Short Stories

Two competitions asked us to help publicise their well-intentioned and important activities. The first competition is organised by Rewilding Portugal, a movement that campaigns for nature conservation throughout Europe and specifically for the preservation of wildlife habitats, under the slogan „Make Portugal – make Europe a wilder place…“ Rewilding Portugal itself is an organisation dedicated to ecological restoration and the …

Every forest fire damages nature and destroys property, leaving behind victims, suffering and grief in its wake, as well as even more ashes and millions of tons of CO2, the greenhouse gas. After every forest fire, there is always the next forest fire. This has been part of life in Portugal and other southern countries for many years. But why …

I recently received an email that said: “Good evening. I would like to see an online demonstration, as I am from Porto. I don’t know if there is a project in this region that you can show me? I am currently preparing to build a house in a rural area with a history of forest fires in S. I am …

By Theobald Tiger How do we communicate in times of crisis? Do you also believe that we should call the fire brigade when the forest is on fire, or call the bank when we run out of money? Those who consider the division of labour to be the pinnacle in modern communication in the event of a disaster may, like …

by Uwe Heitkamp I can’t help it, but the current economic policy of perpetual growth reminds me of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. Anyone who proclaims growth as the sole objective of their economic policy completely disregards the most important criterion for economic planning and action: economic policy is never linear, never a one-way street, …

Part 1 by Theobald Tiger I’ve been thinking a lot about why some people want to travel to Mars. I think I’ve found a possible explanation, and the answer is to be found in economics. The refrain that we constantly hear from most politicians, namely that economic growth will instantly end all crises, is a nice story, but it is …

Episode Two: A Journey from the Kitchen to Nature by Uwe Heitkamp Who hasn’t thought about it? Who hasn’t done it? Going into the woods and picking mushrooms. To do this, you need to know something about the subject. If you take a knowledgeable mushroom guide with you the first time, and if you select only one specific tasty variety …

First episode. How it all began. by Uwe Heitkamp And what are your wishes for the new year that has just begun? Some of you will certainly want to quit smoking, others to give up alcohol, and yet others have quite possibly resolved to become millionaires. There are so many things we resolve to do, only to abandon them later …

by Theobald Tiger At the beginning of the last century, a clever European philosopher from Denmark left us with the following quote: “Life can often only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards…” Lisbon. The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) overslept at the start of the new year with the theme of its 2026 information campaign, “Vamos lixar o …

The artist Andrea Milde was born six decades ago in Ennepetal in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany, where she grew up and finished her education at the end of high school. After that, she began her odyssey with a few short trips around Europe and a long journey to Mexico and Guatemala. She then moved to Aubusson in France to learn …