Green Wave
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreen Wave showcases some of the best articles from the Green European Journal - Europe’s leading political ecology magazine offering green & progressive ideas and analysis. For the text version of the articles and printed editions go to greeneuropeanjournal.eu, or follow the journal on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @GreenEUJournal.
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Episode 96: Are Greens Speaking out Against Islamophobia?
March 28, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutes - 8.29 MBCompared to most other political movements, Greens have a track record of inclusive politics, and have long welcomed refugees and Muslims into their ranks. But without a comprehensive approach to the issue of Islamophobia, Green parties sometimes fall into patterns of institutionalised prejudice. Written by Samir Jeraj. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/are-greens-speaking-out-against-islamophobia/ Follow us on socials: @greeneujournal. ...
Episode 95: Health vs. Wealth? Political Choices in the European Health Union
February 28, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutes - 8.01 MBThis week, we turn to health. More specifically, the new European Health Union. Though a step in the right direction, public health advocates expect more from the EU’s newly established trans-national means to prevent and respond to health risks.
Episode 94: A Recipe for Survival
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 26 minutes - 15.6 MBVeganism, the ethical choice, was once born of necessity. Today’s regular omnivore diet was previously a luxury for the wealthy, ill afforded by peasants. Preserving food was a means of subsistence. Can pickling and jamming traditions, now making a comeback, be recognised for their cultural heritage in addition to gentrified sauerkraut and cherry compote recipes? Written by Anka Wandzel. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/a-recipe-for-su...
Episode 93: The Women of Ventotene
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 12.5 MBThis week's piece is from our new edition, Aligning Stars: Routes to a Different Europe. The Ventotene Manifesto, named after the Italian islet where its authors were imprisoned when they wrote it, is regarded as one of the foundational texts of the European Union, presenting federalism as a way to prevent future wars. Antonia Ferri, with the help of historian Antonella Braga, delves into the intertwined private and political lives of women who played a major role in its spread ac...
Episode 92: “Enemies of Society”: How the Media Portray Climate Activists
November 29, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 7.91 MBFrom dangerous extremists to silly children, how the media portrays climate activists such as Last Generation and Just Stop Oil is the topic of today’s episode. While those taking direct action are accused of alienating policymakers and public opinion, a study of mainstream media in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy suggests that the othering and demonisation of climate activists are neither new nor unbiased. Written by Stella Levantesi. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version:...
Episode 91: Green Housing Threatens Affordability. But It Doesn’t Have To
October 25, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 9.64 MBHousing is the focus in this episode - something we all need but which is increasingly expensive and in short supply, due in large part to the financialisation of the housing market. Meanwhile some renovations to make housing greener end up making rent more costly for those who can least afford it. What’s the solution? Julieta Perucca explains. Written by Julieta Perucca. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/green-housing-threatens-affordabili...
Episode 90: Slovak elections: Who Is to Blame for Robert Fico’s Return?
September 22, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 13.5 MBSlovak voters head to the polls on the 30th September for early parliamentary elections. One of the winners looks set to be former Prime Minister Robert Fico - forced out after the 2018 murder of an investigative journalist - and now helped along by alt-right and pro-Kremlin narratives. So what happened? From covid to the war in Ukraine, Zuzana Kepplová unpacks the last few years of Slovak politics and explains how Igor Matovič and his SMER party, who took over after 2018, have laid...
Episode 89: Young Activism, Old Politics: Italy’s Divided Climate Movement
August 29, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 11.3 MB10 months on from the start of Italy's new far-right government under Prime Giorgia Meloni from the Brothers of Italy, this episode looks at climate politics in Italy. Direct action environmental protestors and Italy's tumultuous Green parties are not always on the same wavelength - what lies at the heart of this divide, and what can be done? Written by Anna Toniolo and Simone Fontana. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/young-activism-old-po...
Episode 88: Serbia’s Lithium: Sacrifice Zones or Opportunity for Europe’s Peripheries?
July 26, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 9.87 MBWelcome to the podcast and to another piece from our latest edition! The green transition relies on the use of numerous rare minerals. Lithium especially is crucial and Serbia’s reserves of this lightest of metals are coveted. But with a proposed mine catalysing the largest environmental protests in Serbian history, it is clear that local communities are asking, “Whose green transition”? Written by Predrag Momčilović. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneurope...
Episode 87: The Cities Feeling the Heat
June 25, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 12.2 MBOur latest edition is out! And if you've been sweltering in a city this summer, don't miss this episode. Celia Fernández explains how rising temperatures are making European cities increasingly unliveable in the summer months and why where you live and what you earn affects how you experience this. Adaptation measures - increasingly needed - can take this into account. Up in Arms: Environmental Divides Reshaping Politics is out now and available here: https://www.greeneuropeanjou...
Episode 86: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas
May 25, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.12 MBIn Spain, the installation of large renewable energy plants is generating divides - with local populations concerned at the transformation of their homelands on the one hand and a climate that cannot wait on the other. Two new films - Alcarras and As Bestas - have brought these conflicts, which risk undermining the energy transition, to the big screen. Written by Adriana Mayor. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/alcarras-and-as-bestas-spains...
Episode 85: Why the IPCC Can’t Escape Climate Politics
April 27, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 9.5 MBWith each report from the UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), the message is more alarming and the call more strident. Yet somehow, the findings struggle to move governments to action. From ‘climategate’ to the need to cater to conflicting stakeholders, the IPCC may in fact reinforce the status quo - but it could change that by embracing its intrinsically political role. Written by Kari De Pryck. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjo...
Episode 84: Tackling the UK’s Insecurity Crisis
April 10, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 9.14 MBThe idea of 'economic insecurity' is vital to understanding how people actually feel about their past, present and future. Put simply, it is the experience or anticipation of economic hardship. Hannah Webster and Toby Murray explore what they call the UK’s current insecurity crisis and the political decisions that led us here. They ask: what kind of policies make people feel secure in their lives and positive about their future? Written by Hannah Webster and Toby Murray. Read by ...
Episode 83: The Untold Story of the Food Crisis
March 27, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 15.3 MBRussia’s war on Ukraine pushed the world into a food crisis - or that’s how it felt. But this was only the latest tipping point for a global food system already on the edge. Jennifer Kwao explains how the conflict in Ukraine affected people's access to food everywhere, and especially in the Global South, and why the problems go much deeper. Written by Jennifer Kwao. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-untold-story-of-the-food-crisis/ Fo...
Episode 82: What African Green Feminist Power Has to Offer
March 08, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 10.4 MBOn this International Women's Day, we turn to Africa, where women have a long, rich, and active history of seeing their own liberation and the protection of nature as inseparable and forging ground-breaking campaigns at their intersection. From FOWA in Nigeria and Wangari Maathai in Kenya to today's generation of activists, listen to Anika Jane Dorothy and Lydia Ayame Hiraide on the movements that the rest of the world can be learning from. Written by Anika Jane Dorothy and Lydia ...
Episode 81: Is Degrowth the Future?
February 27, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 8.46 MBThat infinite economic growth is simply not possible on a finite planet seems a truth that is increasingly hard to escape - in some circles. Yet governments continue to organise their countries around the idea that economic growth is good, necessary, and important. Is degrowth the vision that can lay out another way forward - and one that is more just and green? Jorge Pinto on The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism (Verso, 2022) and its compelling case for why ...
Episode 80: Powering Up Energy Communities in Central and Eastern Europe
February 13, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 8.17 MBRenewable energy cooperatives and/or communities are the focus of our attention this week, and specifically their spread - albeit slow - in Central and Eastern Europe. Tackling three urgent crises in one - climate change, rising energy prices, and the need to find alternatives to Russian gas - renewable energy co-ops are needed today more than ever, and the EU has committed to supporting their spread across Europe. But huge obstacles lie in their path. Seda Orhan from Climate Act...
Episode 79: Why the Transport Visions of Tech Billionaires are a Dead End
January 30, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 10.2 MBWe’ve got a book review for you this week. Konrad Bleyer-Simon unpacks Road to Nowhere. Silicon Valley and the Future of Mobility by Paris Marx which sets out how the egoistic projects of tech billionaires such as Elon Musk have shaped our car-centred transport systems and what a vision centred around the needs of ordinary people would look like. Written by Konrad Bleyer-Simon. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-the-transport-visions-of-...
Episode 78: Why Were Italians Swayed to the Right by the Brothers of Italy?
January 16, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 7.59 MBIn this episode, we zoom in on Italy again. Join us to unpack the September 2022 elections which led to Italy's most right-wing government since Mussolini. What underlies the rise in support for the party now leading the country: Brothers of Italy? What was missing in the appeals of left and progressive parties to Italian voters? Written by Thomas Simon Mattia. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-were-italians-swayed-to-the-right-by-t...
Episode 77: A Climate of Disruption
January 02, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode, we tackle one of the most important questions of the decade. With global disruption and crises set to become the norm, how should Green parties navigate this new age of shocks? How can these tensions, rather than destabilising us, teach us about working together to carve a better future? Join us to find out. This piece is from our newly-published winter issue: Priced Out: The Cost of Living in A Disrupted World, which helps us to understand the political trends an...
Episode 76: Cost of Living: No Country for Young People
December 20, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBWelcome back! In this episode, we focus on one of the most important issues facing many of us: the cost of living crisis. It's time to question how we got here, look into the social and political effects of the crisis, and explore alternative ways of organising our society. Hear from young people in Italy and experts who explain why under-35s in Italy are so acutely affected by precarity and unemployment and the failure of political parties across the spectrum to revive their hopes...
Episode 75: The Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine
November 22, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 9.37 MBIt's almost nine months since the start of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Rarely mentioned in coverage or analysis of the war is the ecological impact of it and how this is playing out today in Ukraine, one of the most heavily industrialised and polluted areas in the world. In this episode, we examine how war affects nature and public health in Ukraine for generations to come, and what the international community can do to mitigate this long-term damage. Written by Dmytro Averin, Fre...
Episode 74: COP27: Barred from the Climate conversation
November 08, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes - 8.59 MBCOP27 has just kicked off! Despite having official invitations to international climate summits, many young Global South organisers find their visa applications to European countries rejected, sometimes multiples times in a row. This episode looks at this under-explored exclusion which, if left unaddressed, undermines the legitimacy of international climate discussions. Written by Serag Heiba. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/barred-from...
Episode 73: After Modernity: Citizenship Beyond the Nation State?
October 27, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 13.7 MBWelcome back! In this episode, we explore the concepts of citizenship and of nation states - two norms which are rarely questioned in Europe today - and how they are evolving in today's world. What do these shifts mean for the millions of people living and working abroad, especially in an era of climate breakdown, and how we can make sure the shift is for better and not worse? Written by Aleksandra Savanović. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/afte...
Episode 72: Swedish Elections and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right
October 13, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 9.8 MBOn 11 September, Sweden went to the polls to elect a new government. In this episode, we look into what the results might mean for the country, how Swedish politics has gradually shifted to the right and what happens next. Written by Ann-Cathrine Jungar Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/swedish-elections-and-the-mainstreaming-of-the-far-right/ Follow us on socials: @greeneujournal. Green Wave is produced by the Green European Journal.
Episode 71: The Unhealthy Geopolitics of a Sovereign Europe
October 06, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode, Luiza Bialasiewicz explains why thinking pandemic geopolitics through the lens of 'health sovereignty' ignores the geographies of vulnerability that connect us all. Published in 29 November 2021 Written by Luiza Bialasiewicz. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-unhealthy-geopolitics-of-a-sovereign-europe/ Follow us on socials: @greeneujournal. Green Wave is produced by the Green European Journal.
Episode 70: What the Recent IPCC Report Means for Europe and the World
September 22, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 9.95 MBWelcome back! This summer has shown - once again - that extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of the climate crisis. In this episode, journalist Clare Taylor explores what's at stake and what we can do about it. Written by Clare Taylor. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/adapt-or-else-what-the-latest-ipcc-report-means-for-europe-and-the-world/ Follow us on socials...
Episode 69: The Road to a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
May 18, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 39.6 MBIn this episode, we talk all about coal, oil, and gas. When it comes to keeping fossil fuels in the ground, COPs will only get us so far. Peter Newell outlines an alternative approach: A Fossil Fuel Non-Profileration Treaty. Written by Peter Newell. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-road-to-a-fossil-fuel-non-proliferation-treaty This article is from our latest edition: Moving Targets: Geopolitics in a Warming World which examines how w...
Episode 68: Will Ecology Expand the EU’s Horizons?
April 15, 2022 00:00 - 20 minutes - 45.9 MBWe are back. In this episode, we explore how ecology could expand the EU's horizons through the Green Deal. For the European Union, the energy transition offers an economic, social and strategic direction for decades to come. Written by Lucile Schmid. Read by Seden Anlar. Edited by Seden Anlar. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/will-ecology-expand-the-eus-horizons/ This article is from our latest edition: Moving Targets: Geopolitics in a Warming World which examin...
Episode 67: The Return of the Brezhnev Doctrine
March 17, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 43.3 MBDespite the warnings, the invasion of Ukraine took the world by surprise. As Putin continues his brutal invasion of #Ukraine, journalist Richard Robert takes a much-needed look at how the long history of Russian imperialism is driving and shaping Putin’s war today. Written by Richard Robert. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-return-of-the-brezhnev-doctrine/ Follow us on socials: @greeneujournal. Green Wave is produced by the Green Europ...
Episode 66: The Romanian Protest Wave - A Path to a New Political Era?
February 10, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 48.2 MBWe are back! In the first episode of the new year, we'll be going to Romania where over the past decades, there have been successive waves of protests that have had a defining impact on the country's recent history. So, we look at the path that has led Romania to the politics it has today and where the country's two main Green parties stand. Enjoy! Written by Raluca Besliu. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-romanian-protest-wave-a-path-...
Episode 65: Promised Lands in Manfredonia: Environmental Justice Is About Democracy
September 27, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 50 MBThis week, we tell the story of how, for one Italian town, democracy is an ongoing struggle for environmental justice and self-determination. A story of democratic exclusion that began with the building of a petrochemical plant on the edge of the town by state-run chemical giant EniChem in the early 1970s. Hear more about the deep scars that have been left on the land and the town's inhabitants by cultural and industrial colonisation. Written by Federico Ambrosini and Sofia Cher...
Episode 64: Feminist Finland: From Representation to Equality
August 27, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 42.4 MBIn this episode, we are going to Finland. For over a century, Finland has pioneered women’s representation in politics. But discrimination still casts a long shadow over the country. What can Finland, possibly the most gender-equal country in the world but one that still has many problems, teach us about the long journey from representation to equality? Written by Silja Kudel. Read by Gail Rego. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/feminist-finland-from-representation...
Episode 63: A State of Disrepair: Democracy in the United Kingdom
July 04, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week, we are going to the UK! The UK government’s handling of Brexit and the health crisis has been undeniably chaotic and venal. In a bid to distract the public and shore up its own power, the government has sought to exploit cultural issues to the detriment of democratic rights and norms, putting already vulnerable groups further at risk. Green peer Natalie Bennett explains how this has led to an increasingly authoritarian turn against minority rights, civil liberties, and ...
Episode 62: Draghi’s Team of Rivals
May 17, 2021 19:19 - 13 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week, we are going to Italy. In February, Mario Draghi, got sworn-in as Italy's next prime minister and formed a coalition government to end months of political stalemate. However, this coalition doesn't have an easy brief. In this episode, journalist Luca Misculin lays out the challenges that Draghi is likely to face. Written by Luca Misculin. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/draghis-team-of-rivals/
Episode 61: Germany’s Year of Elections: Has the Pandemic Scuppered the Green Rise
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 41.6 MB2021 is Germany's "super election year"! The end of Merkel era, the rise of the Greens, the fallout from the pandemic. Roderick Kefferputz analyses the year ahead in German politics and the latest on the prospects of the German Greens in 2021. Written by Roderick Kefferpütz. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/germanys-year-of-elections-has-the-pandemic-scuppered-the-green-rise/
Episode 60: Essential Voices: Migrant Workers on Living Through the Pandemic
March 05, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 44.2 MBThis week, we talk migration and essential work. Migration has been a dividing line in politics in recent years. But the fact remains that society would not function without the contributions of people from other countries. In this episode, we hear from migrant workers in Greece, Iran, and South Africa on their experiences of #COVID19. Written by Cláudia Santos, Felix Kwabena, Marula Tsagkari. Read by Gail Rego. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/essential-voices-migrant...
Episode 59: Beyond the Bubble Ageing, Solidarity and Covid-19
February 11, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBThe pandemic has exposed many unresolved challenges for older members of society – social care, the digital divide, loneliness - sparking a conversation about ageing societies that is often deferred. In this episode, Christa Möller-Metzger from the European Network of Green Seniors argues it's time for a new generational compromise built around connection, participation, and solidarity and to create inclusive spaces and build a society where people of all ages and backgrounds meet ...
Episode 58: The Foundational Economy for a Good Life
January 18, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 36.7 MBWhat kind of economy do we want? The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that some economic sectors are more important than others for meeting our basic needs and making a “good life” possible. Alexandra Strickner, Andreas Novy, Leonhard Plank, and Richard Bärnthaler explores new ways of seeing the economy, work, and contribution. Written by Alexandra Strickner, Andreas Novy, Leonhard Plank, and Richard Bärnthaler. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-fo...
Episode 57: Three Responses to the Crisis
December 30, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 49.2 MBSince the pandemic began, different countries have taken different approaches to the Covid19 crisis. In the last episode of this year, sociologist Jean De Munck maps the different government responses to the health crisis and reveals which system of government is key for a green future. Written by Jean De Munck. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/three-responses-to-the-crisis/. This article is from our new edition: Life Under Shock: Under...
Episode 56: Global Green Politics in a Time of Crisis
November 20, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this episode, Peter Newell asks: Has the time arrived for a global green politics? As the debate continues over ideas and visions about what the post-pandemic world could and should look like, it is time for Greens to make the case for a global green politics that lays out a real alternative to current ways of thinking about the economy, security, international development, and sustainability. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Peter...
How the Pandemic Has Hit Plastics Recycling
October 31, 2020 00:00 - 17 minutes - 41 MBSome said the pandemic had one upside: a chance for the environment to recover. However, such assumptions may be severely misguided. In this episode, Camille Nedelec debunks this myth and explores the ripple effects of the pandemic on plastic production and recycling. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Camille Nedelec. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text Version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-the-pandemic-has-hit-plastics-recycling/
Another State Is Possible: Greening the Levers of Power
October 12, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week, we're all about important questions! - How can people believe that the “climate fight” will be won if, at the national level, climate action is only paid lip service? - What kind of state is needed for a successful ecological transition? - What would a Green state look like? All explained in this episode. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Lucile Schmid. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text Version: https://www.greeneuropeanj...
The Green Surge in the French Locals Explained
September 21, 2020 00:00 - 14 minutes - 11.8 MBThis week, we're going to France. On June 28, the Greens of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) confirmed their role as change makers in French politics as the #GreenWave swept through the country in the second round of the local elections. Green-led coalitions now govern several key cities including Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Besançon, Tours, and Poitiers. How was this made possible? - Explained in this episode. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanj...
Basic Income and Pandemic Preparedness
September 03, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 30 MBLet's talk about #COVID19 and the economy! As a response to the pandemic, many governments have introduced short-term cash transfers for self-employed and precarious workers. But do these policies bring long-term resilience and security? The argument for a permanent, universal basic income grows stronger. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Jamie Cooke & Jurgen De Wispelaere. Read by Gail Rego. Text Version: https://www.greeneuropea...
On the Love and Rage of Extinction Rebellion
August 22, 2020 00:00 - 14 minutes - 33.6 MBThis episode is all about rebellion! Extinction Rebellion erupted in 2018 in the UK. It denounces the political inertia and obfuscation of “truth” that permeate climate change debates. Since then, XR has spread like wildfire and now gathers thousands of activists worldwide. In this episode, Louise Knops explores how the movement channels affect at a pivotal moment in which climate has become a concern for everyone, not just activists and academia. Looking forward, she asks how we c...
Resettling Villages, Unsettling Lives
August 10, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes - 46.2 MBThis week, we're going to Germany. As the energy transition debate continues, land-intensive extraction processes continue to displace villages across the German lignite belt. Based on their fieldwork, Paula Castro and Hannah Porada analyse the experiences of villagers near the Garzweiler mine in the Rhineland. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Paula Castro & Hannah Porada. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text Version: https://www.greeneuropean...
Putting Time at the Heart of Political Ecology
June 26, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, we're taking a break from everything to talk about 'time'. As millions are now working from home due to #COVID19, consistently, for the first time, we need to reconsider our relationships with time, work, leisure, and sleep and recognise the importance of an ecological appreciation of time. Produced by the Green European Journal (www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu). Written by Robert Magowan. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text Version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/putting-ti...
Resilience Under Shock: Time for a Paradigm Shift
June 03, 2020 00:00 - 11 minutes - 26.6 MBThe #Covid_19 pandemic has fundamentally questioned how society should be organised to ensure health and wellbeing for all. It’s time for a paradigm shift: from a sleepwalking society focused on profit, competition, and consumption, to a future-oriented one that prioritises investment, cooperation, and wellbeing. In this episode, Dirk Holemans argues that the guiding principle for recovery should be resilience and says “Let COVID-19 be a wake-up call that puts an end to sleepwalk...
After Industrialism: Reviving Nature in the 21st Century
April 27, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week, we are talking about ecologism which emerged as a critique of industrialism, the ideology that binds liberalism, conservativism, and socialism. It develops these three dominant political traditions by recognising nature as the basis for the human’s existence and development. Due to the crisis of the human in nature, the ecologisation of human society needs to happen now. Written by Reinhard Olschanski. Read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjour...