Columns / Makingwaves
Articles about Makingwaves, ordered by date. 
Hermit Principle: an interview with Paul Wimbush:
The co-founder of an eco-village is creating the future he wants to see, as Rin Simpson discovers.
Making waves: Azzam Alwash
Veronique Mistiaen meets the environmentalist who has breathed new life into Iraq’s Garden of Eden.
Interview with Khanim Latif
Iraqi campaigner Khanim Latif on her lifelong fight for feminism.
African grannies go solar
Indian activist Bunker Roy is bringing electric light to rural villages by training up grandmothers as solar engineers, reports Georgia Hanias.
Tom Kocherry: fisher for justice
The 71-year-old legend of social movement politics in India shows no signs of slowing down, as Richard Swift discovers.
Krystian Legierski: an interview with the Polish gay rights campaigner
Krystian Legierski believes the tide is turning in Poland. He speaks to James Gray about his struggles against a notoriously homophobic and xenophobic administration.
Interview with Parvin Ardalan
Interview with Parvin Ardalan who is at the heart of the struggle for women's rights in Iran.
PV Rajagopal: India's mass mobilizer
PV Rajagopal seeks a return to Ghandian values and wonders what happened to his country.
Burundian peace worker Pascaline Nsekera
Working for peace: Burundian Pascaline Nsekera helps refugees in Canada, her adopted country.
Durga Sob: Nepal’s trailblazing Dalit feminist
Durga Sob, founder of the Feminist Dalit Organization, is fighting discrimination in Nepal.
Somaly Mam
Somaly Mam has experienced the horrors of sexual slavery. She is now fighting to ensure other young women don’t.
Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal, celebrity rapper and ex-child soldier, talks to Rowenna Davis about why he is championing African education.
Interview with Mike Bonanno
Mike Bonanno is a cultural activist and one half of the Yes Men. Five years ago he and sidekick Andy Bichlbaum were invited on to BBC World News pretending to represent Dow Chemicals, whose environmental legacy included the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster.
Hossam Bahgat
Hossam Bahgat is one of Egypt’s most prominent and effective human rights campaigners. He explains why things are getting worse in his country.
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