Tides of Trouble
Philippines – Bilangbilangan is one of the places on earth where the future of sea level rise is clearly visible. Living on this island is living on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Continue readingPhilippines – Bilangbilangan is one of the places on earth where the future of sea level rise is clearly visible. Living on this island is living on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Continue readingPeru – The Quechua are living on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Rising temperatures affect nature and the fragile ecosystem. Drought in particular causes a lack of food for the alpacas they keep.
Continue readingMongolia – For centuries, the Khalkha nomads have lived on the plateau of Tuul Goliin Hundii, where they graze their horses, cattle, goats and sheep. But how much longer will the grass grow here?
Continue readingCanada – International climate research confirms what the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow have been experiencing for years: the Arctic landscape is changing dramatically due to global warming.
Continue readingGreenland – We know the region mainly from the icebergs, polar bears and immense ice cap. Now that the sea ice is melting, part of the Inuit culture is also disappearing.
Continue readingNepal – In the Nepalese Himalayas, the Loba have long been dealing with the consequences of global warming, in particular a lack of water. How can they survive and at what cost?
Continue readingSweden – Climate change threatens Sami herders and their reindeer in northern Sweden. Changing weather patterns affect not only the vulnerable nature, but also their culture and livelihood.
Continue readingIsle of Kihnu – “Women’s island” is the nickname of Kihnu. “The last matriarchate,” Google lapses. Nobody mentions men. They stay invisible in the wings of women’s lives. An island with only women. That can not be true. It is not true either.
Continue readingIsle of Harris – Always mentioned in one breath with Lewis. Lewis & Harris. As two explorers from a past century. But Harris is not going anywhere. It has been in the Scottish Outer Hebrides since time immemorial.
Continue readingGreenland – Ittoqqortoormiit, a tiny spot high on the map of the Greenland east coast. It is one of the most remote places on earth. No roads lead to it or leave it. 350 people live there surrounded by 1,200 polar dogs. But those 350 happen to be the happiest people in the world, they say.
Continue readingFabulous Mama, 2018
Continue readingBrazil – Fortaleza is one of the most violent cities of the country. We wondered what an event like the Olympic Games brought the people. Who did benefit? Did the women benefit? Or the children? Did anything change at all?
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