Rivers of Democracy is a transnational initiative that seeks to reimagine rivers not only as ecological systems but as subjects of rights, intertwined with human communities, democratic participation, and cultural expression. Flowing across borders, the project transforms Europe’s rivers into… Source: Rivers of Democracy – European Alternatives

A new compendium of National Walking Case Studies was launched today in Vienna, Austria at the meeting of the Transport, Health, and Environment pan-European Programme (THE PEP). The post National Walking Case Studies appeared first on Walk21.

I  walked from Amsterdam to Austria in a three piece walking suit. 1364 kilometer, 96 days. Every day I wrote a story. Every day I collected pieces of thread, ropes, strings, rubber bands and I tied them together in the order in which I found them...

It is the simplest thing I can think of. And the simplest things always make the most sense. It is easy. You open your door, you close it behind you. You take your house with you and you walk. Your body moves through the world, becomes part of the worl...

I left Hohe Wand, put on my suit again, walked to Vienna to spend two weeks in the city before walking to the west of Austria to meet up with some Nomads at a project called Schmiede. I wondered if it would be a good idea to continue wearing the suit i...

Some days seem to contain everything. I don't know if it has anything to do with my visit to the Mauthausen concentration camp yesterday. Yesterday there was nothing else. I only existed to witness. I took the images in, I didn't try to understand, the...

Here’s a story for you. A true story. Maybe you know it already. But it is always nice to hear it again.One day, in the summer of 2013, when we were still building our temporary homes in the Nomadic Village, the nomads went to the recycle center ...