Description
Wars, global inequality, global warming, loss of biodiversity: global challenges are stirring us up. We know how to solve them: globally. But we shy away from this scope and stick blindly to our home nation. Why is that?
What constitutes a nation anyway? A "people"? The language, the culture, the history? None of that. So what has such a strong effect on us? It is an innate impulse from our evolution: we automatically differentiate between ourselves (ingroup - for example, domestic) and others (outgroup - for example, foreign).
This blocks our view of the global solutions. What do these look like? And how do we overcome the national hurdles that stand in our way to make them tangible?
Markus Neuenschwander Biologist, spatial planner, publisher
Franziska Teuscher Biologist, environmental scientist, Social Director of the City of Bern
Liska Bernet Master in International Cooperation, Founder Glocal Roots
