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Mr. Mark Smith has made an adventurous hobby into his profession. From Marylebone Station to Buckinghamshire to the north-west of London, where he lives with his wife Nicolette, their two …

5th Instalment The Tale of Two Villages I’ve been living in India for over forty years, the last thirty of which have been in the small university town of Santiniketan, …

4 th Instalment Madan tells about his grandfather When Madan visited me in Kalimpong he told me the stories of his childhood. I asked and asked, and he brought his …

3rd Instalment Refugium Kalimpong*. – The town in the Himalayas clings tightly to the slopes like a survivor on a cliff. Kalimpong has grown, crawling and creeping across all the …

2nd Instalment Buying shoes and team spirit. – Kamal (aged 48) and I went to the shoe shop in the early afternoon, choosing that time quite deliberately because many people …

1st Instalment Conversation with Boro –An important moment: for the first time, Boro admitted to me in a conversation that he feels fulfilled and content in his work. After twenty …

To tell the story of SolarImpulse – the first solar aero plane project – we have to begin seven years ago in Switzerland. Here the idea was born. This summer …

If there is one person who takes the maxim “think globally, act locally” literally, it is Tom Bauer, founder member of the NGO Surfing The Nations (STN). Based in Hawaii …

Despite the difficulties, there are many Guineans – both residents and emigrants, in which Portugal plays an important part – who are looking for ways to improve the country, trying …

Bochum (D). When people pursue a common goal, they can achieve a great deal. A parents’ initiative involving just over 1,000 people wanted to do something meaningful with their money. …