Kristoffer fortsatt sköta de senaste 25 åren. Han tog hand om parker på många av gårdarna, bruken och godsen i södra Finland. Här tittar han […]
Why aren’t americans reacting, or are they?
I follow the news and find myself (and Jonathan) watching more political TV shows and news programs than ever before. For some reason we need to follow the daily political madness in the US – and suffer while we do. We did not spend as much time in front of the TV (or computer) screen […]
Transparent solar panels!
We are designing our greenhouse or porch which we will build partly from old windows. A solar panel roof seems smart but until today neither of us have ever seen transparent solar panels. After searching for images on the internet I found this amazing panel! We might not be able to use these in our […]
…and learn something about a stranger!
After I had written the post to the graduating class of 2018 I thought of one more piece of advice which was missing in Mary Schmich’ essey. This thought came to me while sitting on a tram in Gothenburg, Sweden, watching my co-passangers. On the tram I once again witnessed a phenomenon I have been […]
Protected: Var finns finansiärerna för hållbar social utveckling?
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Var finns finansiärerna för hållbar social utveckling?
Hur kan vi komma någon vart med att utveckla hållbara sociala lösningar när de som sitter på pengarna (fonder både med och utan utnämnda expertgrupper, lokala utvecklingsgrupper och kommuner) inte verkar förstå innebörden av social hållbarhet och tvärdisciplinära samarbeten med målet att skapa ett rättvisare och jämlikare samhälle och hur viktigt det är att vi […]
These are the kinds of loving actions we need right now!
(CNN)It’s in a mother’s nature to help her children, but one group of moms is doing what it can to help students across the nation. Eleven mothers from metro Washington, D.C. banded together to find free housing for students coming to March for Our Lives on Saturday. The march is a student-led demonstration for school safety and […]
Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers, recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteers The Guardian has a great article about remake cafés and the Remakery in Edinburgh. Earlier article about my remake cafe idea.
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 