Profile: Social entrepreneur, co-incubator of OpenSourceEcology movement in Europe. Open Source Ecology (OSE) is an international network of Farmer, Engenders and activist. It is a project for the development and distribution on web, by Open Source means, of a modular …
Guillaume Chenevière: Facts and the media
Are the citizens of the so called Information Society informed citizens? The asumption is that an unfettered press is a necessary tool for democracy. Confidence in mainstream media was dwindling, new sources of information proved unreliable, commercial revenues were flowing …
Xavier Comtesse: The Messenger Is The Message
Born in 1949, married, 3 sons. License in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science at the University of Geneva, Xavier Comtesse worked for 10 years in Academia, 10 years as a start-up CEO and 10 years with the Federal Administration, …
Raymond De Morawitz: A Local Food Solution For A General Eating Problem
Attorney at Law in Geneva, Raymond De Morawitz is the President of “Association des juristes progressistes (AJP)” (Association of progressiv jurists) of Geneva, a section of the democratics jurists of Switzerland (JDS / DJS). He is also a Member of …
Robin Davies: Plenty more fish in the sea? Solutions to a global food crisis
Born in 1972, Robin Davies grew up with a fascination of all things aquatic, but a family move in 1982 to the beautiful coastline of south-west England heralded his formative years. From that moment on, he spent all his spare …
Étienne Mineur: The Book Who Would Like To Be A Video Game
Born in 1968, Graphic designer, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the design studio Incandescence in 2000, Co-Founder and Creative Director of les éditions volumiques, and Professor at ENSAD in Paris, at la HEAD in Geneva, and at e-Artsup in Paris. …
Jean Troillet: The Only Victory Is Life
Jean Troillet was born 10 March 1948 at Orsieres and lives at La Fouly in Valais. Of Swiss and Canadian nationality he obtained his mountain guide qualifications in 1969. He has conquered ten peaks of more than 8000 metres, all …
Demian Conrad: Visualisation Of Rarity
Demian Conrad is the founder and creative director of the studio DEMIAN CONRAD DESIGN. Born in Ticino in 1974, he studied at the University of Lugano under the guidance of Bruno Monguzzi, whose teaching centred on the psychology of the …
Claudia Gonzalez: Social Media For Social Change
Head of Marketing of The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where she manages the Born HIV Free campaign that aims to eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to children by 2015. One of the world’s most …
Ivan Löbl: Biodiversity: Where Are We Going?
Born in Bratislava in 1937, moved to England, then to Praha after the war ended. With both parents imprisoned by the communist regime, and considered by the system an “undesirable element”, he was not allowed to enter secondary school, and …