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Orientering

Sustainability is no longer sustainable

Oslo: A study of the conservation potential of Oslo's non-protected buildings shows that 13 million tonnes of CO2 is tied up in Oslo's non-protected buildings. What about pragmatic protection, where, for example, a farm owner must be able to prove that the demolition of such existing buildings is the right decision – also from a climate perspective?
Kim Plohn -

Five urbanists – urban developers

Urbanism: MODERN TIMES has asked five urbanists – all known to Norwegian urban developers – about some of the main themes in this supplement: global urbanization and the feminization of poverty, driving forces and counter-forces, new technology, and organization in the fight for a safer and more secure society.
Eric Berg -

From sustainability to a regenerative future

Nature: Will any government, institution or business still refer to "sustainability" in a few years be considered lagging behind?
Sarah Ichioka -

The metropolis of Lagos: the damned of the earth

Housing: More than 70 percent of the city's population, approximately 15 million, live in Lagos' "informal settlements". Only 40 percent have legal residence and the right to use land. Here are many of the 2 million people in the world who are thrown out of their homes by force every year.
Peter Butenschøn -

The informal settlement: MUKURU

Nairobi: What role can social movements have in the struggle for better living conditions for residents of informal settlements?
Laura Marano -

Mungiki – religious sect or street gang?

Kenya: Mungiki promotes African traditions and rejects colonial influences. Circumcision is mandatory for female members.
Eric Berg -

An urban world forum

Forum: Urbanism is often about building bridges and removing contradictions. Here are some examples from the World Forum in Katowice, Poland, of how cities can safeguard women's safety and security
Ellen from Vibe -

To combat housing speculation

Nørrebro: Forty years of land and housing battles in Copenhagen have yielded results. One of the few politicians in the world has dared to settle a settlement with #Blackstone – one of the biggest multinational housing investors out there.
Unlike Riel Muller -

Urbanization with "people plots"

Argentina: In the last century, the dream of becoming a home owner in Buenos Aires could be realized through a legal and formal type of urbanization called loteos populares, or "people's plots".
Marcin Sliwa -

The burden of the poor

Kibera: Why is the misery of the slums increasing in countries that have had significant economic and social growth over time? Today, 75 percent of the world's population lives without a secure right to their home or the land they cultivate.
Eric Berg -

The role of rivers in Oslo's urban development

Urban development: For over 30 years, Oslo has focused on the city's 10 rivers. Today, the open or closed rivers are among the most important structuring elements in urban development. Moreover, the use of nature-based systems to solve our climate challenges is essential to achieving lasting sustainability.
Ellen from Vibe -

New base in northern Norway directs US warplanes and nuclear submarines

BORN: Norway has received a new NATO base paid for by the US Navy. This time it is Bratland, Lurøy on the Helgeland coast, which is being built in NATO's service.
Orientering (1953-75) -

The rawness of silence

WAR: The barbarism of the West came from the "free world" itself. Because it was silent
Orientering (1953-75) -

What we should talk about when we talk about anti-Semitism

Ervin Kohn at the Mosaic Faith Society has stated to the magazine Kampanje (26.07.2019) that "there is some touch anxiety associated with anti-Semitism in Norwegian society, where one does not recognize or recognize anti-Semitism".
John Y. Jones -

The effort in ORIENTERING contributed to a turning point in the Norwegian labor movement

Sigurd Evensmo <7b> Journalist in the Arbeiderpressen from 1930 to 1949 in recent years as cultural editor of Arbeiderbladet.
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