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"Our choir Pontanima essentially emerged from the war. People of different religions and national origins came together... united by their shared love of music, which nourished the spirit of our choir.”

Conductor of the Pontanima Choir, Sarajevo. Conductor, lecturer in pedagogy and music theory.

“We have always believed that our own beliefs should encourage us to reach out to others. To sing their songs. Singing as an invitation to get to know each other. Take a step towards the other, not to assimilate them, but to experience personal growth.”

“With every grenade, every mine you remove, you potentially save a life. If not immediately, then maybe in ten years, or maybe in a hundred years [...]. You're removing a potential danger for a woman, for a child, for whoever.”

Member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of DOVO, a special unit of the Belgian Defense Forces.

“1.5 billion shells were fired a hundred years ago in World War I, of which about a third did not explode. So on November 11, 1918, there were about 500 million shells lying around here, somewhere in the ground...”

“The past nourishes the present and the future. Memory nourishes human thought, just as the soil nourishes its plants.”

Writer from Sarajevo. Playwright, essayist, dramaturg, and literary scholar.

During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo was besieged for four years by Serbian militias (1992–1996). During this time, the Vijećnica National Library was deliberately bombarded with phosphorus grenades and burned down, along with 2-3 million books and manuscripts. 20 years after its destruction, the building was renovated and is now used for representative purposes and can be rented for weddings and corporate events.

“This building has no memory today. Nothing here remembers the young people who studied and dreamed here – nothing. It's a place that only tourists visit. And in a world ruled by tourism, nobody is at home.”

"If we want to make predictions for the future, we need to learn to understand the past. It's the only tool we have. Processes deep in the ground today are causing the landscape of tomorrow to change.”

Geologist, Volcanologist and professor at the University of Athens.

For Evi Nomikou, the island of Santorini, with its visible tectonic fault line, is an open book of Earth's history.

“Geology helps us understand that everything is connected. If we are disconnected, we don't see the consequences of our actions.”

“If we all think the same way, in the same format, we run the risk of following fatal misconceptions to the end. Conversely, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to recognize a potentially better solution to a problem from someone who has a different perspective on things.”

Ornithologist at the University of Wrocław, has been studying the birds in the Białowieża Forest, Europe's last primeval forest, for over 30 years.