hugU - Verein

Who we are

We were children of the 70s and 80s and grew up in a time that was full of crises, upheavals and changes and also the perceived security of the Cold War, NATO and Austria's neutrality. It was a land of milk and honey for children with a lot of freedom and nature, without cell phones and computers and also the throwaway society, tapper parties and the first calls for environmental protection. WaLuLiSo in Vienna and the stickers, only when the last tree has been cleared. In principle, everything that marks our current problems was already there. The reality of a future where this would lead was far away. We are now over 50, have gained a lot of life experience and are witnesses to decades in which a lot has changed. Technological, social, political. The Internet and cell phones create incredible new opportunities and problems. The social structure is becoming more and more problematic, there is no stable middle, egoism is growing.

Politics is extremely polarizing, populism is spreading.