Töpfer: “Passing on of costs has consequences”

“Instead of avoiding the costs of our prosperity, we have passed them. These are now payed by others who are not responsible for it.”This is the conclusion of the former head of the UN Environment Programme, Klaus Töpfer, at the opening of the second European tolerance conversations in the Carinthian mountain village Fresach https://www.fresach.org. Given the…

Senator Pacheco in Fresach

Senator Marc R. Pacheco of Mass. Wednesday evening came to Carinthia in order to attend the opening of the European tolerance talks 2016. Pacheco on Thursday noon will deliver a keynote speech on the “Climate Reality Project” of forme US-Vice President Al Gore. Pacheco praised the iniative of tolerance talks at the opening in Villach.…

Capitalism intensifying climate change

Free market capitalism is a core problem of the climate change, believes civil rights and community organizer Stephen Bradberry, Executive Director of the Alliance Institute http://theallianceinstitute.org in New Orleans. Capital-dictations exacerbate negative impacts of disasters or simple are the reason for it. Bradberry will illustrate his opinion in the context of “European tolerance talks 2016”…

Art as a bridge to integration

He was not a parade Migrant, grown up in a modern school system and prepared mentally and emotionally to this new culture, the German-Turkish writer and translator Serafettin Yildiz explains in an interview. “After studying in Izmir I came to Austria – Vienna was first planned as a stopover, but it became a permanent place…

Program booklet now available

The program booklet to the “European tolerance talks 2016″ from 11 to 14 May 2016 in Fresach is available from now on. It will be sent to interested people also, the costs are 10 € plus 5 € for shipping. For those who are satisfied with the online version, it is also available for download.…

Topic Preview 2015

How far does tolerance go? Tasks of the state, economy and society: Does the individual citizen have any responsibility in this? The topic of the European Tolerance Discussions 2015 is for sure. How far does tolerance go? And what are its limits? What are the duties of state, economy and society? And what can and…

Dialogue on tolerance more urgent than ever

The dialogue on tolerance and integration is more urgent than ever. That was the resumé of a program preview on the “European Tolerance Talks 2016” Tuesday evnening held in Klagenfurt in the Mirror Hall of the provincial government. More than 50 top scientists, thinkers and philosophers will discuss “The borders of Europe – Human Rights…

Fresach launches Crowdfunding Campaign

Think.Tank.Fresach (DRF) has launched a crowdfunding campaign together with the “Initiative for Carinthia” and the crowdfunding platform Respekt.net to finance the European tolerance talks in the Carinthian mountain village from 11 to 14 May 2016. In ttal 27,460 euros shall be collected within the next six months, which is about 25 percent of the planned total…