In January 2010, three young Europeans, Nicola, Raphael and Benjamin, founders of Locomotive Organisation, will hit the road for a unique journey. Starting point: The Netherlands. Destination: Latin America. To be crossed: Europe, Africa and the Atlantic ocean. The three adventurers will show that it is possible to live and travel while respecting the earth and it’s earthlings.

The trio will reduce it’s CO2 emissions to a minimum using only hitchhiking, boathiking or walking. Therefore no airplanes, trains or buses will be taken during the whole trip. As the meat industry is responsible for more than half of all man-made Greenhouse Gases, their diet will be vegetarian. All electronic devices will be only powered with renewable energy from the solar backpacks. Water will be provided through the Lifesaver Bottle that can filter any kind of sweet water.

This journey aims to demonstrate that everything human beings need is already out there: some cars are always going in the same direction as the travelers or some food will be always left out by somebody. The three travelers will show that it is possible to live with the wastes of the society to denounce humanity’s over-consumption and wasting habits. Avoiding consumerism, they will not buy any products during this journey, money will be used only for emergencies and visas. They will not sleep in any hostels, hotels or campsites, enjoying the wonderful hospitality of the people or the starry sky!

The trio will leave in complete freedom with themselves and the environment, Latin America is the only destination, they will then move freely in a timeless journey exploring the untraveled paths. Sharing is everything! The trio is open to talk with everyone, listening to their stories and telling their own. Through these encounters, they want to increase the understanding of the diversity of the world and its inhabitants.

Being all three photographers, writers and video-makers, they will report on their adventures to the world as well as focusing their lenses on positive actions people undertake in order to make this world a better place by promoting peace, equality and respect for diversity. They will also depict the problems the world is facing today, such as over-consumption, pollution, poverty, inequity and prejudices. Workshops and cultural events, aimed at promoting environmental consciousness, equality, multiculturalism and art, will be organized with the people, wherever the possibilities may be found. The aim is to bring the people together all around the world emphasizing that what unites us is much stronger that what divides us.

The adventures of the three travelers will appear online. The trio will update regularly depending on the availability of the Internet.

A self-made documentary will relate the adventures and experiences of the trio to be shown to the entire world for free. It’s goal is, on one hand to stimulate and inspire the people to pursue their dreams, and on the other hand to promote a sustainable way of living as a solution for an improvement of the quality of everyone’s life. Furthermore, photo exhibitions of travel photographs as well as screenings of the documentary will be organized all around the world after the journey.

Locomotive Organisation – creative actions for a conscious world -
Three young world citizen from Italy (Nicola Zolin, 25), France (Benjamin Lesage, 24) and Germany (Raphael Fellmer, 26) founded the Locomotive Organisation in 2009 in The Hague with the general purpose of making this world a better place, together with all the people who aim to undertake positive actions for a constructive change. Locomotive aims to bring consciousness to the people in order to demonstrate that we are the change that we want to see in the world. To achieve this mission, Locomotive organises workshops, photo exhibitions, conferences, seminars, documentaries and cultural exchanges.

Locomotive Organisation

For interviews and more details
smile@belocomotive.org
www.belocomotive.org
skype: belocomotive

From December 15^th on, Nikolas Konstantin will inaugurate his unique exhibition “10 Countries”, which shows the notion of “Diversity” in an extraordinary light. The pictures display the manifoldness of the young generation and may be found on the 4^th floor of the Oval in The Hague University.

Our modern society is characterized by its inherent multiplicity and still – there are only a few places on this planet where this precious attribute is joyously celebrated.

The inspirational exhibition that features pictures of students from various countries located all over the world has been created to emphasize this unique attribute. The young faces are shown in distinctive settings, expressing different emotions. The techniques of the pictures accentuate the many facets of today’s generation and the immanent disparities that diversity inevitably entails. The portraits could not be more distinctive and yet, the young people share one crucial characteristic – They are all students of The Hague University.

With this extraordinary exhibition, the students of The Hague University want to make the statement that diversity is an irreplaceable and wonderful attribute of our world today, which accompanies the process of blurring borders and differences among people, cultures, religions and every other part of society.

Enjoy the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday, 15th 16:30 in the HEBOS Canteen in the HHS.

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To celebrate this exciting event we would like to invite you to the IDEAS launch party!
Date? December 15
Time? 16:30 – 18:30
Place? HEBO canteen (Oval, 2nd floor), The Hague University

There, a band, snacks and an exhibition with stunning portraits will await you. Several writers and photographers, published in the journal, will be there and you will have the possibility to meet them and talk about their work or the work of others.

But most important: you will be able, as one of the first people, to purchase your issue of IDEAS!

We are looking forward to welcome you to the launch party!

The IDEAS team

JUBILO is a comparative religion project with an anthropological approach aiming to prevent and resolve conflicts and to build peace through the interfaith dialogue, namely among Jewish, Christian and Muslim individuals, communities and peoples.

One of the Project’s main purposes is to enlighten the current status of the Abrahamic faiths in a thorough, open, respectful and tolerant dialogue with each other, and with other cultures, faiths and realities.

It showcases the contribution of cultural diversity to our common cultural heritage and our shared values, thereby creating stronger community cohesion, it underlines the contribution of different cultures to our common heritage and lifestyle. It raises awareness of the importance of exploring together the means to implement and develop an active participation in our society through inter-cultural and interfaith dialogue, with an open attitude to the world and respect for cultural diversity in a community based on common shared values.

The Jubilo project was launched at the Peace Palace, The Hague, on September 2006 and is endorsed by the  Council  of  100  Leaders  of  the  World  Economic  Forum  (Davos  2006)  and  by  the  European  Year  of Intercultural Dialogue (2008).

It consists of a threefold structure: the documentary series Abraham’s Legacy; the Tea for Peace series of round-table dialogues; and the multimedia thematic series The Spirit Inspires my Way. All these closely related but independent components could evolve further to cover other major or minor religious and philosophical traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism etc.

Tea for Peace is one of the operational programme of the Jubilo project consisting of a series of ‘tea parties’. Spanda Foundation organizes an evening event on a specific topic related to the interfaith dialogue to foster better understanding among the community of the three Abrahamic faiths.

The topic that will be discuss in the next “Tea For Peace” will be Marriage.

The event will begin with the screening of a series of short extracts from films and documentaries. Afterwards, the guest speakers will discuss about the topic with the audience. Guidelines will be given to the audience beforehand to involve them actively in the discussion. As part of the programme, a research study is carried out within the audience examining the level of tolerance, preconceived views and stereotypes affecting the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities andwhether these preconceptions have changed as a result of participating in the event. A quick assessment of the questionnaires closes the ‘official’ programme, after which the audience will have the opportunity to meet the guest speakers informally while having a cup of tea or other refreshments.

Films have a unique ability to engage, entertain and, at the same time, inform and educate. The audience benefit from the event by gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding of current problems. Furthermore, regular discussions on peace-related issues will bring people closer, and may lead to further interfaith and intercultural cooperation.

The guest speakers in this session are:

SJAAK  DE  BOER Pastor of the Church of Our Saviour, The Hague. Fr Sjiaak holds a doctorate in Religious Studies from Louvain University, Belgium. He is the organiser of the European Pastors’ Symposia on the Millennium Goals, and since 1986 the Chairman of Auxilia, a foundation supporting world wide projects for the poor.

AWRAHAM  SOETENDORP Rabbi Soetendorp was born in 1943 in Amsterdam and survived as a «hidden child».  He  presides  over  the  European  Region  of  the  World  Union  for  Progressive  Judaism.  Rabbi Soetendorp is Earth Charter Commissioner and a Founding Board Member of Green Cross International and co-chair of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders. He his also a member of the International Advisory Committee of World Peace Summit, acts as an advisor to the American Jewish World Service, and is the founder and chair of the Hope Foundation for Children for Universal Education. Rabbi Soetendorp is a member of the Steering Committee of the World Council of Religious Leaders and participates as a key discussion partner of the World Economic Forum in his function as a religious leader. Rabbi Soetendorp is a Member of the International Advisory Board of the Jubilo Project.

JOHANNES  WITTEVEEN Dr Witteveen was born in 1921 in Zeist, the Netherlands. He holds a doctorate in Economics from the Netherlands School of Economics, Rotterdam. He was professor of Business Cycles and Economics at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, and Rector Magnificus of the same institution.  Mr Witteveen  served  twice  as  Minister  of  Finance  to  the  Dutch  Government  and  has  been Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Chairman of the Group of Thirty  (G30).

He is a life-long member of the International Sufi Movement and is now its Vice-President. He has published a number of essays and books, among which Universal Sufism; The heart of Sufism; Soefisme en economie; Sufism in action, Achievement, inspiration and integrity in a tough world. Dr Witteveen is a Board Member of Spanda Foundation.

Take part:

- Duration: 3 hours.

- Admission: 5 euro.

- Language: English.

- Location and date:

26/11/2009    FREE Benefit Concert

This is it! Nafasi organises a FREE benefit concert @ PAARD van TROJE ( de kleine zaal) The Hague, Prinsegracht 12.
From 11.00PM till 04.0

0AM!! Great talents!

Genre: R&B, HipHop, Jazz, Opera, Trance and Urban. NOTHING like DJ Deugniet & DJ Wicked.

The ARE the ‘must have’ Dj’s at the moment! So don’t miss it and come show us your support in providing chances!!

This concert is to help us raise money for the project by buying a shareholder card and making donations. This concert will have great talents and professional artists to go on stage.
Come enjoy the global environment.

Start Time: Thursday, 26 November 2009 at 23:05
End Time: Friday, 27 November 2009 at 04:05
Location: Paard van Trojé
Street: Prinsegracht 12, Den Haag

‘Obstacles and chances for an enduring Israeli-Palestinian peace’

Invitation to students to participate to the round-table conference in The Hague.

Herewith we have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the roundtable conference on ‘Obstacles and chances for an enduring Israeli-Palestinian peace’, that International Dialogues Foundation (IDF) will organize in partnership with the influential quarterly Palestine-Israeli Journal (PIJ) and Locomotive Organisation the 20 November in the Pax Christi Church in The Hague. This initiative is part of the three years program of conferences and roundtables Justice and Peace in Israel/Palestine.  Students from different University of the Netherlands can have the possibility to be part of one of the most relevant dialogues for peace.

The meeting will consist of four brainstorm sessions on respectively Gaza, the role of Europe, Settlements, Water, Right of return and Jerusalem. The brainstorm discussions  will be introduced with speeches by Menachem Klein, Bar Ilan University in Israel, who Played an active role in the Geneva Initiative, and Mouin Rabbani, independent consultant in Ramalla, who was associated for a long time to the International Crisis Group (ICG). Other main speakers are ProfessorMoshe Maoz, Israeli expert on Islam, who has been teaching at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Harvard University and Oxford University; and the two editors in chief of PIJ Ziad Abu Zayyad and Hillel Schenker. The seesions will be chaired by members of the Advisory Committee of the Project: Wim Deetman (chair), Hedy d’ Ancona and Laurens Jan Brinkhorst.

The character of the roundtable discussions will be that of an open discussion in which no aspect will be avoided, but on the condition of an agreement that a serious discussion on the basis of the two state solution makes sense.

Ideas Magazine will be there to make a report of the event, Locomotive Organisation will be active part of the round-table dialogue.

To participate send an e-mail to belocomotive@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Gerben Meihuizen, Chairman a.i of IDF

Peter Idenburg, Coordinator www.internationaldialogues.nl

Your Locomotive Team www.belocomotive.org

]]> http://www.ideasmagazine.eu/2009/11/10/events-invitation-to-participate-to-the-round-table-conference-on-israeli-palestinian-peace/feed/ 0 http://www.ideasmagazine.eu/2009/07/18/erasmsu-last-dance-4-day-workshop-in-ameland/ http://www.ideasmagazine.eu/2009/07/18/erasmsu-last-dance-4-day-workshop-in-ameland/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:46:37 +0000 Raphael http://www.ideasmagazine.eu/?p=305 Erasmus Last Dance is coming… come on board!
If you never heard of it, please consult our facebook group: “Erasmus Last Dance” and join the great adventure!

We are three young world citizens who became friends in The Hague during our international studies here, Benji from France, Nicola from Italy and Raphael from Berlin. After a lot of work with the international students in The Hague and travels all around the globe, we opened our eyes for opportunities and founded our own Organization, Locomotive. Our vision is to connect the world, share with people and find all together new possibilities, new opportunities, new alternatives to make this world a better place for all. Rich from our international experiences and many nice weekend trips we organizer for the Erasmus student in The Hague, we elaborated the Erasmus Last Dance project: a long weekend workshop where we will spend four days together to share our visions and dreams, exchange our feelings and hopes, and question our self on how to respect each other and respect our planet.

The main themes of this workshop are:

I. Discover the world
Use your five senses everyday to get the most out of life
Travel cheap and sustainable with open eyes, open minds and open hearts
Share your travels with the worlds

II. Understand world’s problems and share with other to find solutions
Learn how to solve problems as an international team
think outside of the box to find solutions
Question yourself on how international life has changed our lives
and how diversity means richness
We are part of a system
Sustainability and environment

III. Take actions
Change your way of life in accordance with your ideals
Use art to solve problems
Involve yourself
A perfect day!
Love!

This workshop aim to create think tanks which will help us open our eyes for new ways of thinking -  for new ways of living! We want to exchange ideas with whom we will broaden our horizon of possibilities. We gonna see and enjoy the nature, on a wonderful island, we will appreciate each other, share what we have in our minds, our hearts and enjoy a time with people from different cultural backgrounds. It will be melting pot of diversity which will enrich our visions. In this reunion with over 50 people we will have an inspiring international atmosphere where people live their dreams and harvest their inspiring surrounding to create a better world and to find ones own path!

If you feel like you want to be part of Erasmus Last Dance please contact us and write us your motivation why you want to come. The workshop will run from Thursday till Sunday (20-23 August 2009) on the beautiful Island Ameland in the North of Amsterdam. We will live in a house (www.uuthof.nl/austattung.html)

and all expenses like housing, food, bus, ferry and bike are included. Enjoy the satellite view on the island, click here. The total cost will be 80€ (pay on arrival) you only will have to cover your transportation cost to The Hague or Amsterdam from where a shuttle bus will bring everybody to the port from where we leave to our paradise island! If you want to bring a friend or your brother or sister you are welcome to bring them to!
So we are more than looking forward to your questions, suggestions or whatever to: erasmuslastdance@gmail.com
If you are already sure to come, please click the link to register yourself: REGISTRATION FORM
With love and a big smile your Locomotive team Benji, Nicola and Raphael

What is Erasmus? Erasmus is more than just a program enabling the possibility of going abroad and studying in a foreign country for 6 to 12 months. Along the years it became a metaphor for freedom, unity, exchange of ideas and culture. Frankly, Erasmus has become a way of life for quite a few people. Some people found their partner for life; others found friends and many their luck abroad.

3  students, whom met each other during an Erasmus sojourn at The Hague University, are aiming to revive the spirit of Internationality and Unity, by organizing the Erasmus Last Dance.

What is ERASMUS LAST DANCE?

ERASMUS LAST DANCE is an event, which aims to reunite The Hague exchange students of the last 5 years for the sunny days from the 20th to 24t of August and it offers them a colourful mix of activities, workshops and relaxation. The event can be joined by anyone, who is enthusiastic to meeting people from all over the world and who want to have a good time.

How can I dance?

Joining the dance is easy and painless.  Write an email of interest to erasmuslastdance@gmail.com. The event itself costs from 50 up to 90 € depending on how many days you join. Incredibly included: housing, 3 meals per day, spirits, joints, papers, drinks, juices, bicycles and joy

Where and who?

The event takes place on one of the beautiful, but unknown Dutch islands and is open to anyone who is open to new encounters, ideas and fun!

Well, the true reason we’re writing this message: HEBOS, (the student organization of the Academy of European Studies and Communication Management) is throwing a party at Club Le Paris on Thursday 28th of May! We would like to give you a break, where you don’t have to think about what you have to do for school or work. Just pretend to be in another time by going back to the future! We will put you and your outfit, together with the DJ and his music in a time machine. Select a decade you want to go to, press play and party!

Don’t forget the dress code, because you’re in another decade! Our main focus will lay on the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s but hey, if you want to show up as a Flintstone or a robot.. Be our guest!

Get your tickets as soon as possible, because this party is going to be awesome! The HEBOS board members will be selling tickets at school every lunch break from Monday 19th of May until the 28th. Please check the schedule on the door of the boardroom (OV2.43, next to the hebo canteen) to see where we are. Or just enter the boardroom for more information. You can also buy your tickets at the door ofcourse!

(5 euro presale – 7,50 euro @ the door)