Solidarity with Oppressed Exiled Authors
Oppressed and exiled Turkish Authors
One sponsor of a panel discussion about exiled Turkish Authors: Turkish Arilines!
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Frankfurt Book Fair
A Tour of Frankfurt Bookfair
You create content. Art meets business
Mixed languages as part of corporate identity at the French Pavilion
Sebastian Fitzek, German bestselling speaks about his way to success.
Frankfurt Book Fair Opening Press Conference
Created by French Design Students: The Pavilion resembles a library
Heinrich Riethmüller, President of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association (Deutscher Börsenverein)
Guest of Honor: the French Language
Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair
Markus Dohle, CEO Penguin Random House
40.000 French books will be donated to African libraries after the fair.
Books and Non-Books
Francfort en Francais
Sunny weather for book worms
central place of the book fair with stages and food
central place of the book fair with stages and food
Barbar Baig, Founder of the start-up WriteReader to increase children’s literacy
Children improve their literacy rate through the app of this start-up WriteRead.
Start-ups in the Publishing Industry
Don’t be afraid of books
Innovation Summit
Where art meets business
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Google’s approach to museums
Manifesto-writing robot
Increasing the visiblity of women in the digital industry
Digital Media Women
AI art
AI robot teaches himself how to write manifestos and publishes 80 a day.
AI art
AI Art
AI Art
AI art
AI art
Protecting a Forest from Coal Excavators
Now they have electricity in the forest!
The meadow is private property of a forest supporter. RWE wants to buy it by all means and pushes for disappropriation.
Graffitis on the campervans are not always that friendly…
The meadow of Hambacher Forst
Only around 10 percent of the ancient forest are left.
Excavator and power plants. Coal conveyor belt in the foreground.
Coal Excavator with sunflowers
This used to be a forest – since the last ice age
Lignite turning into energy. The technology needs tax payers’ subventions. It is not profitable.
The conveyor belts transport the coal out of the pit so it arrives quickly in power plants in the background
The conveyor belts transport the coal out of the pit so it arrives quickly in power plants in the background
Nature’s strong will for survival!
Once upon a time there was a tree and a tree house on it…
Logged trees in Hambacher Forst
OnCe a mighty tree…
Logs from the last clearance. Open-cast lignite pit in the background
Tree Houses – Sanctuaries in Hambacher Forst
Tree House – Sanctuaries in Hambacher Forst
Well Equipped Sanctuaries
Another House in the Tree
Tree House in Hambacher Forst
Forest Community
Forest Community hard at work
Forest Community hard at work
Wonderful
Tree House Construction
Wonderful Tree House in a Beautiful Tree
Beauty in and out
Forest Art
Barricades against police and RWE security… and a Heart
Barricades at Hambacher Forst
The Hambacher Forst qualifies for protection through the EU by the Flora Fauna Habitat directive, but Germany didn’t ask the EU for protection, so the forest can freely be logged.
Rare combination of hornbeam, pedunculate oak and lily of the valley.
Forest Camp
Living Room in the Wood
Infrastructure on the Meadow
Colorful House on the Meadow
Klimacamp Rheinland – Summer 2017
The Making and Unmaking of Legality
No Money for Coal
Polar Bears and Penguins are greatful for less global heating
singing with police attention
Bikers cycled for over a week to reach the camp
Banner
Coal plants and wind energy
Connecting Movements Tent
Well organized camp
the grey areas mark the open-cast lignite excavations
gathering tent
the grey areas mark the open-cast lignite excavations
Chill-out tent
Live cam in the mines
Live cam in the mines
Bilingual news ticker
Tents at camp
Police watching
Keep coal in the ground
a place for communication
open cast lignite excavator
see how small the car is?
Europe’s largest open pit lignite mine
eating, eating, eating
each shovel holds the content of a truck
OuiShare Fest 2017, Paris
OuishareFest
Co-creating a Regenerative World
OuishareFest 2017
Compost Toilets
Zero Waste
Compost Toilet
Tiny House
Cities of the World, Unite
Fitting in
Opening Session
Translations English-French
Festival Plan
Sitting Area
Inside a Tiny House
Break
Shadows of the Future
Cities of the World, Unite
Transparency
Auroville: Ecovillage Design Education Course
Schedule Economy Week
That’s what a community looks like when you somehow want to be both, an independent individual and a member of a tight-knit community. member.
Kumarappa’s Economy of Permanence at Sustainable Livelyhood Institute with Ram
Pour Tous and Free Store – Auroville’s special grocery and clothes stores.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store Users’ Instructions
Products marked with the circle sign are grown in Auroville.
Members of this co-operative can “shop” here according to their monthly contribution and – if necessary – also beyond.
Sign in Pour Tous Distribution Center: Auroville is meant not for the satisfaction of desires but for the growth of the true consciousness. (The Mother, 1968)
Are cookies meant to satisfy desires? In Auroville’s Pour Tous Distribution Center they are regarded as basic needs.
Pour Tous Co-operative – colloquially often referred to as Pour Tous Store.
Changing the goal of the economy: from MORE to BETTER
Auroville Paper Factory
The Pitchandikulam tree house – a place where ideas for fictional stories flow into me.
Owls in Temple in Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Chilling in a tree in Nadukuppam
Harvesting Crabs
Harvesting Crabs
Harvesting Crabs
Banjan tree
In a forrest in Tamil Nadu, Bioregion of Auroville
The Gulf of Bengal
Local fishermen in Gulf of Bengal
Roaring waves at the Gulf of Bengal
Stepping into the vast ocean of possibilities
Flower growing in a forest planted by the local community in Southern India
We learned to make bricks with a similar machine as seen in Kenya and then made our own arc.
Earth Institute: Architects at work
Earth unified in Earth Institute, Auroville. Samples from all corners of the planet.
Sacred Groves natural buildings
The Ladder House
The Ladder House in Sacred Groves: constructing creative, alternative housing with natural materials.
Sacred Groves natural buildings
Sacred Groves natural buildings
Scorpions cannot climb glass: scorpion protection for naturally built house
Aquaponic
Aquaponic: plants eat fish poo instead of cow poo. Mjam…
Aquaponic
Pumpkin growing in red soil
basil growing in red soil
palm trees in Auro Orchard
Enjoying evening sun in Auro Orchard
Banjan tree
Banjan tree
Meeting under Banjan Tree in Auro Orchard. This farm recently turned to organic farming.
Auro Orchard, Banjan Tree
Locally grown food in Solitude Farm. So delicious!!
Relaxing after lunch in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Palm tree in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Eager students of all ages in the Ecovillage Design Education Course
Papaya, Papaya!
Banana, Banana?
Pretty flower – who knows the name?
Cow placenta hanging in tree
Title Ecology Week
Opening Ceremony of Ecovillage Design Education Course
Opening Ceremony
The Ecodorm in Pitchandikulam Forest is our class room and dormitory
Schedule Social Week
Gaia Education Mandala of Sustainability
Schedule Economy Week
That’s what a community looks like when you somehow want to be both, an independent individual and a member of a tight-knit community. member.
Kumarappa’s Economy of Permanence at Sustainable Livelyhood Institute with Ram
Pour Tous and Free Store – Auroville’s special grocery and clothes stores.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store: Aurovilians can bring an item and exchange it for another one.
Free Store Users’ Instructions
Products marked with the circle sign are grown in Auroville.
Members of this co-operative can “shop” here according to their monthly contribution and – if necessary – also beyond.
Sign in Pour Tous Distribution Center: Auroville is meant not for the satisfaction of desires but for the growth of the true consciousness. (The Mother, 1968)
Are cookies meant to satisfy desires? In Auroville’s Pour Tous Distribution Center they are regarded as basic needs.
Pour Tous Co-operative – colloquially often referred to as Pour Tous Store.
Changing the goal of the economy: from MORE to BETTER
Auroville Paper Factory
The Pitchandikulam tree house – a place where ideas for fictional stories flow into me.
Owls in Temple in Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Auroville Bioregion
Chilling in a tree in Nadukuppam
Harvesting Crabs
Harvesting Crabs
Harvesting Crabs
Banjan tree
In a forrest in Tamil Nadu, Bioregion of Auroville
The Gulf of Bengal
Local fishermen in Gulf of Bengal
Roaring waves at the Gulf of Bengal
Stepping into the vast ocean of possibilities
Flower growing in a forest planted by the local community in Southern India
We learned to make bricks with a similar machine as seen in Kenya and then made our own arc.
Earth Institute: Architects at work
Earth unified in Earth Institute, Auroville. Samples from all corners of the planet.
Sacred Groves natural buildings
The Ladder House
The Ladder House in Sacred Groves: constructing creative, alternative housing with natural materials.
Sacred Groves natural buildings
Sacred Groves natural buildings
Scorpions cannot climb glass: scorpion protection for naturally built house
Aquaponic
Aquaponic: plants eat fish poo instead of cow poo. Mjam…
Aquaponic
Pumpkin growing in red soil
basil growing in red soil
palm trees in Auro Orchard
Enjoying evening sun in Auro Orchard
Banjan tree
Banjan tree
Meeting under Banjan Tree in Auro Orchard. This farm recently turned to organic farming.
Auro Orchard, Banjan Tree
Locally grown food in Solitude Farm. So delicious!!
Relaxing after lunch in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Palm tree in Solitude Farm
Planting circular permaculture garden in Solitude Farm
Eager students of all ages in the Ecovillage Design Education Course
Papaya, Papaya!
Banana, Banana?
Pretty flower – who knows the name?
Cow placenta hanging in tree
Title Ecology Week
Opening Ceremony of Ecovillage Design Education Course
Opening Ceremony
The Ecodorm in Pitchandikulam Forest is our class room and dormitory
Schedule Social Week
Gaia Education Mandala of Sustainability
Water-Saving Outdoor Shower
Water-saving outdoor shower
Cup for showering
Cup for showering
Shower head of water-saving outdoor shower.
Shower head of water-saving outdoor shower.
Shower head of water-saving outdoor shower.
Shower head of water-saving outdoor shower.
Water-saving outdoor shower.
Free Tutorial: How to Use a Saw Dust Compost Toilet
Handwashing station in Sadhana Forest, Kenya.
This bucket collects all the poo that is later used for the compost. Every user finishes with a layer of saw-dust.
This bucket collects all the poo that is later used for the compost. Every user finishes with a layer of saw-dust.
Bucket to pee into in compost toilet.
Pee equipment in compost toilet.
Bucket to collect pee for the compost.
Compost toilet in Sadhana forest, Kenya: almost no odours thanks to saw dust.
Comost toilet in Sadhana forest: almost no odours thanks to saw dust.
Through the little hole in this tin the water flows slowly. Handwashing only takes little water.
Through the little hole in this tin the water flows slowly. Handwashing only takes little water.
Biodegradable soap in handwashing station