The Olive Network
We started thinking about the words that have perhaps been most neglected in recent times, and the need to return to them, and with resolve…in all their forms and resonances
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Lead story · Arts & Culture
The Mapping Journey Project, 2008–11 (installation view, Foreigners Everywhere, 60th Venice Biennale, 2024). Photo: Marco Zorzanello. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Arts & Culture·9 June 2025
Don’t lose the Madleen [Barcarole]. Track her journey for safety, accountability, and solidarity
FREEDOM FLOTILLA - FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·5 January 2024
This film is about the extraordinary journey of a family living deep in the wild of the Carpathian Mountains. Christoph and Barbara met in Romania, over a love of wolves, and continue breaking through local opposition with their passion…
ON Network · 1 min read
New Museum·27 November 2025
Visited the Wellcome Collection yesterday and came away with Utopia For Realists (ON Ed) Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think you know. Rutger Bregman takes us on a journey…
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Arts & Culture·17 August 2025
BASHA MIAO VILLAGE, CONGJIANG, QIANDONGNAN, GUIZHOU, CHINA, 2016
ON Network · 8 min read
Arts & Culture·19 April 2025
Mustafa covers his face with his hand, his body shaking with fear and cold. His other hand is in a cast and sling - an injury sustained during a recent beating he suffered at the hands of police at the border between Bosnia-Herzegovina and…
ON Network · 9 min read
Arts & Culture·8 May 2025
Steve McQueen, Bass , 2024. Installation view, Dia Beacon, New York, May 12, 2024–April 14, 2025. © Steve McQueen. Photograph by Bill Jacobson Studio, New York.
MUBI NOTEBOOK · 11 min read
Arts & Culture·12 December 2024
ON SOURCE: E-FLUX June 14–October 12, 2025 Galleri F 15 Albyalléen 60 1519 Moss Norway gallerif15.no momentum.no MOMENTUM, one of the most anticipated events in the Nordic art scene, returns for its 13th edition under the theme…
E-FLUX · 5 min read
Charities·11 February 2022
Hannah is the current Field Communications Manager onboard Ocean Viking. Since starting her career as a London publicist, her work and study at the intersection of humanitarianism, journalism and advocacy have taken her from Africa to…
ON Network · 6 min read
Arts & Culture·11 November 2021
Good Chance theater company, The Walk , featuring the Little Amal puppet created by Handspring Puppet Company, as seen in London. Photo by Nick Wall, courtesy of Good Chance theater company.
ON Network · 4 min read
United Nations·9 June 2025
The global learning crisis has deeply intensified, with 70 per cent of 10-year-olds in low and middle-income countries unable to read a simple statement. At the same time, the world is undergoing a digital transformation marked by an…
UNICEF GLOBAL LEARNING INNOVATION HUB · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·29 October 2023
Jordi Costa is the writer, filmmaker and cultural critic behind the exhibitions at Barcelona’s CCCB , one of Europe’s most diverse, important and creative cultural arts centres.
ON Network · 4 min read
Arts & Culture·18 August 2022
Marie-Ange Nouroumby , communication specialist in international development finance
ON Network · 8 min read
Climate·14 January 2022
SFER IK in Mexico, an interdisciplinary arts space within the Azulik resort complex near Tulum, designed by the architect and eco-hotelier Eduardo Neira, known as RothPhoto: courtesy of Azulik
ON Network · 13 min read
United Nations·18 September 2021
The UN Secretary-General has issued a report on how to secure a breakthrough for humanity through a series of choices to avert a historical breakdown of societies, and instead realize a “greener, safer, better” future. The ‘Our Common…
ON Network · 5 min read
Education·14 April 2021
‘It gave me hope in democracy’: how France is reviving people power Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images This is Europe 'It gave me hope in democracy': how French citizens are embracing people power Towns, cities and regions around France are turning to assemblies of unelected citizens to guide
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Climate·24 March 2021
A still from Jeremy Deller, The last day (2021) © Jeremy Deller,
ON Network · 8 min read
Education·26 February 2021
Stephen Cornish, Director General of Médecins sans Frontières in Geneva INTERVIEW Published on 26 February 2021, 05:45. Updated on 26 February 2021, 08:20. MSF director on climate: 'We are at a crucial moment in the history of mankind' by Bruno Jochum We ask the incoming director of Médecins sans Fr
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Climate·17 February 2021
This March, the world’s first recycled plastic boat – the FlipFlopi – sets sail on its newest voyage around Lake Victoria. Over three weeks it will circumnavigate Africa’s largest freshwater ecosystem from Kisumu, to Kenya and Uganda, and…
ON Network · 4 min read
Climate·3 September 2026
As Greenpeace International explains in its policy briefing, a just transition is more than simply swapping coal, oil and gas for renewables. It is an opportunity to transform energy, transport, industrial and other systems so they are more secure and affordable, reduce inequality, protect ecosystems and shift power from elites and multi-billion-dollar corporations to people.
GREENPEACE · 8 min read
Systems Change·5 June 2026
ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Uniting the world's progressive forces for a more just, equal, and sustainable future. About the Event As the world faces critical turmoil, the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) offers a ne
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Arts & Culture·29 December 2025
By sharing progressive ideas and long-term thinking the aim of the Olive Network is to connect populations with positive change makers, rising above division to the empathy and vision of charities, the arts, science and humanities.
ON Network · 1 min read
Climate·8 December 2025
(A shorter version of the following statement was published in The Observer Letters section on 24/5/2020. An e-petition is being set up on the final demand of a Citizens’ Assembly. If you would like to sign the petition please drop me a…
ON Network · 12 min read
Climate·3 December 2025
In late 2017, Branko Milanovic wrote a blog post titled “ The illusion of degrowth in a poor and unequal world .” He penned it, he says, following a conversation he had with a proponent of degrowth, which was me. I wrote a response, which…
JASON HICKEL · 62 min read
Climate·21 July 2025
The exhibition » Fellow Travellers: Art as a Tool to Change the World « acts as a catalyst for these questions: As a place for possibilities, it offers a platform for artistic projects that demonstrate the benefits of art for society in an…
ZKM KARLSRUHE · 4 min read
Arts & Culture·18 July 2025
With war ravaging their homeland, the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians has been scattered across the globe. But five years since the violence erupted, the group are reuniting for a cathartic tour – and opening Glastonbury
ON Network · 8 min read
Arts & Culture·28 June 2025
Film follows Radiohead guitarist and Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur recording alongside Indian musicians
ON Network · 2 min read
Education·9 June 2025
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused Israeli forces of abducting volunteers aboard the Madleen ship.
PALESTINE CHRONICLE · 4 min read
Climate·17 February 2025
The Future of Sustainability: Reimagining the Way the World Works is showcasing 30 examples of individuals and/or organisations that are fundamentally reimagining how we live and work – with game-changing potential to create a future in…
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 2 min read
Climate·18 January 2025
The most read story of 2024 is about the findings of the World Happiness Report.
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 6 min read
Systems Change·15 November 2024
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: Our 2023-2025 strategy Three transitions, one opportunity to transform for a just and regenerative future A more sustainable future in which people and the planet can thrive is within our grasp. Creating it will mean e
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Arts & Culture·15 October 2024
The exhibition is generously supported by Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond and Det Obelske Familiefond. It is endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
LOUISIANA MUSEUM · 3 min read
Charities·7 May 2024
Tommaso Della Longa, IFRC spokesperson, at the organisation's headquarters in Geneva on 6 May 2024. (Geneva Solutions/Michelle Langrand)
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 6 min read
Arts & Culture·6 November 2023
It took a thunderstorm for Gordon Hempton to truly appreciate quiet. After a visit home to Seattle, Washington in 1980, the then-27-year-old graduate student found himself tiring of the 3,000km+ slog back to his university in Madison,…
ON Network · 19 min read
Humanitarian·4 January 2023
Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed for greater regional protections.
ON Network · 3 min read
Charities·19 November 2022
by Nicky Stephens, ShelterBox Digital Marketing & Innovation Manager 16/11/2022
ON Network · 4 min read
Arts & Culture·31 July 2022
A dozen years ago, Nana Oforiatta Ayim worked in the Africa department at the British Museum. Since then, the Ghanaian art historian, filmmaker, and writer has been deconstructing the very idea of it—or rather, the very colonial idea of a…
ON Network · 15 min read
Humanitarian·21 June 2022
Each year on June 20, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This year, the focus will be on the right to seek safety.
ON Network · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·9 May 2022
At a free event on our terrace, meet and dance with not-so-little puppet Little Amal, who has travelled from her home in Syria, raising awareness for refugees.
ON Network · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·3 May 2022
By thinking outside the box, these cultural establishments have been able to take visitor and audience engagement to new levels.
ON Network · 5 min read
Arts & Culture·12 November 2021
Pascal, 53, and Carole, 28, are shepherds. In the month of November 2010, they embark on their long winter transhumance: four months during which they will have to cover 600 km in the Swiss-French region, accompanied by three donkeys, four…
ON Network · 3 min read
Climate·12 November 2021
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ON Network · 6 min read
Climate·31 October 2021
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa at the opening of COP26. Credit: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth.
ON Network · 3 min read
Sustainability·24 September 2021
William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit…
ON Network · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·9 August 2021
There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population. Indigenous peoples are the holders of a vast diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages…
ON Network · 3 min read
Climate·26 July 2021
A new partnership between UN-Habitat and a community of business leaders aims to support 1,000 cities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which could have a huge impact on the lives of over a billion people from developing,…
ON Network · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·5 April 2021
This February, three missions are going into Mars orbit with two landers reaching the surface of Mars in the second half of the month. Those missions aim to look for water on the planet.
ON Network · 2 min read
Economics·9 February 2021
A new programme focused on accelerating business performance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) starts this week engaging more than 600 companies in 65 countries with a combined annual revenue of US$1 trillion.
ON Network · 2 min read
Feed · 04/08/2026
373 likes, 30 comments - channel4news on July 30, 2026: "Speaking to Channel 4 News, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, said the wildfires ravaging Europe were now being described as “Dante’s Inferno”, warning that climate change was reshaping the continent’s disaster landscape. The comparison to the first part of the epic poem - written by Dante Alighieri and charting a fictional journey through hell - comes as France, Spain and Greece continue to battle major wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of hectares this summer and led to more than 200,000 evacuations. Wildfires are becoming more frequent, more intense and lasting longer, particularly in Europe due to climate change. #EU #Wildfires #ClimateChange #Channel4News".
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Feed · 05/05/2026
As cities emptied on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion, artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s defiant concrete sculpture began its odyssey to this year’s festival
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Feed · 15/04/2025
MUDEC (Museum of Cultures, Milan) presents its new cross-cultural project, Travelogue: Stories of journeys, migration and diaspora.
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Feed · 03/11/2022
Ibrahim, Manar, Suleiman and Altayeb, four veteran members of the Sudanese Film Club, embark on a journey in which they aim to revive and old cinema to bring cinemagoing culture back to their country. In the crisis-ridden country, the four friends encounter insurmountable resistance.
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Feed · 30/03/2022
Ukrainian Railways employs more than 230,000 people, and almost all its employees have stayed in the country to work, making long, dangerous journeys every day to get people to safety
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Feed · 20/02/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpCEUSWt7Q Outdoor enthusiasts wanting a sustainable adventure partner for riding on land and water with equal convenience, would fall for the Z-Triton 2.0 instantly. This amphibious mobile home is a combination of a tricycle, boat, and a camper in one, that can accommodate a couple on an uninterrupted journey across continents or on short weekend
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Feed · 29/11/2021
Eight academics from across the world interviewed around 150 women about their stories of migration – revealing the threat many experience at every stage of their journey.
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Feed · 20/10/2021
Three-metre tall figure will land on Folkestone beach after walking thousands of miles across Europe
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Feed · 17/06/2021
Whether it’s a rainy day at home or something for a long journey, here are some activities to keep the kids busy, and learn about the weird and wonderful world of rainforest.
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