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…

Fresach celebrates Christmas in Europe

An Xmas musical journey through Europe on 11th December once again impressively demonstrated the European spirit and connectedness of the Carinthian mountain village Fresach. The chamber choir and an ensemble of the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra presented the most beautiful Christmas songs under the Christmas tree. Günther Antesberger took care of the moderation, for the overall management…

The Lion of Cameroon in Fresach

Three years he sat in prison, just because he had dared to compete against President Paul Biya who is in power since 1982. Since May, he is now on the loose. The weekend he was in Austria to fulminate against the corrupt political caste in his country Cameroon. When asked whether he will rise despite…

Club Carinthia to host Fresach in Vienna

At the invitation of Club Carinthia the Fresach.Think.Tank presented its program for the European tolerance talks 2016 on 3rd November in Vienna. On the podium were Fresach President Johannes Swoboda, the bishop of the Evangelical Church of Austria, Michael Bunker, the environmental historian Verena Winiwarter and PEN president Helmuth A. Niederle. For the Carinthian touch…