25th March 2023: 1 day left to join the Biggest Hour for Earth. What is it? The world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, launched by WWF to raise awareness and inspire collective actions against climate change and nature loss. Since 2007, Earth Hour has been a “lights off” moment all around the world, but … Read more
“The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy” is a comic published and funded by 360 Dialogues. Based on the 5th Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency, it is edited by Henry Lehmann and Christoph Hinske, illustrated by Virpi Oinonen. «The 5th Factor X book examines what the promise of an endless circle can and … Read more
The word ‘blue’ does not always refer to something sad. In the world of environmentalism, the last couple of weeks could not have been happier in their turning, metaphorically, blue. A few months into 2023, after COP15’s Kunming-Montreal Agreement formally recognised that “the livelihood of humankind is closely linked to that of natural ecosystems”, policymakers … Read more
The Young Fair-Trade Advocates, a group of young activists linked to the Fair-Trade Movement, have organized a four-encounters online event called “International Youth Dialogues” aimed at discussing the impact of European Union Trade Agreements in the Global South, namely in the field of labour rights, prices, gender issues, and environment. What are EU Trade Agreements? … Read more
Look up! This always counts as an invitation to enjoy and be amazed by the charm of the remote and unknown. However, it should also come as a warning sign to detect a lack in our eyes as we look beyond our usual sight. The lack of stars. Sometimes, having ‘the head in the clouds’ … Read more
Have you ever noticed pink snow during your summer hikes? It does seem cool, right?Unfortunately, although it may be a remarkable opportunity for nice pictures, it represents a threat for the glacier itself and more widely for the climate of the planet. The unusual colour of the snow is generated by the abundance of snow … Read more
Solar power along with wind power are the most consolidated sources for renewable energy. In addition to biomass and hydropower, these two have the best dissemination potential with low costs in energy production today, in the expectation of introducing other technologies, such as green hydrogen to generate electricity, while always being based on the sources … Read more
When last summer journalist Akshat Rathi started a Twitter thread asking people who left their job to fight climate change to share their stories, he was flooded with thousands of comments and DMs from professionals who did so and had zero regrets. Bloomberg Green calls them ‘climate quitters’ and they represent a growing segment of … Read more
The 2030 Agenda, adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, has at its heart the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership. To end poverty and deprivations all around the world, it is necessary to foster strategies that improve health and education, … Read more
Vanessa Nakate from Uganda, Greta Thunberg from Sweden, Helena Gualinga from Ecuador, Luisa Neubauer from Germany. Those women are the first signers of a worldwide climate action directed to CEOs of fossil fuels companies with the aim to stop the opening of new extraction sites. Today the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is coming to … Read more