João Fonseca, Portugal, 14 years old The Douro Demarcated Region is suffering climate change’s impacts with serious consequences for the region’s economy. Earth’s termical balance is being compromised due to the acumulation […]
Marie Drahoňovská, the Czech Republic The Wenceslas Square slowly fills up with the curious ones, who came to see the non-traditional New Years Eve celebration. Instead of traditional firework, the Municipality of […]
Lara Carolina da Silva Oliveira, Portugal, 12 years old Nurse Lurdes Silva on the front line, gives straight answers to some important questions about COVID – 19 and explains why our personal […]
Ysgol Clwyedog, Wales and Colegio Enriquez Soler, Spain YRE students from Wrexham, Wales and Melilla, Spain share their experiences of lockdown and what they are most looking forward to in the future. […]
Diogo & Luís Martins, Portugal – 13 and 16 years old During this period of social confinement, the world stopped, but did we stop to think about the positive aspects and mitigate […]
This year, our young Eco reporters of Primary school “Radoje Cizmovic”, Niksic, Montenegro have celebrated Earth Day once again.
Topic: My planet in one photo.
Aim of the activity: To preserve the ecological stability of nature, the quantity and quality of natural resources.
Matthew, Malta, 18 Economies grinding to an abrupt halt. The masses purchasing a maddening amount of toilet paper and non-perishable foods. The bewildering number of people sharing fake news on social media. […]
Luís Martins, Portugal – 13 years old The ‘Jornada Principal, environmental association, promises to intensify the protests against the landfill in Sobrado, in the municipality of Valongo. The movement will spread black […]
On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus a pandemic, leading to many changes in our habits. As we were forced to take a series of preventive measures, our lifestyle saw a complete overhaul. Now, we have to learn as a society a new way how to socialize in spite of the anxiety and uncertainty about our future. How does this pandemic affect us socially and individually? Should we stick to our past (wrong) ways of living or do we reinvent ourselves?
Portugal is currently in quarantine due to the coronavirus, which has created chaos worldwide. Despite having to stay in his forties, it seems to be something simple, it becomes a harsh reality for which society has woken up and has shown difficulties in dealing with this new challenge that has been posed to us.
However, this new reality has revealed signs that some pollution indicators have decreased dramatically, motivated by the slowdown in industrial production and mass tourism. However, there is an aspect that is in the minds of many, the excessive exposure to external dependence on essential products. In light of this, there are small solutions that could make our society more sustainable. Some of these solutions include having a vegetable garden at home or even a chicken, which could alleviate the frenzy that causes hoarding acts that we can all easily observe.
