“Development” is a term used in biology to express such things as the blooming of flowers. Its sense of acquiring material prosperity, sense that is now the most obvious to us, was born a bit more than fifty years ago. The inventor of this notion is Harry Truman, in his 1949 speech on the ***. During…
Women and migration
Millions of people (20 Million in 2001) are fleeing every year from their country to another; from a region in the North to a region in the south; from one misery into another one. A particular group among the refugees is the women. In fact, they are quite a big group, since 75-80% of the…
Migration campaign report
Now that the migration campaign has started, it was time for all the prep team members to meet once more. Actions needed to be planned, budgets worked out and deadlines set. Therefore we met from 10 till 12 October in Antwerp, Belgium. Jong Agalev booked one of their luxurious office buildings for us which was…
Meet the European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is an international organisation established by national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations, like FYEG, to represent the interests of young people from all over Europe at the European and International level. European Its members, which are federations in themselves, bring together tens of millions of young people from all…
My experience of Euro-Med Platform launch
Most of you will be familiar with the EU Youth Programme, which gives young people the opportunity to go to another country to experience the culture, the people, and to engage in projects by working there for several months (EVS, Leonardo), going to university (Erasmus), or do some exchange between a group/organization they belong to…
The Euro-Med Youth Platform has been launched
Between the 17-21 of September, the Federation of Young European Greens, together with over 100 other youth organisations from 34 countries, participated in the Launching Meeting of the Euro-Med Youth Platform. YEG feels proud that the first director of the Platform is our former Treasurer, Giovanni Buttigieg. Between 1996-1997 Giovanni has also served our organisation…
Music views
As Greens we have an international perspective on many things and yet localization with respect for a cosmopolitan diverse culture is important to us. One of the best ways of supporting this paradox is the international language. Some claim that Maths is this language, but not everyone can count and even if they do how…
Fur coats
The mind is a very important structure without which humans would not be able to be conscious of reality. However, the mind is a very fragile structure that has the potential of repressing facts we do not want to know, distorting reality with the result of having our conscience silenced. These processes are put excessively…
Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
The Iberian lynx is the world’s most threatened carnivore (family Felidae). Although smaller in size, it resembles the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), possessing the same characteristically bobbed tail, tufts on the ears and jaw, a spotted coat, muscular body and long legs. Based on estimates of density and geographic range, the total effective population size…
Planet Earth is not edible
In the early stages of our childhood we are taught how to walk properly, eat decently and piss without assistance. After mustering these elementary capabilities we are exposed to the ritual of consumption. Whenever we consume, be it household products, food or energy, we rarely question the origins of that particular product. Balancing the costs…