#Inspirational

Laura fights to protect the magnificence of wild horses running free | Aeon Videos

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By Michiel Curfs - March 04, 2023

There are some 64,000 wild horses running free on public lands in the Western...

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The song expressing a nation’s defiance

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By Michiel Curfs - February 26, 2023

Kuti denounced the colonial and Eurocentric framework that he claimed African...

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The crime-writing Belgian ‘sheriff’ fighting EU corruption

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By Michiel Curfs - December 15, 2022

Claise is known as “The Sheriff” for his relentless pursuit of his targets. I...

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Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

By Michiel Curfs - December 08, 2022

Youth climate activists create companies to transform waste management and gi...

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Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

By Michiel Curfs - December 08, 2022

Youth climate activists create companies to transform waste management and gi...

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Meet the Bishnoi community who won’t cut down living trees

By Michiel Curfs - December 04, 2022

The Bishnoi community are India’s original eco-warriors. Members of the Hindu...

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Meet the young Ugandan dance group taking the world by storm

By Michiel Curfs - November 06, 2022

''Helping is from the heart, not by having a lot of money. But the little you...

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Meet the young Ugandan dance group taking the world by storm

By Michiel Curfs - November 06, 2022

''Helping is from the heart, not by having a lot of money. But the little you...

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Cricket: The unlikely sport helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon

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By Michiel Curfs - November 05, 2022

The Alsama Project provides schooling for 200 Syrian refugees in Shatila. Its...

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James Lovelock: the death of scientific independence? | Aeon Essays

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By Michiel Curfs - October 21, 2022

As the planet lurches towards a climate emergency and its life support system...

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How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon

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By Michiel Curfs - October 18, 2022

In the Wild West comics Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo would see Indigenous people...

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Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok

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By Michiel Curfs - October 13, 2022

Beauty pageant contestant Mahniwati was born into a strong Indigenous communi...

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Murmurations: A Spell for the Fall Equinox

By Michiel Curfs - September 23, 2022

ours is not the only life on earth nor the only death the half earth grows da...

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‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight

By Michiel Curfs - September 18, 2022

“Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s not on the front ...

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20 Fast Fashion Quotes to Inspire You Into Action | Earth.Org

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By Michiel Curfs - September 06, 2022

The fast fashion industry has been under greater scrutiny as more consumers b...

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The Transformative Power of Film

By Michiel Curfs - September 01, 2022

Film can be a beacon in identifying who and where we are, while also inspirin...

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The 23-year-old fashion designer dressing Colombia’s first black female vice-president

By Michiel Curfs - August 07, 2022

“When I got her call, it was amazing, as it wasn’t just about me or her, it w...

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How nine women are helping save India’s mangroves – with foraging and eco-tours

By Michiel Curfs - July 30, 2022

In a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found...

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Jane Goodall Barbie doll launched to inspire young girls

By Michiel Curfs - July 13, 2022

A Barbie doll of Jane Goodall has been launched to inspire young girls, fulfi...

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The ‘Spider-Man’ of Sudan: the real-life superhero of the protest movement

By Michiel Curfs - June 28, 2022

'Spidey' has become well known on social media for leaping from billboards an...

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‘I’m appalled’: The artist who put up a giant sign for refugees at sea to read

By Michiel Curfs - June 20, 2022

“Of all the locations, that one is the most politically charged". “It’s at th...

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Roland Garros: Nadal wins record 14th French Open, 22nd Grand Slam

By Michiel Curfs - June 05, 2022

His 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall, add...

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Land or Death: Colombia’s Indigenous Land Wars

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By Michiel Curfs - May 30, 2022

A fierce Colombian grandmother defends her Indigenous community in the world’...

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How two Goldman prize winners won landmark rulings in Dutch courts

By Michiel Curfs - May 26, 2022

The road to a landmark legal victory compelling the Dutch government to take ...

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Welcome to the jungle: inside Mexico’s groundbreaking natural art gallery

By Michiel Curfs - May 20, 2022

Part building, part tropical grove, this forest art space in the Yucatan peni...

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From Somalia to China, designers embrace sustainable fashion

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By Michiel Curfs - May 12, 2022

In her native Somalia, designer Nimco Adam was known as the Queen of Tie Dye,...

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These climate heroes of 2022 are giving us hope on Earth Day

By Michiel Curfs - April 22, 2022

This year the theme for Earth Day is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ with the event’s ...

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Kenyan rapper’s words inspire community recycling

By Michiel Curfs - April 05, 2022

Wow, just Wow! As a young man growing up in the slums of Dandora, Kenya, Juli...

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Liberia taxi driver: How returning $50,000 changed Emmanuel Tuloe’s life

By Michiel Curfs - April 03, 2022

The story of what happened to Liberian Emmanuel Tuloe has the quality of a mo...

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Under attack, Ukraine’s musicians become war reporters and military fundraisers

By Michiel Curfs - March 03, 2022

Last weekend, Olga Korolova fled her home in Chernihiv, Ukraine, with her dau...

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Meet the Italian man who’s staying in Ukraine to rescue animals

By Michiel Curfs - March 03, 2022

Originally a fashion photographer from Italy, Cisternino married a Ukrainian ...

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‘Brave, direct, anti-nationalist’: Why Zelenskyy is Moscow’s nightmare

By Michiel Curfs - March 02, 2022

He was a multimillionaire comedian, the voice of Paddington Bear and won Danc...

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The man who lived in a Singapore forest for 30 years

By Michiel Curfs - February 21, 2022

On meeting Oh Go Seng the first thing that strikes you is the glint in his ey...

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Meet the guerrilla gardeners rewilding cities in the most joyous way

By Michiel Curfs - February 17, 2022

Here are San Francisco-based gardeners Shalaco and Phoenix of SF in Bloom abo...

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A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

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By Michiel Curfs - February 12, 2022

Feliciano says her decision to storm, shut down and demolish a mining site — ...

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‘They saw bigger things’: Richard Leakey, Edward O Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy remembered

By Michiel Curfs - January 17, 2022

Friends and colleagues pay tribute after the recent deaths of these groundbre...

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Preaching truth to power: the São Paulo priest standing up to Bolsonaro

By Michiel Curfs - January 05, 2022

In a country riven by violence and hatred, he concludes, the only way forward...

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’

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By Michiel Curfs - December 26, 2021

Archbishop Tutu earned the respect and love of millions of South Africans and...

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Rescued bears open their Christmas gifts in sanctuary

By Michiel Curfs - December 25, 2021

Conservation NGO Animals Asia made a wonderful Christmas gift to the 189 resc...

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Madagascar minister swims 12 hours to shore after helicopter crash

By Michiel Curfs - December 22, 2021

Gellé, who was rescued by locals, said in a video posted on social media: "I'...

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Madagascar food crisis: How a woman helped save her village from starvation

By Michiel Curfs - December 10, 2021

Loharano's effortless grace belies the hard work that she is doing to stave o...

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The ballet dancer inspiring children living in Kenya’s slum

By Michiel Curfs - December 07, 2021

"Everybody deserves the right to dance. Everybody deserves the right to be wh...

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