SMI²LE - View to the Future

In the beginning of the 1990s I read the acronym «SMI²LE» in Robert A. Wilson essay. In 1994 I came across a TV report about the «Megacities Project.» Since then, I started collecting ideas and kept thinking about ways to improve the world.

I have been writing articles for many years and in 2006 I published the book «Iovialis – Confession of a terrorist» in Germany. It describes social problems, which can be causes of terrorism.

Seeing how the current day financial crisis is affecting peoples’ lives all over the world, I got to the idea to issue «SMI²LE-View to the Future» in different languages. I asked Yulia Samus and Olesya Storozhuk, if they would like to write and translate articles.

In 2007, I was employed as a journalist for the English language weekly magazine «What’s On.» I took an intensive course learning the fundamentals of editing methods and creative journalism. Realizing that the majority of information of entertainment magazines was based on public relations, I wasn't anymore interested in writing for similar publications.

After that I started to travel and was able to get familiarized with the politics, economics, people, and history of other European countries.

When I heard of the idea about the idea to make a journal for free, I immediately joined to help in realizing the journal.

Since 2006 I’ve participated in several youth projects in Ukraine which have given me experience in team work, on executive positions as well as on my own initiative. I have been editor and now hold the informational project UNISTUDY.

During the same time I participated in different national and international programs – training courses, seminars, workshops in Ukraine and abroad about civic work, youth participation and media-sphere.

Work on the journal «SMI²LE» is challenging for me, and I’m eager to implement my different experiences in a project, which gives positive emotions, is targeted on the whole world and aimed to push global changes.