Greta Thunberg is a swedish climate activist. In August 2018, Greta started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish Parliament that has since spread all over the world and now involves over 100,000 schoolchildren. The movement is now called Fridays For Future.
Thunberg has spoken at climate rallies in Stockholm, Helsinki, Brussels and London. In December she attended the United Nations COP24 in Katowice, Poland, where she addressed the Secretary-General and made a plenary speech that went viral and was shared many million times around the globe. In January 2019 she was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos where her speeches again made a worldwide impact.
The young activist tries to live a low-carbon life. Therefore she is vegan, and she doesn't fly. She has been named as one of the worlds most influential teens by TIME magazine.
Ghana ThinkTank is an international collective that “develops the first world” by flipping traditional power dynamics, asking the “third world” to intervene into the lives of the people living in the so-called “developed” world.
Its innovative approach to public art reveals blind spots between otherwise disconnected cultures, challenges assumptions about who is “needy,” and turns the idea of expertise on its head. This process helps people overcome their own stereotypes while being exposed to the stereotypes that other cultures have about them.
Is an organisation in Sweden that provides an outdoor activity for children between 5 and 6 years. The children explore and experience nature in a curious way and thus discover nature's most common plants and animals.
The meetings take place regularly and we are out about 2 hours at a time, for example in a forest hill near the children's home for an increased understanding of the fact that nature's small and large underworld is everywhere.
Extinction Rebellion
"The Extinction Rebellion describe themselves as: "An international apolitical network using non-violent direct action to persuade governments to act on the Climate and Ecological Emergency."
The group led their first big protest last year in Parliament Square in London, 1,500 people turned up.
Over the course of a week they carried out a series of peaceful protests, including planting trees and blocking bridges."
Like most children the world over, Swedish children enjoy listening to music and hanging out with friends. They are also encouraged to focus on their interests. Singing and playing a musical instrument are popular extra-curricular activities. Twenty-nine per cent of girls and 26 per cent of boys aged 13-15 play an instrument in their spare time. Everyone is encouraged to take up sport, and 68 per cent of 13- to 15-year-olds are members of a sports club. Soccer is the most popular sport among both girls and boys. Then comes horseriding for girls. Boys prefer floorball, followed by swimming and ice hockey. The sports interest goes all the way to the top; Sweden is number seven on the Olympic medal score list.
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor adventure that is happening all the time, all around the world. To play, participants use the Geocaching app and/or a GPS device to navigate to cleverly hidden containers called geocaches. There are millions of geocaches in 190 countries waiting to be discovered—there are probably even some near you right now.
It offers something for everyone, from families with children to retirees. Some geocachers play the game to see how many total “finds” they can get, while others play to see how many new states or countries they can visit. Geocaching is a great way to find remarkable destinations that you would not have otherwise discovered. It is also an excellent education tool and an excuse to get off the couch.
With free spirits such as Pippi Longstocking and Emil to inspire them in books and films, Swedish children are encouraged to think independently and question societal norms.
System Thinking
"Term used to describe a perspective and a set of methods and tools that make it possible to look at the full extent of a system, rather than at fragments or parts. To innovate on any social, economic or environmental problems , it’s necessary to find ways to see, understand and use the system itself."
In this video we understand how the introduction of wolves in a ecosystem influences other species and even the behaviour of the rivers.
Pokémon Go is an augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and published by Niantic for iOS and Android devices. A part of the Pokémon franchise, it was first released in certain countries in July 2016, and in other regions over the next few months. The game is the result of a collaboration between Niantic and Nintendo by way of The Pokémon Company.
The game is free to play and it uses the mobile device GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, so here’s the state of humanity in a single image. It’s the “Doughnut” of social and planetary boundaries and it could just turn out to be the compass we need for creating a safe and just 21st century.
The hole at the Doughnut’s centre reveals the proportion of people worldwide falling short on life’s essentials, such as food, water, healthcare and political freedom of expression – and a big part of humanity’s challenge is to get everyone out of that hole. At the same time, however, we cannot afford to be overshooting the Doughnut’s outer crust if we are to safeguard Earth’s life-giving systems, such as a stable climate, healthy oceans and a protective ozone layer, on which all our wellbeing fundamentally depends.
"A chrome extension that helps you be more productive. Fewer tabs = happy Tabagotchi. More tabs = angry Tabagotchi.
Get rid of unnecessary distractions and increase your productivity with Tabagotchi.
The more tabs you have open, the angrier and sicker your Tabagotchi gets! The fewer tabs you have open, the happier and healthier it becomes.
For each hour you spend browsing with five tabs or less, you’ll get one step closer to evolving your Tabagotchi to a higher form.
"My Photography Toolbox is an art dexterity game for creating meaningful images and learning the basic principles in photography. You’ll love photography even more when you see your skills expanded. It is played in teams of one, two or three players with a smartphone or a compact camera.
Being a good photographer is a combination of playing with the fundamentals, creativity and your personal attitude, there’s no right or wrong!"
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.
The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a black card, and everyone else answers with their funniest white card.
In Pieces is an infographic website that showcases 30 endangered species, represented by 30 different pieces. On the website we are educated with fun and engaging css polygon animations about the threats and statistical information about the species.