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…
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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….
From Libya to France, borders above human rights
On November 13th 2017, CNN broadcasted a report on migrants crammed up in holding centers where they were beaten, humiliated and even sold by auction in Libya. Unfortunately, time passes by and we forget. The emotion caused by this video disappeared to the point that the conclusions of the inquiry that should have clarified human…
No one knows what a “climate refugee” is, but we could all become one
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…
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…