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: Environment
Ecofeminism Care: Where Gender and Ecology Intersect
by Ariadna Romans i Torrent Our societies are governed by the principles of liberalism, androcentrism and patriarchy. Care tasks have been relegated to the domestic ‘female’ sphere, making them undervalued at a social level and precarious at a professional level. By highlighting the principles of interdependence and eco-dependence, typical of ecofeminism, we can work to…
Sports and the Environment
I love sports. I am convinced that sport is good for society when used as a tool to promote values of inclusion, respect and fair play. However, like many other people, I am increasingly concerned about the climate crisis, and even more in the light of the latest alarming Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel…
INTRODUCING COP26
The following article is an edited extract from Cass Hebron’s The Green Fix Newsletter edition of August 18th, 2021.You can subscribe to The Green Fix here. Interview conducted by Lisa Bergmann with Bradlie Luisa Ana Martz-Sigala. Climate Reality Project Leader, Bradlie Luisa Ana Martz-Sigala, introduces the year’s biggest climate conference. My name is Bradlie Luisa…
Institute for Regenerative Innovation Križevci 2030
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. Article originally posted on Medium. As I sip my afternoon tea made out of hemp grown 50 meters from where I am sitting, I…
Inadequate policy activates grassroots actions: The story of RE-PEAT and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
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 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a EU subsidy scheme for the farming sector which makes out about one third of the EU’s budget….
In Conversation with Hindu Climate Action: A spiritually inclusive and just future
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. Sanjana chatted on the phone with Priya Koria, co-founder of Hindu Climate Action, a UK-based movement that aims to use Hindu scripture to raise…
Voices unheard: Questioning the ‘just’ in climate 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. At its very core, anthropogenic climate change and the way it is affecting humanity, is ultimately an issue of unprecedented injustice. The stories we…
Why you rebel
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. Times are dire. Last year, Australia lost a fifth of its trees and billions of animals to wildfires. The fires were so massive that…
Environmental costs of the Syrian Civil War
The devastating civil war in Syria entered its tenth year. A decade of war has caused one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world of an estimated death toll of 384,000-593,100 people as of December 2020. Besides, the displacement of approximately 12.7 million people, with nearly 6.1 million displaced internally struggling to survive. The ongoing long war has…