On crises and failures

State-run oil drilling in Ecuador not only destroys the landscape and reduces biodiversity; drilling also creates divisions in village communities. Our money, our economic system, is responsible for this damage. This video connects the dots.

Monetary Crisis – the End of the Denarius

Sep 6th, 2017 10m 15s

What does it take that a currency loses the trust of its users, although it has functioned for centuries? We will tell you using the example of the Roman denarius.

Is self-sufficiency outdated?

Aug 7th, 2017

Is subsistence farming in fact the cause of poverty in rural regions? Prof. Hanspeter Znoj looks at Rwanda as an example of how self-sufficiency contributes to an ecological and socially sustainable economy.

Identity Crisis - Johannes Pistorius

Jun 19th, 2017 7m 22s

Identity crisis exist as long as human beings. What to do when your way of life proves to be wrong? Continue? Change? We will have a look at the decisions the theologian Pistorius took in 1585.

The assassins - synonym for political murder

May 22nd, 2017 7m 7s

The Shiite sect known as Assassins is immortalized by the use of the word assassin for political murderers. We will have a look at the rise and the fall of this community.

Climate change – 1816: The year without a summer

Apr 21st, 2017 10m 5s

Crises is more than a challenge, it’s a chance. This fact proves itself true when taking a look at the last European mass starvation. The concept of the modern welfare state developed after the year without summer.

Identity Crisis – Augustine

Mar 28th, 2017 6m 31s

What is more important: Your career or your family? So many careerists have regretted the sacrifices they brought. We will retell the story of church father Augustine from a new perspective.

Russia and the Crisis of Terror

Mar 2nd, 2017 6m 3s

There’s nothing new concerning terrorism as part of everyday’s life. Russia suffered severely from terroristic attacks. The brutal prosecution did not change anything as long as the population supported the objectives of the terrorists.

Change in Climate and the French Revolution

Mar 2nd, 2017 9m 23s

Hunger, that’s the true reason for the French Revolution. Those who starved hustled things on. We trace the connection between the Little Ice Age, crop failures and the radicalization of the Revolution.