Admittedly, I am not always a very environment-oriented person. If I need something, I buy it from a store without considering a second-hand item. I often leave the tap running when I brush my teeth. I’m not a vegetarian. However, there is one aspect of ethically conscious behavior I have taken part in more than [...]
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A Conscious Adoption
Admittedly, I am not always a very environment-oriented person. If I need something, I buy it from a store without considering a second-hand item. I often leave the tap running when I brush my teeth. I’m not a vegetarian. However, there is one aspect of ethically conscious behavior I have taken part in more than [...]
Stay on the Fucking Bus
Job hunting. Two words that are certain to send cold sweat running down your back, unless your family’s exceptionally well off, or you’ve got a rich spinster of an aunt whose favourite you’ve always been and for whom you only have to wait to kick the bucket. Or your darling’s a millionaire. Having none of [...]
Give Film a Chance
Jesper Simola takes a look at FilmAid, a ground-breaking charity teaching film-making in refugee camps to both spread vital information and to give people in need a channel for their own voice and experiences. He also sheds light on his own experiences in film-making.
The Coolest Links This May
1. Commander Hadfield, We Salute You CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield ended his five month stint at the International Space Station last Tuesday. During his mission he tweeted, videoed and photographed the wonders and banalities of borth Earth and life in space. After his landing he confessed to having a few thousand photos still in store, [...]
Picture Time!
Photos courtesy of the Kristiina Nieminen Collection. Captions courtesy of Kristiina Nieminen’s brain.
Horses of Troy
The Trojan Horse was an abominable, death-dealing construct in the guise of a victory trophy. It cost the Trojans their war against Greeks, but also cast them into the admirable role of the first nation of belligerent fools. We’re being fucked just as they were. First, there’s the literal horse that ended up in the [...]
Think Again
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about perspective – about how the way we choose to look at things influences what we see, and the extent to which our point of view is in fact a matter of choice, or alternatively, something that is simply beyond our control. Perspective has even become [...]
What Is Really Wrong About Globalisat...
Globalisation in general is a good thing. People know more about stuff that happens all around the world and there’s the free market, and, you know, stuff. But one thing globalisation has brought upon us, whether we like it or not, is tourism. Tourists are the real test. They walk slowly in the middle of [...]
But Hey, It Looks Good!
This fall has brought a big change to the university campus in the center. Namely, the opening of the much-hyped, eagerly anticipated Kaisa-talo, the modern main library of the university. I walked in through the revolving door on the opening day and looked up. At first glance, I was blown away by its beauty, its [...]
