Sara-Duana Meyer is a freelance journalist, yoga instructor and cultural producer and curator. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/sara-duana-meyer/rss en Environment Innovation & Technology Solutions Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Sara-Duana Meyer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/03/29/in-portugal-environmentalists-re-imagine-refugee-spaces https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/03/29/in-portugal-environmentalists-re-imagine-refugee-spaces A community in Portugal is planning to build a model refugee settlement that is ecologically sustainable and more socially inclusive than most camps. Sara-Duana Meyer examines the idea and its significance for the future of refugee settlements. Health Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:03:52 +0000 Sara-Duana Meyer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/06/21/refugees-healing-scars-with-yoga https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/06/21/refugees-healing-scars-with-yoga To mark International Yoga Day today, we explore how the ancient mind-body practice is helping women and men escaping conflict to heal some of the emotional scars that they carry with them. Innovation & Technology Integration Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Sara-Duana Meyer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/04/14/as-shelters-fill-up-germans-open-their-doors https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/04/14/as-shelters-fill-up-germans-open-their-doors Urban ‘ghettoization’ due to host governments housing refugees in shelters in impoverished neighborhoods has further impeded their social integration in European cities. In Germany, private initiatives are finding ways of creating an open-door culture through flat-shares.