PETRA DE SUTTER 1. When did you decide to get into politics and why? I have been an ecologist since forever. I read Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” somewhere in the nineties and got worried and angry. I voted green for a long, long time but decided to get actively involved in the party some twelve…
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Call for a special online edition: How to be a good activist?
During the year, the (young) greens all across Europe organized successful actions. As the European elections are coming soon, and we are all excited about it and doing our best to support the candidates, EEB wanted to hear your story, your story of activism. How did you decide to become an activist, what does activism…
Second life of products
What does the hierarchy of waste management include? Why burning waste is not the preferred option? What is the problem related to the biggest Belgrade landfill (Vinča) and the public-private partnership that the City of Belgrade made to solve this problem? What are the recommendations for the future? At the level of the European Union…
Why pay to work ?
Young, wild and free… But many would like to become young professionals, and it is definitely not easy to gain experience. Doing an internship is often a necessity. However, many internships, even after obtaining a high university degree, are unpaid and without a legal framework, at least in Belgium. And this is a problem: after…
Economic development vs. conservation in tropical regions
Tropical countries lie at the nexus of two opposing forces, which affects their socio-economic and environmental sustainability: land clearing forces and conservation-restoration forces. Currently, stronger economic forces, compared to conservation-restoration, drive unsustainability in tropical regions. As a result, important ecosystem services for human wellbeing and the health of ecosystems are being diminished. What combination of…
WE ARE THE GREEN WAVE – The “sustainable” option
Last week-end, a very exceptional and unprecedented phenomenon submerged Europe. A green wave gently made its way in three different regions of the continent. It wasn’t about a reforestation of urban areas, but about chronologically coordinated green political victories in three different regions. Various green politicians won local elections in Belgium, elections in Bavaria (Germany)…
Special Online Edition: Migration, environment & the refugee crisis
The Ecosprinter Editorial Board is happy to present you a special edition about migration, environment & the refugee crisis. As the refugee crisis is still our present, and the European Union is giving a more than controversial response to it, our will was to give Young European Greens the possibility to express their opinions about it….
Green camps, Green Europe ?
Refugees coming to Europe is nothing new. However, things escalated in 2015 when according to Eurostat, 1 321 560 people entered Europe, mainly because of war in Syria. Once in Europe refugees have to wait for asylum approval that may be declined, but even if accepted, it takes time to get it. Sometimes they wait a…
Extending green energy solutions to refugee camps
Our energy system has grown to perpetuate global vast sustenance, but with this unchecked growth comes also vast injustices. The implications of a faulty energy system have to be considered from more than an economic perspective, but also in terms of moral and sustainability aspects. Climate change has reached the point where it has several…
2015-2018: How far did we get?
It was the summer of 2015. I just finished high school, manage to get into the university I wanted to study in and I was ready to work the whole summer so I can earn some extra money and experience, particularly on what does working an actual job really means. I applied for a job…