This historical expression originates from the west coast of Denmark and refers to the fact of living on the flotsam of the sea. After every major storm, the coastal dwellers once climbed over the sandy …
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Milking the blue cow
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Rebellion of the rulers or grapes in winter?
For many of us born in the sixties or earlier, it was not common to be able to buy strawberries and grapes at Christmas. In the sixties and seventies of the last century, global supply …
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The city of the future – rural green?
According to the UN, the age of the megacities is approaching: in 2030 there will be 43 cities with more than ten million inhabitants. Cities are the states of tomorrow! Urbanization – a huge challenge …
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Our seas – no man’s land and everyman’s land?
Our seas and oceans in particular are at the focus of climate change. They should actually belong to their inhabitants, but are exploited as if they belong to no one. The high seas are in …
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Our abstract responsibility for the war of tomorrow
The fact that sustainability and economic dynamism are contradictory has not only been Report of the Club of Rome known. Already Thomas Malthus already described a contradiction between economic growth, population growth and resource availability …