Créativité informelle pour renforcer la communauté locale

Créativité informelle pour renforcer la communauté locale

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Un village avec une histoire de moulins à eau

Il y a quelques années, un moulin à eau miniature est apparu sur le Ruau, un ruisseau qui traverse le village de Saint-Blaise. Bien que le niveau d’eau soit parfois tombé si bas que la roue ne tournait plus, elle est restée en place pendant près de deux ans.…

Untethered creativity in the local community

Informal creativity to strengthen the local community

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A village with a history of waterwheels

A few years ago, a miniature waterwheel appeared on the Ruau, a stream that runs through the village of Saint-Blaise. Although the water level sometimes fell so low that the wheel stopped turning, it remained in place for almost two years. Watermills are a key part of the history of the village, having supplied energy for a number of craft-industries scattered along the stream.…

Only the impossible is likely to save us

Only the impossible is likely to save us

Catastrophe?

We’ve all been victims, one way or another, of the pandemic. Now the latest IPCC report on climate change predicts imminent disaster on another front. And they are right. We need a global, far-reaching solution to avert the catastrophe that awaits us. Unrealistic? Only the impossible is likely to save us. (read more)…

Only the impossible is likely to save us

Catastrophe?

Only the impossible is likely to save us

Achieving the unthinkable

I’m sitting in the tram headed along the lakeside towards Neuchatel, a medium-sized town at the foot of Jura mountains. It’s Sunday afternoon, the weather is sunny after a prolonged period of heavy rain and flooding and the tram is full. Everybody, with a couple of notable exceptions, is wearing a mask.…

Learning Moments

Learning Moments

Learning in Western minds is inextricably bound with memories and ideas from an institution called school. School is a building where learning takes place. Lots of learning. Only learning. Well, not exactly. Other activities creep in. Meeting your first boyfriend or girlfriend. Fighting during the recreation period. Talking to friends about a TV programme you saw or maybe a book you read or a website you visited.…