Gitta Peyn is a German systems and cybernetics researcher who has dedicated her entire life to one project: Together with her husband, the mathematician Ralf Peyn, they develop the FORMWELT system – a programming language …
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Living for a project: Who is Gitta Peyn?
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Committee for population control (27/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Download the full book. Undoubtedly, one of the main challenges facing the planet is the proliferation of the human species. Education will …
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Committee for eductaion. Part 2. (26/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Download the full book. We are still looking at education as possibly the most important element in …
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Witch Hunt 2.0: High-tech in the computer – Middle Ages in the brain!
Illustration and text: Susanne Gold With digitalization, he came into the world: the “Homo Protestus”, as I call him. You meet him in the social media. And if he had his way, witches would be …
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Committee for education. Part 1. (25/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Possibly the most important element in preserving our planet is education. That is why we start by …
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Mission “Planet Preservation” (24/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. After the ethical and organisational topics of the last weeks we now get into content. Which topics …
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Autonomy for a better society: Interview with Professor Hüther (4)
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and chairman …
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The general assembly (23/52 – Terrraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. We are still looking at the organizational structures of an terraistic association. Today we will define the …
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The one who walks passionately on conscious paths: Who is Kristin Eissfeldt?
Kristin Eissfeldt was born in Munich in 1972 and is the mother of two high school-aged sons. Since completing her studies in socio-economics, Kristin has worked as a personnel recruitment consultant. She started her own …
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Visionary of globally valid digital ethics for a just digital society – Who is Cordula Meckenstock?
Ethical values, integrity, justice and their enforcement are her central concerns. After an Erasmus semester in Rome, Cordula Meckenstock completed her law studies in Münster in 2005. This degree leads her with honors via the …
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Council of the elders ( 22/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. The following suggestion may sound a little laid back. However, I believe the institution of a council …
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Bioplastics from Mexico: Changing the world with agave fibres.
Reportage by Paula Pröve, cover illustration Susanne Gold It started as a project for the university, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. The task: integrate a natural fibre into any material. That …
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Human Relation Manager with Passion – Who is Diana T. Roth?
Diana Roth was born in Siegburg in 1963. She trained as a legal assistant, then went into the diplomatic service and was then transferred to the German Embassy in Bern. Afterwards she trained in HR, …
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President, Part 2 (21/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. For your recollection: we are trying to learn from weaknesses of the European especially the German democracy, …
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Always the right playlist? Whether cheerful or dreary days?
Text and illustration by Susanne Gold Spoilt for choice: the music selection on Spotify seems almost endless. Apparently, Spotify wants to help with the music selection – depending on the mood of the listener – …
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President, Part 1 (20/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. After quite some thoughts on potential for improvement in our current political environment it is time to …
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A learning “anti-hero” who wants to turn the world into a garden: Who is Frank Fremerey?
Photo by Paco Villalta Frank Fremerey is the executive director of the Volt parliamentary group in the Bonn City Council. He is also an author, photographer and project manager. Born in Beuel on the right …
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The juggler who likes mistakes and makes others brave: Who is Andreas Gebhardt?
Andreas Gebhardt is a juggler and speaker. Born in Germany, Karlsruhe in 1972, he graduated from the State School of Performing Arts in Berlin and toured the world as a professional juggler for 15 years. …
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A democratic club? (19/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. I am aware of many inherent risks of both Terraism and the proposed form of organization. However, …
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The one who spins ideas for equal action: Who is Martin Geisenhainer?
Martin Geisenhainer was born in Koblenz in 1964 and facilitates the way to participative learning and work forms in organisations. After studying humanities in Bonn, he worked for many years in human resource development, looking …
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Three cheers for democracy (18/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Here are some last areas for improvement in our German democracy, before we finally turn to the …
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Combining art, culture and science to understand the world – Who is Monika Ziegler?
The physicist Dr Monika Ziegler was born in Freiberg/Saxony in 1947 and is a “lane-connector”, for today she works as a cultural manager and journalist. She is chairperson of KulturVision e.V. as well as project …
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Is democracy dead? (17/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. We are urrently analyzing where we see room for improvement for example in the German political environment. …
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Making Art in the Age of the Anthropocene: Who is Daniela Flörsheim?
Cover photo Daniela Flörsheim/ Text by Corinna Heumann Preserving paradises is the life motto of Düsseldorf artist Daniela Flörsheim. In her art work she deals with the major issues of our epoch, climate change and …
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How much club dairy can a club survive? (16/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. As our terraistic association will hopefully contribute significantly to to solutions for the planetary challenges, it is …
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Without one’s own story there is no future: Who is Anja Gild?
Anja Gild is a specialist in storytelling as well as text and language on the internet/intranet/social media. Born in Munich in 1967, grew up with two siblings in Ottobrunn. Studied German language and literature, German …
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Is there a way forward (15/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Besides terraism as a new ethical concept, I want to show a feasible way to approach and …
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In the midst of life and work: Who is Maro Bartulovic?
Maro Bartulovic was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in 1976, the son of an engineer, and graduated in enology (viticulture) in Zagreb. When he was 15 years old, the Balkan War began and shook his biography. …
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A Space Nation for Everybody? ( 14/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Last week we saw how powerful “collective actions” can be. Rules that businesses agree upon – usually …
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Planet Earth and its Ruler: Is the Curtain Closing?
Cover photo Vivian Haddad /Text Susanne Gold Sad high – Humans are outcompeting nature for the first time. Everything we humans produce is referred to as “anthropogenic material” by experts. For the first time, there …
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Denial of the power of utopias is totally utopian (12/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Does dreaming actually make sense? Why should you read a booklet that describes at least parts of …
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Interview with Professor Hüther (2) – The search for happiness in the digital age.
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and is one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and …
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Terraism Part II (11/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. In Terraism Part I we defined the terraistic imperativ creating a ethical general rule. So what does …
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World Health is in the Hands of Women
Illustration by Corinna Heumann/ Text by Ted Ganten, Susanne Gold, Corinna Heumann Setting the pace in terms of equality: World health is in the hands of women! Equal treatment of women and men makes societies more …
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Terraism Part I (10/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Which rules would we would have on our spaceship Earth – if we were to pursue the …
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Does coloniazation of space have the potential to inspire? (9/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Imaging earth as speace ship helps to question existing set up on earth. A comon goal of …
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Earthlings go into space (8/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. To envision earth as a speaceship will support to recalibrate our normative thinking. We and the planet, …
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Does Europe not just want to protect its data? Digital race!
Illustration and text Susanne Gold “European Alliance on Industrial Data and Cloud” is the name of the initiative for which the European Community intends to provide €10 billion. The size of this sum alone makes …
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Life as a complete artwork: Who is Johanna Sarah Schlenk?
The young artist draws her artistic energies at the interfaces of acting, dance, sculpture and photography Johanna Sarah Schlenk (*1988) puts people at the center of her work. The artist explores their communicative actions in …
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A speaceship called “Earth” (7/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Idleness In order to design new ethics, it is helpful to first change the perspective. If we …