Month: January 2017
Helping the victims of Hurricane Otto (Costa Rica)
New Acropolis volunteers organized the collection, storage and delivery of supplies and donations to families affected by the passage of Hurricane Otto. This project was carried out in 5 provinces of the […]
Clean-up of the surroundings of the Harcov reservoir (Liberec, Czech Republic)
New Acropolis Liberec with the support of the city of Liberec and several non-profit organizations of the Liberec region organized a clean-up of the surroundings of the Harcov reservoir. An article […]
World Philosophy Day, “Beauty is possible!” (Milan, Italy)
A special event took place in the lecture hall of the University of Milano-Bicocca, where volunteers, artists and students celebrated the five years of the Project “CosiMiPiace” (“Now I Like […]
World Philosophy Day (Tel Aviv, Israel)
This year the commemoration of World Philosophy Day had as theme ‘come as you are’, according to Rumi’s famous saying, and consisted of a series of short TED- style lectures, […]
Interview on Radio Tirana (Tirana, Albania)
New Acropolis Tirana took part in a program on Radio Tirana discussing youth in Albania. The interview focused on the three main areas developed by New Acropolis: Philosophy, Culture, and Volunteering, and […]
Lecture: “Utopia: the history of an idea and its importance in our changing times” (London, United Kingdom)
On the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s book Utopia, the Director of New Acropolis UK, Sabine Leitner, presented an evening inspired by […]
Help for the homeless (Chicago, USA)
A group of New Acropolis volunteers met on a cold Sunday morning to prepare and share a brunch with the homeless people living under the bridges of North Chicago. In […]
New Acropolis Cordoba celebrates World Philosophy Day (Argentina)
New Acropolis Cordoba celebrated World Philosophy Day in the Square of Philosophers, located at the National University of the city. Friends and volunteers participated in a fun philosophical evening, engaging […]
Census of trees and reforestation at Guanacaste National Park (Liberia, Costa Rica)
New Acropolis Liberia joins the project of planting 24,000 trees of native species of Guanacaste, a national park with dry tropical forest. The ‘inventory’ consisted of labeling the trees and of […]
New Acropolis Portugal celebrates World Philosophy Day (Portugal)
New Acropolis Portugal commemorated World Philosophy Day, established by UNESCO with a series of activities in its various locations. The main theme chosen by all centers was Aristotle in tribute to the […]
