The Philosophy of the Climate Movement: “Doomism” or Action, and the Dilemma of Non-Violence
A grey summer sky does not always mean rain, sometimes it means flames. Why are wildfires getting worse each time?
Bumblebees Severely Struggled with Heatwaves Across Europe This Summer
Heatwaves and drought left bumblebee populations struggling this summer, pushing bees and colonies to overheat and locate food.
Reuse Before Recycling
Millions of football boots end up in landfills every year. In the UK a social enterprise is giving them a second life, showing why reuse can sometimes beat recycling.
AGRECOL TREES: First Year of Partnership with the ARCA DE RESCATE Foundation
The shelter “Arca de Rescate” began its collaboration at the beginning of 2026, and it shows that our project continues to grow, as a community and as the stewards of the trees.
Digital Product Passport (DPP): The Transparency Revolution Against Greenwashing
The Digital Product Passport turns sustainability from a marketing claim into verifiable information. Traceability, repairability, and environmental impact become practical tools against greenwashing.
Blue Water, Clear Water… Ever Rarer, Ever Dearer
Heat, drought and water scarcity. How do mountain environments cope with these challenges? What solutions are available, and who ultimately pays the highest price? Mountain huts and alpine farms are suffering… and perhaps, in one way or another, so are we all.
When Clouds Bring No Rain: Why our Landscapes Burn
A grey summer sky does not always mean rain, sometimes it means flames. Why are wildfires getting worse each time?
The Appian Way: A Uniquely Italian Story
The story of one of the world’s oldest roads, yet one that remains unknown to most people. A firsthand account of the complicated relationship between people and the land they inhabit.
The Environmental Cost of a Widespread World Cup
From excessive travel to the risk of greenwashing, the 2026 World Cup is putting FIFA’s commitment to environmental sustainability to the test.
AGRECOL TREES: The Experience of the Corralones Neighborhood Organization
At the Spring 2026 meeting, the Corralones Neighborhood Organization shared how seedlings adopted by neighbors grew strong. Now follow-up and training are needed: in 5 years, these trees will bring fruit and shade.
Mesocosms at their finest: The Earth’s Digital Twin
A supercomputer in Europe simulates floods, submerged streets and ecosystem impacts. Destination Earth is creating a real-time, highly accurate virtual model of our planet to predict and shape the future.
Beyond the Final Whistle
Between innovation and the tonnes of CO₂ emitted by air travel, the 2026 FIFA World Cup highlights all the contradictions surrounding environmental sustainability at major sporting events.
An Updated Case Study on the Ocean Cleanup
If current trends continue, plastic could outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050. This case study examines how The Ocean Cleanup is scaling its solutions to address this growing challenge.
Sh*tty Waters: The UK’s Sewage Scandal
Warm weather invites thoughts of a refreshing swim in nature, yet a grim reality hides beneath the surface: the UK’s sewage crisis, now in the spotlight, still endangers public health and aquatic life.
AGRECOL TREES: Maria Cristina Male Guardians’ Approach
Since 2021, the María Cristina Center in Cochabamba has planted fruit trees, involving youth with disabilities as guardians, fostering skills and community.
Nature’s Rights: Ecosystems that Had to Become People
Why does it seem easier for companies to have legal rights than living ecosystems? The case of the Mar Menor lies some questions about our relationship with Nature.
From Coal Mines to Wind Farms: Who is Paying the Price for the Transition in Colombia?
From coal mines to wind farms: Colombia faces the energy transition between economic opportunities and local communities seeking a just and inclusive transition.
AGRECOL TREES: Interview with the Staff and the Guardians of the Caramanca Center
In Caramarca Center, 27 elders tend fruit trees planted by Agrecol Trees. Despite cold winters, apple and lemon trees now bear fruit, honoring past guardians and growing self-sufficiency for the community.
No Sport Without Nature
BENCHES redefines the relationship between sport and nature, which is no longer merely a backdrop but a resource that must be protected for the survival of many sport events.
Remote Sensing Reconstructs Forests, Cities, and Landscapes
DTM, DSM, CHM and how many other acronyms? Today, technology allows us to measure the territory without being there. From the size of fields to the height of trees, remote sensing makes it possible to read the world from above (and beyond).
Green Literature: Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Is this an environmental manifesto or something closer to anti-environmentalism? This thought-provoking book questions everything we assume about saving the planet, and might leave you rethinking about it as well.
The World’s Oldest Sip: Is Iceberg Water the Ultimate Luxury?
From 10,000-year-old icebergs to $166/liter bottles: iceberg water is ultra-pure and ultra-expensive. Yet its extraction clashes with climate goals and Arctic fragility.
Can the Middle East War Accelerate the EU Energy Transition?
With the war in Iran and oil prices soaring to $110 a barrel, Europe finds itself holding its breath. But could this energy crisis be the opportunity for a definitive green transition and energy independence?
Green Literature: Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, and Solarpunk
When every story about the future ends up in collapse, imagining a better future becomes harder. But now, a new type of storytelling is emerging: what if the most radical thing to do is not to save the world, but to live gently in it?
The Memory of the Ice
The Ice Memory Foundation preserves the climate record for future generations by storing ice samples that are likely to disappear in Antarctica.
AGRECOL TREES: The First 2026 Meeting with the Tree Guardians
Raising awareness of environmental social projects matters — they boost quality of life at both local and global levels. This update on our Agrecol Trees Project broadens the tree guardians’ community and its mission.
Climate Change: What Happened in the Past?
The climate has always changed; however, not all changes are the same. The question, therefore, is not whether the climate has changed, but how much, how quickly, and through which mechanisms.
From Climate Refugees to Innovators of Resilience: The Experience of Tuvalu
Tuvalu, the world’s fourth smallest nation, is fighting climate change with small funds and LiDAR tech. Can this tiny atoll reclaim the land from the ocean and build a new global model of resilience?
Behind the Lens and Beyond the Microphone: Studying Wildlife with AI
As AI transforms global biodiversity monitoring, machine listening decodes species from vast sound data—yet real benefits for nature and people hinge on addressing ethical and socio-political challenges.
Green Literature: Mountains, Burnout, and Consumerism
How many ways of living can coexist on our planet? In Ways of Being Alive, Baptiste Morizot rethinks coexistence among all living beings, proposing a new ethical and political framework for life on Earth.
The Silent Mysteries of the Forest
Shy plants, gusts of wind, dry branches, hidden movements: what on earth is this forest up to?
Ambler Road: Through Alaska’s Frozen Lands
Ambler Road: 211 miles across Arctic ice for crude oil and heavy metals. A new chapter in the global race for resources — and a growing challenge to sustainability.
Artificial Intelligence and Circular Economy: the New Frontier of Waste Management
Artificial Intelligence can reshape waste management by optimizing recycling, and helping cities become smarter, greener, and more sustainable. Is this the future of our urban world?
Beyond the Olympic Rings – The Cost of Sustainability
Ignored local voices, temporary city infrastructures, spiraling costs, and governance gaps. Behind the Olympic spotlight, social tensions and contested legacies emerge.
Beyond the Olympic Rings – The Alpine Challenge
Endless construction sites, deforested woods, water diverted from the land, and spiraling costs. Behind the green image lies the shadows of an Olympics that are anything but sustainable.
Green Literature: Ways of Being Alive
How many ways of living can coexist on our planet? In Ways of Being Alive, Baptiste Morizot rethinks coexistence among all living beings, proposing a new ethical and political framework for life on Earth.
Little Pasture, Who Made Thee?
A lamb, a pasture, a question that is only seemingly naïve. Behind the bucolic image lies a complex ecosystem, co-constructed by humans and nature, fragile and far from self-evident.
The Himalayan Challenge: Power for China, Tension for Everyone
One river, two names, a disputed destiny: the Medog dam on the Yarlung-Brahmaputra promises energy — but risks sweeping away both natural and political balance.
Fast Fashion – When Dressing Costs Less, What Is The Price?
A Christmas sweater becomes the prompt to question the contradictions of fashion: fast fashion, low prices, waste, and alternatives that don’t always work as we believe.
Egg Prices and the Cost of a Fragile Ecosystem
Rising egg prices may seem like an isolated problem. Still, they actually reveal a story of animal diseases, intensive farming, and how environmental degradation and biodiversity loss can impact our public health.
