Travels through Asia and Africa spawned his interest in globalization but also convinced him that every change for the better has to start locally. He is a member of the group “LOMU – local organized multitude” (www.lomu.net) that organises social experiments in public space and is also active in Hamburg’s network “Recht auf Stadt” (www.rechtaufstadt.net). He fully agrees with John Holloway that the new challenge is to “change the world without taking power”.