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Maria, unpaid intern at the Council of Europe

Posted on 5 April 2019

As young people enter the world of work, it is common to take on internships to gain valuable experience. But with such a precarious job market, companies have replaced entry-level jobs with internships, which are often unpaid. We spoke to Maria*, who was an unpaid intern at the Council of Europe, the international human rights…

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Challenge Green

Posted on 30 March 2019

Challenge Green started as a positive consequence of the Federation of Young European Green’s (FYEG) 2018 Summer Camp: Natural Commons (Croatia lovin’ foreva!). As Challenge Green, our goal is to enable Facebook users to come together and share tips, tricks, and life-hacks on how to make everyday life more environmentally friendly. Challenge Green focusses on…

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Wilbert Van de Kamp, Entrepreneur in the Netherlands

Posted on 22 March 2019

Wilbert van de Kamp, Entrepreneur in The Netherlands The story was translated from Dutch (original text below). ‘We are a generation that creates its own jobs, instead of stepping into existing ones’, Wilbert told me some time ago. Now, he had turned this into reality. He works as a freelancer for a broad spectrum of…

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Amelie, PhD student in the UK

Posted on 11 March 2019

Amelie is a British PhD student in Neuroscience. We asked her to provide some insight into the life of a PhD student, the difficulties she has faced, and how the lines between student and work blur when you are a PhD student. This asks: should PhD students be entitled to the same rights as an…

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Recycling in Serbia: the case of pink toilet paper

Posted on 14 February 2019

On which level are recycling policies in Serbia and has there been any progress in the past few years? These questions are very nicely presented by a commercial for toilet paper. While a family is walking and shopping in a big supermarket, a girl brings some toilet paper she likes and which is, surprisingly, pink…

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Energy democracy

Posted on 16 January 2019

To avert the worst socioenvironmental impacts stemming from climate change-inducing emissions, we need to transition to a different energy system. This transition requires more than simply adopting renewable energy production technologies. We need to break the crony-capitalist structures in which imperialist energy oligopolies are embedded. A just transition rigorously reorganises the way we produce, transport…

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Inclusive Language – From the view of a Non-Binary Gender Person

Posted on 4 January 2019

Inclusive language is important nowadays to support equality, especially regarding equality for women. There is just one problem: It is not inclusive regarding the GSRM-Community (Gender, Sexual and Romantic Minorities). At the age of 12 I began to question my sexual and romantic orientation. I just knew I wasn’t straight. I acknowledged that and moved…

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Inside #COP24: insight on gender topics

Posted on 6 December 2018

December 6th – While FYEG’s delegates are fully occupied defending the green youth voice of Europe at COP24, we had the opportunity to talk with Becci Morsch specialised on gender topics.  EEB: What is your impression about the COP24 so far? In the light of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°, we see that this moment…

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Inside #COP24: Issues at stake and negotiations

Posted on 4 December 2018

December 4th 2018 – COP24 began on Sunday and FYEG’s delegates are in Katowice to represent the green youth voice of Europe. Yesterday, we talked with Antoine Tifine, our treasurer, about his first two days at COP. He explained how everything was organised, what was the role of delegates and what were the issues at stake especially…

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Inside #EGP29: The search for a difference between the lead candidates

Posted on 3 December 2018

The 29th EGP Council, the last Council of the European Green Party before the decisive European Election in May 2019, took place in Berlin from November 23rd to 25th. 100 Delegates from all parties of the European Green Family came together to elect their lead candidates and vote upon the EGP Common Manifesto and Campaign…

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