Werde Magazin - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Author and cold water swimmer Jessica J. Lee on engaging with topography on a molecular level

Turning, the memoir depicting all she had learned from swimming Berlin’s lakes each week for the course of a year—from...

Harare

The healing power and future potential of cultivating mushrooms

Chido Govera, farmer, activist, author, entrepreneur, adoptive mother to seven orphans, and lover of dawn dance sessions, is changing lives...

Sydney Art

Documentary filmmaker Danielle Ryan is on a quest to help us appreciate the world’s oceans—and save them in the process

Here, on Curl Curl Beach, a century-old surf lifesaving club, stamped with the words ‘South Curly’, is the man-made counterpoint...

Moscow

In a challenging Russian healthcare system doula Daria Utkina is an advocate for positive change

But can we enhance this experience even further? Many contemporary obstetricians and psychologists argue that home-like environments in hospitals and...

Athens Food

Putting Greek herbs on the map with Evangelia Koutsovoulou’s business, Daphnis and Chloe

Like so many young Greek people, Evangelia exudes a refreshing sense of self awareness and a no-bullshit attitude. She speaks...

London Design

Weaving Worlds Beyond Words: The unspoken meaning behind Amy Revier's sculptural garments

Amy Revier looks up from the poem she is reading aloud, an introduction of sorts to Isabella DuCrot’s Text On...

Berlin Design

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: The quiet beauty of Ruby Barber’s fleeting floral arrangements

Mary Lennox is the orphan heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Sent from India to live with relatives...

New York City

Thrown Down: Artist Helen Levi reshapes the way we think about urban ceramicists

The craze hasn’t waned, and while more attention to local, small-scale handmade goods can only be a positive, the hype...