Last weekend I spoke to a girl handing out flyers for GroenLinks (GreenLeft) in the city of Utrecht. She told me with genuine astonishment that there were people coming to the square, which was packed with campaigners, to get a sense of what the different parties stand for. To me it didn’t seem such a…
Category: Miscellaneous
Holocaust Remembrance Day
As we know “History is the best teacher with worst pupils”. On 27th of January we should remind the planet, how we as a human beings can be mistaken if we are following issues based on hate and fears. We all remember what happened with Jewish minority in Europe during second world war, but as…
Get Prepared
During the Congress of Young Europeans in Budapest, which took place between 3rd and 6th of September 2015, the subject of refugees was a burning one for the participants. Some decided to help out as they could – by sharing food and drinks in the area of Keleti station where the refugees stayed. One of…
Living in a state of war
We hear updates about the war in Eastern Ukraine every day. There are so many, that it is easy to become immune to another dramatic news that reach us. ‘Us’ living far away from the conflict zone. Do we ever wonder how is it like to live in a country which is under attack or…
What stereotype do you want to smash? – Ecosprinter Photobooth
In our next edition of the Ecosprinter Photobooth during the FYEG Spring Camp in Ustek, Czech Republic, the Ecosprinter asked participants- What stereotype do you want to smash?
An Open Letter To Mother Earth
By Saurav Raj Pant of Nepal Dear Mother Earth, I am trying very hard to write a letter to you. We homosapiens have deceived you. You have left us a natural environment so astonishing but we have exploited it in an irreversible way. Mom, it is very rigid for you to realize that we have…
Pride, not prejudice
On the afternoon of the 28.11.2014, the streets of Helsinki echoed shouts of “Tahdon!”, “I do!”. Moments after, many happy couples sealed the deal with engagement rings. The Finnish Parliament had voted to allow gender-neutral marriage by 105 to 92 votes. Despite the grey weather, thousands of supporters gathered outside the parliament building waving rainbow…
Green Check-in: Spain
From Serbia to Norway, the Ecosprinter has done a quick check in with some of our Greens and Young Green friends around Europe to see what they are doing and what we should look out for! So in France they want to know what we think, but not in Spain. What problem does the media…
World Community Grid – Do something good with your computer
Frustrated about people dying of theoretically treatable diseases because pharmaceutical producers have nothing better to do than creating hundreds of new medicines for mild western diseases, while they do almost nothing against Malaria, Schitosomia and HIV? The explanation for this is simple: While People from the Global North can pay much for medicine against colds,…
Can the LGBTQ+ community in Moldova become a new social movement?
Well, not really, yet. Although there is neither clear nor one definition what a social movement is or how it should look like. According to Charles Tilly[1], social movement is a sustained series of interactions between power holders and persons successfully claiming to speak on behalf of a constituency lacking formal representation, in the course…