Environment

“I always wanted to do something for society,” 17-year-old Louise Vanden Abeele from Belgium tells me over Whatsapp. “After these summer holidays, which were very hot for Belgium, I heard about a mobilization for climate and was very interested in it. When I heard about the global strike beginning January, I thought that the Belgium […]

This is an abbreviated version of a talk given at the Alternative European Summit in Belgium, on the 11th of November 2018. It traces a developing situation: only two weeks before the talk was due, the main stock markets of developed countries briefly crashed around the world. This fueled the discussions on the next global […]

Jenny Tsiropoulou on the European directive and the destruction of traditional wooden vessels.

„For the sake of the town’s humanity it’s time to get rid of the notorious horse traders.” Jakub Szafrański visited the horse market in Skaryszew, here is his photo story.

To date, Czechia has not announced any date for a coal phaseout, although the country has signed up to the Paris Agreement and the national energy strategy envisages a decreased role for fossil fuels over the coming decades.

What is the future of Białowieża Forest? Interview with Krzysztof Cibor of Greenpeace Polska.

„Prishtina takes my breath away.”

Standing next to the Rhein-Herne canal in Gelsenkirchen, northwest Germany, one can paint a mental picture of the future hip neighbourhood that will one day boom in this area once occupied by the town’s industrial harbour. The hints are all around. On one bank of the canal, a new residential complex of identical houses for […]

The European Union has made efforts in the last decade to adopt ambitious climate and energy policies, but at every turn, Poland has positioned itself as the ‘bad boy’ of the bloc by repeatedly resisting agreements.

Be careful with your dogs sir. They’ll shoot them. Do you know there is a hunt running here?