The concept of the 15-minute city is simple: residents can go to work, do their shopping, socialise with their friends, and see their doctor within a 15-minute commute by foot, bike, or public transport. A car-free community, with everything one might need nearby, is not only an attempt to help combat climate change, but also…
Category: Energy
Just transition only with social justice
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. The policies that we implement in the coming years will irreversibly determine the survival of thousands of species, including humans, and the planet as…
Energy democracy
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…
Fossil ideas, the real transition
How the case of Eeklo fuels a more fundamental debate about energy transition What if the world is be an organic system and what if it would be simply impossible to burn enough fossil fuels to make it inhabitable? Or maybe more likely what if through cloud seeding, algae furtilisation in the oceans or putting…
The Current Environmental Crisis
There is no doubt that we currently face the widespread destruction of the environment. Today, humans have massively been caught in social as well as environmental destruction as they are at the core of the problem. It is clear that the contemporary environmental crisis is worth considering as it has threatened us over the last…
EDITORIAL – CALL FOR ARTICLES – Towards the COP in Paris
CALL FOR ARTICLES : THE ROAD TOWARDS THE COP IN PARIS Hello young enthusiastic people, On the road towards the upcoming COP21 in Paris we invite you all to send in articles regarding the topic. What are your local perspectives or initiatives, what is your member organization doing, what are your personal insights,…
The Anti Coal Human Chain
How do you get 7000 people to unite against two of the biggest countries in Europe? Try to build coal mines on their homes. I recently joined nearly 7000 others from across Europe to make a ‘human chain’ between the two villages of Kerkwitz, Germany and Grabice, Poland. This Human Chain was assembled to protest…
UNFCCC Conversations: the Raconteur #FYEGClimateDel
During the UNFCCC Intercessional we’ve noticed that a lot of our fellow youth know a lot about this process and we thought why not share their expertise with everyone? The Ecosprinter was happy to talk to Chris who is another member of the climate change media. Chris works on the project Adopt a Negotiator– a one…
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…
It’s Not Me It’s You: Understanding the Ukranian Russian Natural Gas Pipelines
After a breakup, it can be difficult to split up the things that you once shared together. Whether it be dividing up your friends or divvying up your old favorite hangouts, the practicalities of creating a new life after a relationship can often be hard. For a relationship that has more drama than a daytime…