Looking for a new kind of commitment
A new year often starts with the best intentions: Fighting against white supremacy, eating less meat to reduce the carbon footprint, becoming a queer rights activist, starting a revolution… But very often we are frustrated by the small impact our actions unfold or the typical lack of time prevents us from a commitment in the long term. What could come in handier than an initiative with the promising slogan ‘saving the world in one weekend’?
This is the self-ironic motto of the German initiative ‘Synagieren‘ … read more
Listening is an underestimated virtue
Stephan Pfaff is a full-time volunteer. The young man puts all the money he earns right into the mammoth project that he and his friends have dedicated their lives to at the moment: The Unity Express will be a train that rolls through 24 European countries and 14 cities in only four weeks. The team expects more than 1,000 passengers to live, work and play together in the different wagons.
“We are not the advocates of the administrative machinery, but we believe in European integration”, … read more
