Sofia’s residents have watched their city suffer under corrupt management and pollution for decades. However, Bulgaria’s “transition generation” refuses to wait for change. They are taking matters into their own hands, transforming neglected spaces into ecological havens.🪡

🔄 Our best hope for effective climate action lies in a new approach to communication that temporarily breaks the boundaries of liberalism. As @climatechr1s.bsky.social argues, we should stop making promises about 2050 and start rebuilding social infrastructure now. Full story👇

Europe’s race for critical minerals in Norway and Sweden’s Sámi lands has put the green transition on a collision course with Indigenous rights. In response, reindeer herders are blocking mines that threaten their millennia-old way of life. How can the EU find a balance?

Fifty years after Franco's death, his brutal legacy still haunts Spanish society. With far-right parties refusing to condemn the dictatorship, experts believe educating society is crucial to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

The Czech Ore Mountains are finally recovering from decades of coal mining and heavy industry. Former quarries have transformed into recreational lakes, and tourism is developing. Yet a new extractive project threatens this fragile revival: lithium mining in the Cínovec area.

Migration dominates the Dutch political debate. What is the root of this obsession, given the country’s average asylum rates and its constant need for economic labour migrants?

Europe is scrambling to catch up in the global AI race. But in doing so, are we abandoning the very values that should define our approach?

Italy’s renewable energy boom is transforming the Po Valley into a battleground between climate goals and food production. As solar companies uproot farmland, farmers face an impossible choice: sell out or watch their way of life disappear.

Europe’s 2025 wildfire season broke all previous records, and Spain was the hardest-hit EU country. While citizens showed notable solidarity to fight the flames, political polarisation stalled desperately needed climate adaptation.

Europe’s hard-won pesticide bans risk a rollback as deregulation gets dressed up as “simplification”. When France attempted to reauthorise a banned neonicotinoid, two million citizens opposed it. But in the long run, the future of farming is still fragile.

Russia’s war on its neighbour has caused widespread damage and destruction, but it has also revealed that Ukraine needs to transform its energy systems. Building a greener, less centralised, and more efficient power grid is a matter of national defence, writes Martin Vrba.

With Czech elections days away, the Greens and Pirates are running together for the first time. Can this cooperation bring back a Green MP after more than 15 years?

Italy’s agricultural holdings have halved in twenty years. The Common Agricultural Policy has fostered a system in which many farmers “cultivate the subsidy rather than the field.” Small farms that care about sustainability barely survive.

With Czech elections days away, the Greens and Pirates are running together for the first time. Can this cooperation bring back a Green MP after more than 15 years?

Have you ever had to deal with the #ChillDude prototype? 🕶️ In our collaboration with @greeneujournal.bsky.social, we discuss the weaponised disconnect of those white guys who think that dealing with climate is too stressful, amirite? Read more 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/white-guy-...

Once referred to as the “boiler room” of Europe, Moravia-Silesia is preparing to phase out coal production. But amidst political corruption, social exclusion, and the absence of a coherent vision, can the Czech region build a viable future for its inhabitants? Full article on our website:

Has a male partner, friend, or family member ever told you to “just chill” when you were angry over politics or climate change? You’re not alone. Cass Hebron breaks down how men resort to indifference to hide away from the many problems of our world.

A new political hybrid is emerging across Europe. Known as “conservative socialism”, it mixes socialist economics with anti-immigration views and opposition to minority rights. This unusual combination has blurred the traditional lines between Left and Right.🧵

On 28 September, Moldovans will head to the polls for parliamentary elections. Amidst well-documented Russian interference, a fragmented political landscape, and competing media narratives, will Moldova continue on its European course? Full article on our website:

Many Global South countries no longer feel bound to major powers and are prioritising their interests over strict alliances. How can Europe and Ukraine reach out to these nations without appealing to a supposed moral superiority?

Thirty years after his passing, Italian Green politician Alexander Langer’s vision of making peace desirable rather than merely necessary feels remarkably prescient.🧵

In 2005, the EU welcomed Israel’s “Gaza disengagement” plan, which froze rather than mitigated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Europe risks repeating the same mistake by offering symbolic recognition without concrete steps to transfer Palestinian sovereignty.

Climate change contributes to water scarcity, but like abundance, scarcity is often the result of unequal power relations rather than natural limits. Could post-growth approaches help us reimagine our failing water systems? An Interview with Lyla Mehta.

Compared to other European countries, Albania has the largest share of public forests. However, this may soon no longer be the case. 🧵

Conservation brought back Europe’s wolves and bears from the brink, but politics is threatening them once again. The EU has moved to weaken protections despite evidence that coexistence with large carnivores is possible. Read the investigation on our website⬇️

The far right projects unity across Europe, celebrating victories and sharing anti-elite rhetoric. Beneath the surface, however, this family is divided, driven by competing economic interests and serving different factions of capital.🪡

On Friday, President Aleksandar Vučić called two EU Green Party officials “scum” after they joined students in Novi Sad, the city where the collapse of a train station canopy last year sparked the biggest protests in Serbian history. But can the movement reshape Serbia’s democracy?

🛢️Norway has doubled down on oil and gas investments after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With elections looming, can smaller parties break the fossil consensus? Interview with @elinlb.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/norways-elec...

Greece has faced increasingly devastating wildfires in recent years as temperatures have soared to record highs. With over 9,000 wildfires in 2024 and seasonal firefighters stretched thin, an unlikely group of heroes has emerged from the shadows of the Exarcheia neighbourhood. 🪡

The advancements of our species would not have been possible without the universalisation of reading. The decline of deep engagement with books risks endangering democracy and science. As AI becomes prevalent, boosting the human capacity for abstract thinking is crucial.

“We must not be afraid to enter a world of war ecology,” the French Ecological Transition Minister told the media recently. But what does this concept mean, and why is it important today? Read Edouard Gaudot’s interview with @picharbonnier.bsky.social: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/if-you-want-...

🛢️Norway has doubled down on oil and gas investments after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With elections looming, can smaller parties break the fossil consensus? Interview with @elinlb.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/norways-elec...

In drought-stricken Talavera de la Reina, Spain, Meta is building a 1.1 billion-euro data centre that will consume 665 million litres of drinking water annually. 🪡

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🚗 Pontevedra, in Galicia, flipped the script: pedestrians first, cars last. The result? Zero road deaths for a decade, 90% of residents walk or cycle, CO2 down 67%. Proof that cities can prioritise residents over vehicles.

🌱In Ecuador, gold mining is contaminating rivers, devastating forests, and endangering locals. But Yuturi Warmi, the first women-led Indigenous guard, is determined to protect their land and the future of the Amazon.

👴👵As Europe’s population ages, striking a balance between social rights and pension viability grows more challenging yet urgent. How can governments ensure a dignified life for pension-age workers – whether they wish to retire or stay active?

Under Giorgia Meloni’s leadership, Italy has seen a systematic erosion of media freedom. What began as a promised “change of narrative” has quickly turned into a “single narrative”.🪡

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🌐In an era of climate breakdown and rising inequality, geography offers the tools to see connections that geopolitics often overlooks. While globalisation has diminished geography’s perceived importance, the discipline has never been more vital for tackling climate change and spatial inequality. 🪡

Trump’s unpopular policies have left Democrats an opening. Yet with no clear leadership or bold vision, the party is missing its moment. Grassroots energy is rising, but will they act before it’s too late?

From Bosnia to Ukraine, neoliberal peace-building has failed. Instead of sustainable peace, post-conflict recovery becomes a profit opportunity for capital while communities suffer. We need feminist alternatives that centre affected people, not elites.

In Italy, only 7 out of every 100 euros consumers spend on agricultural products goes to farmers as net profit, with the majority going to logistics companies and retailers. Why do farmers receive so little?🪡

🌍Why does the same "clean" energy source spark protests in Italy but celebration in Romania? Geothermal energy reveals how scale, approach, and community involvement can make or break renewable projects across Europe.

📢 Send us your #pitches! Our next edition will explore what Culture and Democracy can do for each other. We're looking for... ✍️ Essays and interviews 📷 Photo essays 🖌️ Comics/graphic journalism ⏰ Deadline: 5 September 2025. Learn more: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/call-for-pit...

🌾Why do those living the most frugal, eco-conscious lives rarely call themselves “green”? In rural France, subsistence lifestyles challenge dominant environmental norms and raise deeper questions about class, identity, and justice.

Freedom has been hijacked by reactionary forces who present themselves as the true champions of liberty against “woke” movements. They’ve turned ecology into the enemy – painting climate action as “green fanaticism” and the Green Deal as tyranny. What is the post-growth alternative?🪡

In just 50 years, Europe’s Greens have gone from outsiders to key political players. But caught in their movement-party spirit, can they transform their values into a shared vision that speaks to people’s lives and meets the urgency of our time?

Barcelona plans to expand El Prat, Europe’s 6th busiest airport. But despite authorities' claims about the project’s economic benefits, the expansion seems designed to line the pockets of private stakeholders.

In what has been dubbed the “crypto week”, the US Congress has approved three major bills that clear the way for the cryptocurrency industry to operate more freely. But can crypto deliver the sort of positive financial revolution that its proponents claim? www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-myth-of-...