At the start of the European Tolerance Talks in Fresach, the President of the Board, former MEP Hannes Swoboda, warned on Thursday morning of rising poverty and increasing ecological inequality. Those who show “a little social conscience” do so in their own interest. Because reducing inequality is a contribution to a more peaceful world with…
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Corona is an opportunity to redefine travel and put it in a planetary context. Now that the tourism industry is at a standstill, a move away from insatiable mass tourism and the destruction of the environment is possible. With this statement, “travel philosopher” Klaus Kufeld opened the discussion on the tourism forum of the 6th…
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Only a “new enlightenment” protects humanity from the destruction of its environment and all of its resources. With this message, the German environmental researcher and Club of Rome Honorary President Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker opened the European Tolerance Talks on Thursday morning. In it Weizsäcker spoke of the exodus from the “full world”, which is…
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“Young people are not politically disinterested, but only extremely critical when it comes to the political-institutional apparatus. They have lost touch on the level of communication and content.” With this assessment, the Viennese youth researcher Bernhard Heinzlmaier sparked an exciting discussion at the 6th European Tolerance Talks. The online chat with politicians and climate activists…
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Blackout, lockdown or exodus – no matter what terms are used to describe the current corona crisis: We will have to live with the devastating consequences for culture, economy and society for a long time to come. How we deal with this and what opportunities there are in the crisis are the subject of the…
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The corona pandemic is likely to affect industry and economy more severely than expected – with long-term consequences for people and the environment. If the stress on the economy becomes too great, not only the desired ‘green deal’, but the entire society will be left behind,” warns Norbert Zimmermann, Chairman of the SBO Supervisory Board…
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ORF report moderator Susanne Schnabl-Wunderlich spoke with Günther Apfalter, Head of Europe of the Austro-Canadian car supplier Magna-Steyr. What lessons he learned from the Corona crisis, why he wants to rethink our behavior and striving for even more economic growth, why politics must finally decide in the climate crisis, fear is a bad advisor and…
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Personal blows of fate and crises should not be unnecessarily paralyzed by fears and inner doubts. The naturopath and athlete Christina Wechsel knows this from her own experience: Although she lost a leg in an accident in Australia, she did not lose her heart. As part of the Youth Forum of the European Tolerance Talks,…
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The corona virus has brought the travel industry to a standstill. There will be no vacation in the previous form until further notice. On the occasion of the Villach Tourism Forum as part of the #ETG20, the pressetext news agency spoke with Elisabeth Kneissl-Neumayer, Managing Director of tour operator Kneissl Touristik, about the consequences of…
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Only four weeks before the Tolerance Talks 2020 we start the campaign for the 3rd Villach Tourism Forum on May 27 (from 2 p.m.). Please make a note of the appointment. We discuss the utopia (freedom) of travel and the nature (destruction) of people with selected scientists and tourists. The event, originally planned at the…
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