Interviews

  Melissa Shemanna: Artistic Alchemy on Shamanic Paintings and Cultural Roots Melissa Shemanna, a visionary artist whose work intricately weaves the spiritual with the tangible. Born and nurtured in the rich landscapes of Australia, Melissa’s art transcends traditional boundaries, exploring themes of nature, spirituality, and cultural heritage through shamanic paintings. With over two decades of … Read More

  Zbyněk Hrábek: Indonesians made it very easy for me when I moved to Sumatra At dawn in the rainforest the piercing sounds of animals resound – it’s time to get up, grab a 30-kilo backpack and go into the field: in the rain, in the heat, and in high winds, when trees break like … Read More

  Milan Jeglik: I left my soul in Sumatra so that I could find my heart in Costa Rica Milan Jeglík is one of the most important Czech conservationists. Although he was born in the Moravian city of Brno, you will have a better chance of meeting him in the rainforests of Sumatra, where he … Read More

  Jan Toman: I quit my job and bought one-way flight to Thailand   Jan Toman has a lifelong passion for travelling and visiting new countries. After his university studies in Ethnology at Charles University in Prague he worked in Czech museums and enjoyed his work with cultural collections. However, after 5 years he made … Read More

  Veronika Eisensteinová: I breathe new life into old trees   Veronika Eisensteinová is one of only a few women who work in carpentry. It was something of a chance experience that she started to work with wood. She was collaborating on a charity project which was dedicated to building playgrounds in the Banat region … Read More

  Filmmaker Michal Gálik: Anyone Can Change the World   Michal Gálik is a young Slovak documentary filmmaker, best known for the film Zelená Poušť (Green Desert), a documentary which introduced the truth behind the palm oil industry to a wider Czech and Slovak audience. Palm oil is a raw ingredient added to a great … Read More

  An interview with a Tibetan Monk in Prague: An insight into Tibetan culture, identity and the realities of life from the personal experience and opinions of a monk living far from home.     Our interview with Tibetan lama Geshe Yeshi Gawa took place in a classroom at the Tibet Open House. This centre, … Read More

  This interview with a director of the Czech non-profit organization ´ShineBean´, Renata Rokuskova, is about the current state of the Kenyan schooling system, the attitude of children to education and their opportunities in the future.  We also learn more about the projects of ShineBean organization, through which cooperation between has been mediated Czech and … Read More

    Navjyot Vyas (a photographer) Navjyot Vyas was born in 1994, in Gujarat in India. He studied at Alpha High school in Junagadh. He graduated in English and Comparative Literary Studies from the Saurashtra University Rajkot (BA). During his studies, he started to dedicate himself to photography at Om Multi Vision Keshod. His photography role … Read More