People displaced by climate change is already a humanitarian crisis, and there is little reason to doubt that it will far surpass current violent conflicts in terms of numbers of people displaced. Climate change is occurring today, making certain places dangerous or impossible to inhabit. Since 2008, an average of 24 million people have been…
Category: Environment
No place to hide : The impact of climate change on migration
Extreme weather events driven by climate change, such as the devastating floods in Bangladesh, the recent wildfires in California, or the recurring droughts in the horn of Africa, displace on average 41 people every minute. Climate migrants – people forced to leave their homes due to adverse climate conditions – are the human faces of…
The Age of Aquarius
Many will relate the “Age of Aquarius” with the hippie and/or astrological concept for an exciting and promising future era of happiness and joy soon to come . I will take the licence to use this reference to relate to the arrival of a different Aquarius: a rescue ship run by the French activist group…
Call for a printed edition on commons
The change in Overshoot Day date made us realise how fast our resources were declining. To raise awareness on how important this topic is for (Young) Greens, the Ecosprinter wants to deepen thoughts on commons: their use, their definition, their management etc. If you want to write about commons, give a general opinion on how…
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…
City of one function
One of the ways we call functional cities is monotowns. They are part our history for a long long time, since the industrial revolution begun. Nowadays 20% of all Russians live and work in the monotowns. Some time ago monotowns as such were vital and beneficial for country’s economic system. But now, after the crisis,…
Rebuffing the Mediterranean Gem
Malta, dubbed over the years as the Mediterranean Gem, has over the past few decades been tricked into the hands of the elite who seem to be playing Minecraft with our land. The very limited countryside and public open spaces are being lost to relentless development. Urban sprawl is gnawing away at our green lungs,…
The story of Emilio: how volunteering changed his life from passion into action
When we face the toughest challenges of the society, it may seem that our small actions can hardly have great impact. However, this is not the case of Emilio Beladiez, a Spanish – young – vegan – social entrepreneur that will inspire our curious minds. It could not be otherwise, I met him at…
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…
An opportunity for “Generation Europe XXI” in (re)claiming public spaces in Europe – Degrowth Perspectives
The European youth deals with numerous challenges: economic crisis, environmental crisis, migratory crisis, democratic crisis… If we consider these crises as structuring factors of the European youth, it is a question of wondering about its capacities in (re)claim the European public places. According to a recent study, we have to admit that in France, 71…