Interview with Markus Hipp, one of the MitOst founders Let’s begin with a story: How did the idea of MitOst start? It all started with the first two cohorts of Robert Bosch Stiftung Lektorenprogram alumni (1994–1996). We met in Stuttgart in 1996, RBSG invited us for a final get-together to reflect on our experience. …

How to work remotely & hold yourself together — We have found ourselves in a situation when working from a physical office is no longer an option for many people. “Home office” has become a new reality for thousands of organizations around the globe. While for some remote work is a habit that brings joy, others may experience troubles…

Nurturing Life Outside the Armenian Capital — by Arpine Galfayan Is there life outside of the capital city? This is one of the questions young people in Armenia start asking themselves early in their school years. This question is, certainly, about study and work opportunities, but this is also about the possibilities of living an interesting and…

MitOst Community Newsletter #3 — MitOst staff members share their reads which impressed them, they find helpful, interesting and inspiring. Advertisement unsolicited // Werbung unbeauftragt What to read? Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman (en) Die 10 Gebote der Ökologie by Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek (de) Coming Back To Life: The…

We appologise for setting the wrong link leading you to another story, find here the link to the the interview with Greta Thunberg: We need to change the system Greta Thunberg, 16, is a Swedish climate activist. In December 2018, her speech at the UN Climate Change Summit in Poland made international headlines after she criticised…

From abandoned bunkers and military facilities to sustainable community-based social business projects. — by Ivo Krug If you live or travel in Albania, you have seen them everywhere. If not, you may have heard of them anyway. The Albanian bunkers became famous over the past years. Built in an unprecedented collective action beginning in the late 1970's, bunkers and tunnels of different sizes…

The International MitOst Festival in Budapest will use civic arts as a bridging format to push connections and to improve relations between arts and civil society sector. — An interview with Barna Petrányi, Pro Progressione. MitOst and the 17th International MitOst Festival are invited to Budapest by the Hungarian organisation Pro Progressione. …

to organise, strategise, scale and have impact with help of the Toolbox. — The Toolbox is made for teams and grassroots organisations, initiatives, and informal groups, and particularly for civil society actors without access to the resources of a metropolitan city. We would like to share a few tools from the digital toolbox with you. If you like what you see, we invite…

How a 2-women venture between a tiny remote Greek island and an isolated Portuguese mountain valley resulted in a unique cooperation — by Catharina Sligting & Stella Spanou You might call it love at first sight. Which is usually not based on rational decision making. No, rationale had nothing to do with it; it was rather a case of mutual recognition. Recognition of the similarities in being both located in Southern European…