The southern city of Toulouse’s long romance with the aviation industry began already in 1918, when France’s famed airborne postal service airlines, Aéropostal, set up its headquarters in the area. Since then, […]
Toulouse: Welcome to “Airbusville”!
Shanghai – life in the megacity
Shanghai, China’s biggest city, has the world’s biggest port and the longest underground railway system. The city offers seemingly endless opportunities. This city is a pulsating symbol of China’s rise to a […]
What It’s Like to Grow Up on the Greenland Tundra
This week’s Op-Doc is Samuel Collardey’s “Arctic Boyhood,” a visually breathtaking portrait of a young boy growing up in a small town in Greenland. The Op-Doc is related to Collardey’s feature documentary […]
The music legend who drives a taxi
This Washington taxi driver has a big secret – he is a musical star in his native Ethiopia and he still composes in the back of his car.
Is Paris ripe for a boom in alternative transport?
As French rail workers continue their rolling strikes against planned reforms, millions of passengers are looking for other ways to get around. In Paris, several private initiatives exist that allow commuters to […]
The push towards organic farming in Thailand
A third of the land in Thailand is used for agriculture. But due to a rising demand for cheap meat, more and more farmers are choosing to grow crops for animal feed. […]
Women against Hitler and the nazis
Women in Nazi Germany were expected to be housewives and mothers. Women, like Sophie Scholl, who resisted the system and these roles paid with their lives. When the National Socialists led by […]
Uganda’s oil boom
Uganda is set to become a big oil producer as internatoinal oil giants line up to exploit a new find under Lake Albert. But this, requires a lot of land. And local […]
Surf’s Up: Pōhaku
Previous NOWNESS contributor Bradley Tangonan, a Hawaiian-born director and producer, presents this thoughtful new film taken from an ongoing series exploring native Hawaiian culture, craftsmanship, and the spiritual energy (or ‘mana’) of […]
Technology instead of animal testing
An organization set up by German carmakers exposed monkeys to diesel exhaust fumes to show they weren’t carcinogenic. Animal testing is considered necessary in industries like pharmaceuticals. But why, when modern technology […]
