Projects 12 December Dec 2018 1634 22 hours ago Berlin, the foundation contributing to the development of the city Cristina Barbetta Born in Pfefferberg, an area that has become an important cultural and social centre, the Pfefferwerk Foundation has contributed to the regeneration of the site. It carries out and supports projects to help disadvantaged people enter the job market, in all areas of Berlin. Its experience has been selected by the European Economic and Social Committee as a story of innovative and successful social enterprise at European level
Culture 14 November Nov 2018 1124 14 November 2018 Ankara, garbage collectors open library with discarded books Cristina Barbetta Dustmen of the Turkish capital have rescued books left on the streets and in rubbish bins, creating a big library, open to the public, which collects more than 6000 books
Projects 31 October Oct 2018 1250 31 October 2018 Volunteering in Turkey: Be the best version of yourself Anna Romanin The experience of Anna Romanin, a student at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, who left to Eskişehir, Turkey, to participate in AIESEC’s Global Volunteer project
Ideas 24 October Oct 2018 1319 24 October 2018 Tokyo, the restaurant where you pay the bill by doing the dishes Cristina Barbetta You don’t have enough money to pay yourself a meal out? There is no problem: at the Mirai Shokudo restaurant you can pay by doing the dishes or cleaning the kitchen, for 50 minutes
Environment 19 October Oct 2018 1614 19 October 2018 A small step forward for human rights *Valentina Pavarotti Today ends the week of negotiations at the UN in Geneva for the Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights, an instrument that could protect the rights and the environment of many communities around the world.