Beiträge getaggt mit "Sustainability"

In times of global warming, the strong connection between LGBTIQ+ activism and environmental activism has come more into focus for activists working in the community. As a young LGBTIQ+ person, it is essential to think intersectional about activism at this time when climate change is affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. After all, LGBTIQ+ people, along with other marginalized people, are among the first to be confronted with the destruction caused by climate change.

With a big clean-up action, we joined and celebrated World Environment Day and talked with the Founder of Save Your Hood Greece about nature, sustainability, and civic engagement.

For two weeks, fourteen volunteers from all over Europe were involved in the building of a barrier free garden. It was not only a workcamp, but a full-time experience of personal, social, and cultural enrichment.

The statistics on the amount of food that is currently wasted are very concerning, especially considering that from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an 82% increase in numbers of starving population.

A small greenhouse at home might serve several purposes and become a place of ease and well-being

Damanhur, a community based in the province of Turin, offers interesting insights on how to reimagine socialization and people-to-people interaction, thanks to their interesting philosophical approach to community living.

Is forest gardening adequate for facing current/future environmental and food production challenges? A "new" approach that learns from nature

The following article sums up the results of an interview with Luciana, a member of Prinsessinengarten, a collective that carries out different social activities in green spaces in Berlin and Hamburg. Particular attention is paid to their location in Berlin-Neukölln.

Last summer I interviewed the team behind Café Botanico, a restaurant in Neukölln (Berlin) that grows great part of its herbs and vegetables in the centre of a quite central urban area.

Cittiglio, a small town in the province of Varese, in Italy, is one of the very first few experiences of urban permaculture in the country. Recently, I had the chance to interview one of the people involved in the project.