Brick kilns
Brick kilns in Southeast Asia are notable for causing environmental pollution, violating children’s rights, and working conditions that violate the most basic of human rights. Soot and harmful gases from the factory chimneys fill the air. Without respiratory masks, the polluted air finds its way straight to the lungs. In addition, and in violation of […]
ATHOS / THE COLOURS OF FAITH
ATHOS / THE COLOURS OF FAITH Mt. Athos is a self-governed Greek Monastic State and it constitutes the center of Orthodox Monasticism. The State of Mt. Athos is the unique place in the world where people are not born. For more than 1.000 years, males arrive there, change names and live practicing isolation, prayer, and […]
Lamalera: A fisherman village striving against Time
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and 60 percent of its territory consists of the sea. Unquestionably, the sea has been a major element for most of its people living in the archipelago and fishing is an integral part way of living for the coastal people. Most of the fishing tradition […]
Pantura: The Long and winding Road
On a Tuesday afternoon, Herman Willem Daendels came ashore in Anyer, a coastal town 140km away from Batavia then center of Dutch East Indies government. He was in Java to take over the Dutch colony as the new governor general. His arrival on January 5, 1808 marked the start of a new regime that would […]
The Magic of Summer
Harrison County, Kentucky flourishes every summer. Carnival rides roar at the county fair. Passing trains rattle main street buildings. Siblings wrangle a leaf blower while parents weed-wack for wages. The South Licking River and country roads wind through the land leading to serendipitous moments. Connected by the area they share, and animals they care for, […]
Ballads from the End of the Desert
The Great Karoo, or land of thirst, is a semi-desert natural region in South Africa with no apparent clear boundaries. It formed an impenetrable barrier to the interior for the Europeans settlers, a frightening place of great heat, frosts, floods, and droughts: a “Place of Great Dryness”. “This story sounds a bit unbelievable, but it […]
island symmetries
According to travel psychology, the appearance of similarity between any two places is directly proportional to the distance between them. What is nearest seems absolutely dissimilar, totally foreign. Often the most striking similarities are ones we find – according to travel psychology – clear on the other side of the world. Inspired by this notion […]
An Anthology of Changing Climate
On a global scale, Germany‘s intentions are ambitious. The country aims to become a climate-neutral industrial nation by 2045. This places Germany among the international pioneers in the fight against the climate crisis. The path to climate neutrality is the „greatest modernisation and prosperity safeguarding project since World War II“, according to Dirk Messner, the […]
Lebou fishermen of Senegal – Lords of a dying sea
Since time immemorial, crews of proud Lebou fishermen, the most reputed fishing community of Senegal, used to return to the shore with their colorful wooden canoes called “pirogues” filled to the brim with fish of all sorts. Fish was sold, fresh or processed, in local markets throughout Senegal. Accounting for 80% of all fish landings […]
Death Route
After years of trekking through countless countries, weeks in filthy camp on the French coast. Migrants who fled wars, conflicts, and humanitarian disasters have ended up in Calais, northern France trying to get from there into their last destination “Britain”. They illegally try to take the choppy waters of the Channel risking their lives just […]
