Vi forstår ikke hvad det vil sige at være på flugt, før vi møder det. Det er ikke nok at se det i fjernsynsbilleder fra fjerne lande. Det går først op for os, når det kommer tæt på – når vi møder mennesker på flugt …
Read MoreCivilsamfundets renæssance
Note, oktober 2018: Jeg skrev det første udkast på dette essay i foråret 2014 for at lodde interesse for at introducere community organising som tilgang i Danmark. Efter følgende gennemskrivninger, blev det endelige essay en del af begrundelsen for opstarten af Medborgerne – Danmarks første …
Read MoreA new project
For the past five years, two projects have been a constant presence in my life: The Copenhagen Food Co-op and Borgerlyst – the laboratory for civic agency that I co-founded with Nadja Pass in 2010. Both projects have been the source of a lot of learning, …
Read MoreOrganisational permaculture design
I’ve just received my copy of the latest issue of the Danish permaculture magazine Tidsskriftet Permakultur. And it’s a little special because it includes an essay I’ve written on what I call organisational permaculture: The essay included in the magazine is an abbreviated version of …
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with this picture?
Back in September, I attended the Economy, People & Planet conference at the Copenhagen Business School. It was an intense experience with lots of good people, interesting talks and workshops. The talk that I enjoyed the most was CBS professor Ole Bjerg who talked about …
Read MoreKnowing when to stop
Happiness, I think, is all about knowing when to stop. When to stop accumulating and throw things out or store them. When to stop working and take a few months off. When to stop eating and stop drinking. When to travel, and when to stop …
Read MoreWrite as if you were dying
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a …
Read MoreMy debut as a newspaper columnist
For the past three weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to write a weekly column for the Danish daily newspaper Information. It’s been a fun challenge to try a fit some of my ideas, thoughts and opinions into the column format. You can find all three …
Read MoreNotes to self
I’ve been involved with the Copenhagen Food Co-op for almost 5 years now. And along the way, I’ve learned a lot about organizing volunteers, building local community and getting people involved. I’ve learned mostly by making a lot of mistakes along the way. But in …
Read MoreOn optimism
Back in November, I attended the Copenhagen Book Fair where Nadja and I were interviewed by Andrea Hejlskov about our project Borgerlyst. It was a brief talk about literature, activism and nature, which you can see here (it’s in Danish, though): One of the questions …
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