Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of buildings in the most beautiful way. What he creates is far away from any fancy horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting of a variety of plants trailing gently up any interior or outside wall. Read more…
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I’ve just been told that the woman in whose hands the world would always change for the better passed away. At 64, much too early, Anita Roddick, left us. What a brave soul she was, never afraid to address the painful issues in our societies. She was never interested in being politically correct or in [...]

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Is faith permissible? Or is faith compulsory? How sacred is the line separating church and state today, long the unquestioned foundation of Western democracy? How firm is the theory of evolution? How conceivable is unbelief?
The press on earlier Noorderlicht Photofestivals
‘Fascinating, original, (..) with depth’ (NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands)

‘Belief: indispensable for one, unthinkable for [...]

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On her weblog, current UN Youth Delegate Sandra van Beest writes about her meetings with a Swedish senior diplomat. Answering to her questions, why we cou;dn’t be more optimistic about our future and our possibilities, he answered: ‘One day, realism will kick in’.
Soon she will be travelling to New York, giving a speech at [...]

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“Europe’s twentysomethings have a lot in common. They all grew up with bombardments of advertisements, they have a vague remembrance of something called ‘the Wall’, they were watching ‘9/11’ live on TV, have already visited more countries than their parents and they cannot be separated from their mobile phone. [...]

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