outside Skype

The ocean is quietly rolling up the shore. The azure blue water is glittering under the sun. Birds are tweeting, shipbuilders in the small yard neighbouring the Oceanium have started early with working their heavy electrical equipment to make old boats new. For the first time Australian and European members of the preparation team sit together beyond the digital boundaries of a Skype conference room and all breath the same Senegalese morning air. There only is the weekend of presidential elections between us and the Global Young Greens Congress – but many things remain to be done…