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Disconnect to reconnect

Italy.Β OneΒ canΒ imagineΒ theΒ beautifulΒ sea,Β theΒ sun,Β and aΒ holidayΒ onΒ theΒ beach,Β butΒ forΒ ourΒ Slovak team,Β itΒ wasΒ probablyΒ aΒ shockΒ thatΒ causedΒ usΒ to changeΒ ourΒ heartΒ rhythmΒ onΒ theΒ firstΒ day.Β OurΒ projectΒ calledΒ DisconnectΒ toΒ reconnectΒ tookΒ placeΒ on aΒ farmΒ on aΒ hillΒ nearΒ theΒ townΒ ofΒ PassignanoΒ SulΒ Trasimeno.Β However,Β weΒ joinedΒ forcesΒ withΒ theΒ Slovaks,Β suppressedΒ prejudicesΒ aboutΒ outdoorΒ showersΒ andΒ toilets, andΒ threwΒ ourselvesΒ intoΒ anΒ adventureΒ withΒ suchΒ enthusiasmΒ thatΒ weΒ wonΒ asΒ muchΒ asΒ weΒ could.Β ItΒ shouldΒ beΒ mentionedΒ thatΒ ourΒ six-memberΒ teamΒ consistedΒ ofΒ completelyΒ differentΒ people, soΒ ourΒ familyΒ hadΒ representationΒ and talent in aΒ wideΒ range.Β  The initial acquaintance with the Spaniards and Latvians took place on the train from…

Sustainability, key to the future

In 100Β years´ time,Β theΒ likelihoodΒ ofΒ survivalΒ ofΒ humansΒ isΒ trulyΒ notΒ aβ€―good-lookingΒ one.Β AtΒ leastΒ thatΒ isΒ howΒ itΒ looksΒ likeΒ unlessΒ weΒ changeΒ our behavior toΒ theΒ conceptΒ ofΒ long-termΒ sustainabilityΒ &Β startΒ toΒ concernΒ itΒ asΒ aβ€―seriousΒ issue.Β ByΒ theΒ weekΒ well-spentΒ inΒ littleΒ sleepyΒ townΒ Bedsted-ThyΒ weΒ discovered severalΒ topicsΒ &Β uncoveredΒ theΒ basesΒ ofΒ upcycling,Β perksΒ ofΒ geneticallyΒ modifiedΒ moodΒ in aβ€―formΒ ofΒ academicΒ debate,Β geographicΒ cyclesΒ ofΒ Milutin Β Milankovitch & went on aβ€―one-dayΒ tripΒ toΒ Aarhus,Β  whereΒ weΒ couldΒ tryΒ theΒ ultimateΒ paper-clipΒ challenge, inΒ whichΒ theΒ principleΒ ofΒ the game consists theΒ fact youΒ haveΒ toΒ tradeΒ asΒ manyΒ thingsΒ asΒ possibleΒ withΒ randomΒ peopleΒ inΒ theΒ streets,Β settingΒ offΒ withΒ just aβ€―tinyΒ next-to-uselessΒ paperclip.Β Β  IfΒ Iβ€―wereΒ toΒ estimateΒ theΒ projectΒ consideringΒ allΒ pros &Β consΒ included,Β allΒ Iβ€―canΒ sayΒ theΒ organizersΒ did an incomparablyΒ betterΒ jobΒ thanΒ inΒ theΒ previous project,Β  whichΒ tookΒ placeΒ inΒ PolandΒ & Iβ€―hadΒ participatedΒ inΒ asΒ well.Β …