Refugees Welcome

In the U.S., and around the world, schools are closed and children are home with their families and caregivers for a simple reason: to keep them safe from COVID-19. Protecting the health and safety of a child is fundamental. In fact, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child—a…

A particularly memorable quote from Transition Movement co-founder Rob Hopkins’ 2008 Transition Handbook. The practice of envisioning and harnessing the power of positive futures – both holistic and inspiring, practical and realistic – has been at the heart of the international Transition Movement from the very beginning. In his seminal…

182 organizations called on the Trump administration to immediately rescind its policy of turning back asylum seekers at the border. Pictured: “Refugees Welcome” rally at the Capitol, October 2019. (Victoria Pickering)In a letter sent to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf yesterday, 182 organizations called on the Trump administration to…

Today, most social movements around the world are digital in some capacity. When a hashtag seems enough to start a movement, social media promise to replace the role of leaders in setting a movement’s goals, coordinating action and inspiring a following. Our research set out to test the belief that…

Dortmund fans came together at home whilst in COVID-19 lockdown to support local businesses. Bongarts/Getty Images Borussia Dortmund and its fans are well known for their social initiatives, be that #BedsForAwayFans that trended after 2017’s terrorist attack (which canceled the clubs game against AS Monaco in the Champions League), or…

This is my graduation project made at HBKsaar, titled New Mimeo Revolution. In addition to writing a thesis, I printed one hundred pamphlets on the mimeograph and set up an exhibition. For this, I created a visual identity with Hobeaux as display typeface and Pitch for text uses. I combined…

This is my graduation project made at HBKsaar, titled New Mimeo Revolution. In addition to writing a thesis, I printed one hundred pamphlets on the mimeograph and set up an exhibition. For this, I created a visual identity with Hobeaux as display typeface and Pitch for text uses. I combined…

Saturday, March 14 2020, is “The Day the World Stopped Travelling”, in the words of Rifat Ali, head of travel analytics company Skift. That’s a little dramatic, perhaps, but every day since has brought us closer to it being reality. The COVID-19 crisis has the global travel industry – “the…

When you adopt a new ideology, which these days involves taking a metaphorical “pill,” you confidently believe that this is it. You’ve arrived at ultimate truth and can now allow the ideology to help you achieve more out of life. You may think there is nothing beyond this particular pill,…

The dead person was hit in the chest. The Greek border police used rubber and live bullets along with gas, stun and smoke grenades, it added.In Athens, government spokesman Stelios Petsas dismissed the report and accused Turkey of fabricating "fake news."Refugees and migrants are seen at a makeshift camp next…