Category Archives: better world
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What’s so bad about being a radical?
2July 14, 2018 by Cláudia
We live in radical times. Inequalities are poignant, resources have been used and abused, biodiversity is being lost at such …
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I’ve changed my mind – consumers cannot change the world (alone)
3May 11, 2018 by Cláudia
In the past couple of years, I’ve been mostly focused on the environmental, social and health problems related to our …
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Never assume you know what someone is going through.
3May 8, 2017 by Cláudia
We all experience similar emotions, but each person’s experience is inextricably individual and intransmissible. We can listen to someone expressing …
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I am democratic so I forbid you from saying anything undemocratic.
Leave a commentMarch 17, 2017 by Cláudia
Democracy is an ambivalent concept with unclear delimitations. Where do we draw the line? The answer is not obvious and …
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We don’t need any more reasons to be divided.
Leave a commentJanuary 2, 2017 by Cláudia
The world’s made of polarities right now. Religious/non religious. Muslim/Catholic. Man/Woman. East/West. With education, with littler (formal) education. Black/White/Asian/Mixed Race. …
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Is our History regressing?
Leave a commentDecember 4, 2016 by Cláudia
Two decades ago being homophobic was the norm. People didn’t even know what sexual orientation really meant. When I told …
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The Invisible: what can we do?
Leave a commentNovember 20, 2016 by Cláudia
In the last two posts, I’ve been addressing homelessness. I’ve been discussing how we excuse ourselves from caring and how …
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The Invisible: why we should care.
1November 10, 2016 by Cláudia
When looking at a homeless person, most people will assume their situation is somehow their fault, a result of their …
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The Invisible: they are right in front of us, but we choose to look away
3November 3, 2016 by Cláudia
The world we live in often strikes us as terribly unfair, sick and cruel. Luckily, a lot of people are …
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The Paradox of Tolerance
2September 4, 2016 by Cláudia
Life gets progressively more complicated as we awaken values and beliefs: we get more mindful of our actions, their consequences …
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