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Waterproof 3: Locals in the Lead

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

Once upon a time, Europeans would turn up in emerging countries with mega-infrastructure projects meant to help people. They were well-meaning, but often deaf to what the local populations wanted or needed. Times have changed and, as you’ll hear in this third episode of Waterproof, more and more, the locals run the show! More about the people you’ll hear in the show below:

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Waterproof 2: The Salty Intruder

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

This second episode of Waterproof is all about ‘The Salty Intruder’. All over the world, arable land is becoming more and more saline, threatening farmers’ livelihoods and our food security. But there are smart, innovative people looking for solutions – and the Dutch are helping, for example with a new Virtual Reality game to teach farmers to plant salt tolerant crops. I played it – but I wasn’t very good at it, I have to admit. Listen here:

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Future 400: Wolves and Kings

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Future 400, Podcast, Stad.

This fourth episode of the Future 400 podcast is all about theater and dance. Battery Dance, New York City’s longest running public dance festival, is hosting the Dutch-Turkish choreographer Rutkay Özpinar as part of the Future 400 exchange. And the new play by Dutch theater director Ira Kip, ‘Kings… Come Home’, is a reflection on the impact of being uprooted.

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Future 400: Finding Family in Fashion

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Future 400, Podcast, Stad.

Design your look, design your life. Rambler Studios is a creative platform for raw talent. It offers young people a safe space where they can discover what they’re good at and find a sense of belonging – and maybe a career in street fashion. That is what this third episode of my Future 400 podcast is about.

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Women Mind the Water: ‘Water Talks’ in Artivist series

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Publicaties, Video, Water.

From her location in the northeastern rural state of Maine, Pam Ferris-Olsen – storyteller, artist and advocate – travels the world digitally to talk with women about their connection with water for her project Women Mind the Water. I am delighted to figure with my podcast Water Talks in this impressive line-up, including performance artist Sarah Cameron Sunde who also is a speaker in episode 3: Too Little.

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