South Africa has a long history of unique drug cocktails. The latest (although having been on the market for years already) is whoonga and can contain heroine, cocaine, cannabis and antiretroviral drugs. The mixture is extremely addictive and several experts have warned that the spread...
Ibland får en mail som en kan leva på länge. Ett exempel på ett sådant trillade ner i min inbox häromveckan och kom från en elev som jag träffades när jag föreläste om försoning i Sydafrika på Holavedsgymnasiet i Tranås i mars. Med hennes tillåtelse publicerar jag...
This week me and Karin went for a little holiday to a national park called Sächsische Schweiz in Eastern Germany, close to the Czech border. Of course I took the time to take a few pictures. The first one depicts the view over the Elbe...
Igår var det 70 år sedan den första atombomben detonerade över den japanska staden Hiroshima. Minst 135 000 människor dödades i explosionen eller till följd av strålningsskador. – Kärnvapen är det enda massförstörelsevapen som ännu inte är förbjudet, kommenterar Anna Ek, ordförande för Svenska Freds-...
– Floating cities are the future, says Dutch architect Koen Olthuis. His vision is to make cities more dynamic in order to make them more easily adoptable for the future, including sea rise and more extreme weather. Through his non-profit Floating City Apps he hopes to help...
Yesterday we went for a little excursion to the abandoned radio station at the Teufelsberg. Its located about 9 kilometers från the city centre and is easily accessible by bike. From there you can enjoy a fantastic view over Berlin with the old radio tower...
Today my story on unpackaged grocery stores was published in the online edition of Swedish environmental magazine Syre ("Oxygen). Interesting concept, but one of the conclusions is that the concept is still far from actually reducing the environmental impact of our food. Curious why? Read...
Thursday evening I went for a photo shot at the German parliament with an idea to capture the Bundestag at night. What I didn't prepare for was waiting in the rain for about 3 hours before I could actually mount my camera on the tripod...