This article was written by Irene Vivas Lalinde with additions and edits by Stefanie Berendsen and Klāvs Veseļuns. I wake up in a foreign city that somehow feels familiar. I recognise the light of the Mediterranean periphery and the flowers on the terrace. In Cairo, new streets appear daily to accommodate the 21 million inhabitants….
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Let’s talk about the hijab – but how? 🧕
Mahsa Amini died on 16th September after succumbing to her injuries. She was arrested three days prior by the Iranian “morality police” for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with “government standards”. She died while still in captivity. She was 22 years old. Her unjust and tragic death has triggered a wave of protest…
The Queen is dead, long live the King? 👑
As the UK laid its longest serving monarch to rest last week, the royal family of Great Britain and the Commonwealth is again in the spotlight. In the context of an estimated 6.7 million people in the UK predicted to be living in energy poverty by October 2022, the pomp and circumstance of a royal…
NEW ECOSPRINTER EDITION
The long-awaited Food Issue of the Ecosprinter is finally here! 🌽 With contributions from Iason Paschalidis-Gerostergiou, Dusan Ljumovic, Angela Timmermans, Nessa Molina Cano, Melissa Muhr, and Emil Schenkyr, and the generous support of Thomas Waitz MEP, this year’s issue tackles three main questions: ➡️ What is the environmental impact of food? ➡️ What are the…
Open call for contributors
A new Ecosprinter Editorial Board (EEB) has been elected during last FYEG’s General Assembly! To introduce ourselves, we are Mia, Hannah, and Javier. We are really looking forward to continuing the incredible work that has been done over the past year, and to do so we need your help! We are opening a call for…
Ecosprinter meets Europeangreens – A weekend in Istanbul
600 Green Persons from all over Europe meeting in the same town? MEPs, party leaders, delegates from all countries, people from CDN, from different green foundations and of course, from FYEG coming all together: I guess that’s what they call an European Green Party Council. This time it took place in Istanbul. Ironically…
Brussels, Washington & rest of the world
The United Nations Climate Change Conference is like a ‘play’ driven by the world’s media, UN, club of elites, multinational giants, bunches of conservative & liberal politicians and influential political leaders grabbing the attention from the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit (COP 15) to the Warsaw Climate Change Summit— ‘catchy’ arithmetic figure of reduction target and advanced…
The Ecosprinter European Tour – Next Stop : Belgium !
From the 22 to the 25th of May, 27 countries and over 500 million inhabitants will be given the choice to elect their 751 representatives at the European Parliament. But ow is it happening all over Europe ? Are campaigning, political issues, and Euroscepticism the same in Spain and Belgium, Lithuania and Great Britain ?…
Call for articles : Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Dear all, After more than 65 years, the current Peace talks being held under the US supervision between Israel and the Palestinian Authority seem to be more than ever in an impasse. Old anti semitic obsession of the West ? Symbolic struggle against a new apartheid? Freedom, Terrorism, Security, media mass manipulation, refugees, religion, money…
Young Greens begin week of action against university pay inequality
The Young Greens of England & Wales launched actions at campuses across the country starting from Monday as part of a national week of action against pay inequality at UK universities. Actions are being held at the University of East Anglia, Imperial College London and Leeds Met to draw attention to the huge rise in…