The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) published an online game which tries to teach young people what it means to flee from the own country. In the online game you have to complete 12 steps to successfully escape the regime. On the homepage teachers also find material how to use this media. Available in German, Norwegian and Swedish.

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Those days Italy is overwhelmed by one book, titled “Generazione 1.000 Euro”. It is a book about a guy who is giving away his manpower nearly for free just to be able to stay in the hip city (Barcelona). He enjoys his life and is happy but just cannot afford anything.

The story is written by two Italians (about the same age as the main character, 30 years old) and it is a story which sounds very very familiar to me and all the people I got to know during my months of slavery (but also great fun) in Barcelona.

I do not like the nick of our generation (”Bobo”) though… and I am really really sorry that I do not speak Italian. Anybody interested in translating the book?

Check the page and download your copy.

http://www.generazione1000.com/

The corporation, IMDB.org
Has anybody heard of this movie yet? Anybody seen it? It's from 2003 and we just found it in a non-mainstream video store and I do not know why I never heard of it before. No theory about the reason of this anti-propaganda now… let's switch over to the movie itself.

As you might guess The corporation is about corporations. It begins with simple introductions, history and later shows us case studies and impacts on our society, nature and any other aspect of our world as we know it. You will see many interviews with powerful people (some of them connected to big global corporations directly).

The stories are informative, stirring, enlightening. Even I was asking myself the question why our governments do not make laws which force companies to produce as sustainably as possible. It makes me wonder why we accept that companies base their decisions on what is cheaper, preserving the laws or breaking them. Please invest those 150 minutes and take a look at the prognosis.

One example topic: Did you hear about the water war of Cochabamba, Bolivia?

Some of you may notice the focus on Japan lately. Gomenne for that. But I am really enjoying it at the moment. So many interesting things. From technology to culture over language to new friends. And here is the latest news out of my cinematic experience.

Just finished watching kikujiro no natsu and I am recommending it to everyone who is interested in Japan. So many different aspects. You see some landscape, some Japanese customs, really authentic Japanese people (especially Beat Takeshi aka Takeshi Kitano is wonderful) and much much more. Some scenes seem strange to gaijin like me but I know hardly any movies from outside Japan which are transporting such deep emotions in such an affecting way.