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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
When Policy Becomes the Risk: The EU’s Internal Climate Threat
When policy becomes the biggest risk: the EU is weakening its own climate commitments from within. Between dangerous compromises and unexpected alliances, Europe’s leadership is suddenly on shaky ground.
A Living Mountain
The new mountain law promises protection and development, but it remains to be seen whether its measures can truly make these territories more vibrant and attractive.
Food for Thought: Rethinking the Way We Eat
A third of our food is wasted while millions go hungry, draining resources and warming the planet and small daily choices can help break the cycle. Let’s review a couple of options!
COP30 in Belèm
COP30 in Belém seeks a turning point to balance commitments with concrete climate action. Between climate justice, Amazonian forests and a fair global transition.
Eco-Emotions: How to Use Them Against the Ecological Crisis
Between awe and sorrow, the vanishing glaciers leave us with a choice: be frozen by eco-anxiety or turn our anger into action for the planet.
Planning Landscapes and Cities
Landscape and urban planning face environmental and social challenges: shared responsibility and participation foster resilient, transformative spaces.
Sustainability at a Crossroads between Resistance and Resilience
Sustainability stands at a crossroads: facing resistance from politics and markets, yet rooted in tech, laws, and society—quietly shaping our future beyond the headlines.
Will Bicycles Save the Big Cities?
Can cars and pedestrians coexist in large cities? The number of cars is growing, and Italian mobility is unsustainable. Will the bicycle be the ideal way to get around metropolises?
Sustainability Implications of Dutch Far-right Victory
The far-right victory of Dutch populist Geert Wilders fits into the growing right-wing sentiment in Europe. GreenMarked explored the implications of this election result for sustainability in the Netherlands.
A New Green Mobility Plan for Trento, Italy
The city of Trento sustains high levels of traffic every day. The city council has recently approved a new Green Mobility Plan that defines objectives and actions to promote local sustainable mobility.
Green Energy: definitive solution or band-aid?
With the Renewable Energy Directive, the Spanish government proposed to abolish the need of Environmental Impact Assessment for “Green Energy facilities”.
What are Companies’ Green Claims Built On?
You have most likely seen internationally renowned companies’ claims that their products are “carbon neutral”. But what are these green claims built on?
Eco-Villages 2.0: Opportunity or Danger?
Eco-villages connect people and nature to create regenerative, more than sustainable communities. Differently from the original ones of the ‘70s, Eco-Villages 2.0 are orchestrated through internet and artificial intelligence.
Brazil’s 2023 Environmental Agenda: First Steps towards Reintegration
Lula is Brazil’s new official president. At COP 27 he delivered a strong environmental message to the world: “Brazil will stand for the Amazon and the indigenous people living in there”
Protected Areas and Tourism for Trentino’s Sustainable Development
Thanks to an idea of a decade ago, sustainable tourism has enhanced the natural and cultural value of Trentino’s protected areas.
Italy’s Wood to Fight against the Energy Crisis: Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Thanks to its well-developed forestry sector, Italy can use its wood-energy industry to tackle today’s energy and economic crisis and pave the path towards a true “Forest Sovereignty”.
The (Long) Way to Recycle Photovoltaic Panels
Some innovations from Australia and Italy can offer a way to handle the tons of photovoltaic panels in use right now before they become waste.
The Provincial Environmental Energy Plan 2021-2030 of the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Trentino has approved a cutting-edge Environmental Energy plan for 2021-2030, focusing on actions to save energy, increase the efficiency of homes and industries, and boost electricity generation from renewable sources.
8 billion. Are we not too many?
By 2050 there will probably be 10 billion people living on Earth. Without any development plan focused on energy and natural resources regeneration, aren’t we too many?
Climate friendly post-COVID traveling
Now that many countries are slowly readapting to a post-Covid era, will people’s travel habits change? Will environmental unsustainable cheap flights still exist?
With the Russian-Ukrainian war natural gas is out of the game. Is the European Union’s Green Deal derailing?
Renewables are not yet enough to help the EU reach total energy independence. In January, the Parliament decided to bet on nuclear power. How green is this bet?
How much water does your 24-hours day consume?
How much water do we use every day? Understanding how we use water is crucial to tackle the water crisis and sustain the freshwater demand of all beings.
A participatory process for Trentino’s Sustainable Development
Thanks to a participatory process that involved citizens, students, experts, authorities, NGOs, and tourism agencies, Trentino became a cutting-edge province in terms of sustainable development.
A European proposal: nuclear and natural gas labeled as “green energy”. Is it greenwashing?
To drop coal Europe needs new ways to generate green energy. Is labelling nuclear and natural gas as green energy a greenwashing or sustainable strategy?
Five Golden Threads – A roadmap to spread agroecology in Trentino
Five golden threads are the five steps we, as GreenMarked, have used to spread agroecology in Trentino. Looking back at the road we travelled, what do we still need to prosper?
Trentino Clima 2021-2023: Countermeasures to mitigate the climate crisis in Trentino
Providing the provincial administration with guidelines to contrast the climate crisis locally, the Trentino Clima 2021-2023 Plan is an excellent example of virtuous engagement between public and private bodies.
A school, windstorm Vaia and Alpine forests restoration
A tree planting activity in Trentino has taught secondary school students about extreme events, reforestation and the human impact on Alpine forests.
An organic district for the Province of Trento: rejected, but…
The referendum to establish a provincial organic district in Trentino was rejected but it shows that more than 65,000 Trentino citizens want a more sustainable type of agriculture.
Who stands for the organic district referendum?
Two days from referendum day, which political party has openly sided for and against the provincial organic district in Trentino?
Trentino and its farming sector. Time to return the favor for cleaner water courses
Due to farming products, the Adige river and many water courses in Val di Non have recorded exceedances of the admissible contamination thresholds.
Running in the usual direction
The high use of water-contaminating synthetic fertilizers and plant protection products, zero-biodiversity policy within the farmland are still the core values of the farming business in Trentino.
Applying the European Green Deal. Is the Netherlands Fit for 55?
The new “Fit for 55” legislation aims to reach 55 % net emissions reduction target by 2030, making Europe the first emission-neutral continent. Is the Netherlands ready for “Fit for 55”?
Royal Dutch Shell forced to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions
Shell lost the trial against Friends of the Earth – Netherlands and will have to drop their CO2 emissions by 45 % by the end of 2030. For the second time, a Dutch Jury has charged an oil company for climate responsibility.
