Into the Blue - Blog @en

One year ago, we departed on a voyage that I will never forget. While Yokohama became smaller and smaller in a rain of ribbons, music and goodbyes, I felt that these 102 days would mark a turning point in my life – a presentiment which was true, but in a different way than I had expected. This voyage gave me the optimism and ‘genkiness’ that I needed later on in 2013 – thanks to all the incredible people onboard and in ports! Hope to see you again!

Since 2011 I volunteer as Election Observer for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We observe the freedom and fairness of the election and counting process on the ground and contribute to the regional findings of the overall OSCE report. No chance to report as most insights we get are confidential, but a great opportunity to see the situation in post-conflict countries at a crucial moment in their history. Let me give you a brief impression of elections in Kazakhstan, Georgia and Albania.

What is it like to be vegetarian in countries like Argentina, Chile or Brazil? Three Latinamerican activists of the NGO Friends of the Earth give their personal answers.

Now it’s official: From December 2012 until March 2013 I will join the Japanese NGO “Peace Boat” on its 78th voyage around the world, from Yokohama to Yokohama, passing for places whose names alone evoke all kinds of fantasies: Rapa Nui. Punta Arenas. Kota Kinabalu. Papeete. Port Louis.

The new website of my former School of Journalism is online! I had the honor to contribute most of the pictures – a great opportunity to come back  >>

“No Man’s Land” is an attempt to show the effects of landgrabbing on villagers in Indonesia. After a large part of Sumatra’s rainforest has been destroyed, investors have started to expand into Papua since 2010.

Auf einer spontanen Demonstration im Kopenhagener Konferenzzentrum “Bella Center” haben UN-Mitarbeiter die Daten von zwei Demonstranten aufgenommen. Eine Journalistin wurde gezwungen ihre Fotos zu löschen – meine Kamera ist nicht aufgefallen