“What’s Cooking”: the new UNEP report on animal agriculture rumbles during COP28

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After years of careful wording and even censorship on communicating the real impact of animal agriculture on the planet, UNEP is finally taking a stronger stance. On December 8th, the UNEP published “What’s Cooking”, a report that focuses specifically on the potential alternative proteins, which include plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived meat. Animal-source foods (ASF) contribute … Read more

Liter of life: the open source technology serving people

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Linked to fundamental rights and human dignity, (unlimited) access to electricity is still today a prerogative of developed countries, while many areas in the global south have none. Liter of Light is a global, grassroots movement committed to providing affordable, sustainable solar light to people with limited or no access to electricity. Developed in the … Read more

Renoon: a start-up that helps you out to buy the right clothes!

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Launched in 2020 by a team of Italian and Dutch young people, Renoon is a start-up that aims to make the fashion industry transparent, by bringing together brands, rental platforms, marketplaces, and products that respect the attributes of sustainability, defined by a specific framework. How does it work? Renoon is an independent platform that allows … Read more

The long way to an EU Natural Restoration Law

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On the 22nd of June 2022, the European Commission adopted the proposal for a regulation on EU Nature Restoration Law, with the aim to curb the loss of biodiversity and restore natural areas. This proposal results from a decade in which the EU has not been able to mitigate the loss of its biodiversity, as … Read more

The Impact of Fashion Revolution Week on Civil Society & Environment

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The Fashion Revolution Week is the annual campaign organized by the global movement “Fashion Revolution” which gathers activists from the civil society. Designers, academics, writers, business leaders, policymakers, brands, retailers, marketers, producers, makers, workers, and fashion lovers take part to this seven-day long action in order to raise awareness on a sustainable fashion industry. Founded … Read more

“Low prices, high costs”: how EU Trade Agreements impact on environment

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The Young Fair-Trade Advocates, a group of young activists linked to the Fair-Trade Movement, have organized a four-encounters online event called “International Youth Dialogues” aimed at discussing the impact of European Union Trade Agreements in the Global South, namely in the field of labour rights, prices, gender issues, and environment. What are EU Trade Agreements? … Read more

Urban Nature Atlas: useful tool for the ecologic transition in cities

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The Urban Nature Atlas (UNA) is a wide opensource database funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 which “aims to inform, inspire and enable everyone interested in bringing their transformative power to bear on the cities of the future”. Started in 2017 by the Central European University in collaboration with the Ecologic Institute and the Durham … Read more

No future without climate, social and trade justice

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The YFTAs policy recommendations presented at the European Parliament From the 10th to the 13th of October, I participated to the Fair Trade Advocacy Marathon in Brussels. Above all, it has been a unique opportunity to present and discuss the document containing 45 policy recommendations targeting the EU institutions to act in accordance with existing … Read more

“The Times They Are A-Changin’” – A comment on the first European Vegan Summit

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From 15th to 18th September an innovative online event took place: the European Vegan Summit, the very first of his kind organized in Europe. Under the patronage of the European Parliament and set up by various vegan and environmentalist organizations, it hosted 12 different talks in 4 days with more than 70 speakers, among activists, … Read more