Category Solidarity, democracy and sustainability
Public space initiatives in Cape town – a different perspective
Apparently a delegation of men (yes, ALL MEN) from Finland will represent the Finnish design scene (and WDC) in Cape Town. This according to Alternative Design Capital 2012 Helsinki (ADC 2012) facebook page. Heading them is the minister for European affairs, Alexander Stubb. I am sure he knows a lot about culture and how to design a great […]
Good news magazine in a world filled with bad news
Yes – there are some good news magazines. I have read Yes! for many years but one Swedish online magazine, launched 2010, which gives me hope is Good News magazine. Daniel Mendoza, who started Good News magazine, says to Fria Tidningar that he got the idea for the magazine while studying at the Business School in Stockholm. […]
Tammy Baldwin first female senator in Wisconsin and first openly gay senator in the US
Baldwin’s victory makes her the first openly gay candidate elected to the U.S. Senate. “Tammy Baldwin’s victory showed what a majority of Americans already know: that candidates should be judged on their qualifications for the job and not their sexual orientation,” said Herndon Graddick, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). In an […]
Romeny software?
Yes rumor has it that Romney owns a company which has changed some of the software in the polling machines. Maybe this one?
American third party candidates do exist but could they ever win?
Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala with roots in Finland, are the Green Party candidates in the US presidential election 2012. They have not been invited to the large debates and have protested outside instead. Below on the grounds of Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York. I remember when my father-in-law went door […]
Cuba hit by Sandy too
Yes – there are other places which were hit by Sandy! Cuba for instance.
The beutiful sandy shore of New Jersey before Sandy
While looking for news about Sandy and the New Jersey shore where we visited friends in July I stumbled upon news about other areas where the storm has hit. We have to remind ourselves that the storm hit in other places too but that news is not as hyped as the storm in the US […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 