Webinar
Towards a fair and sustainable food system: The Hidden Cost of Cheap Food
About the event: The food industry is one of the main factors behind biodiversity loss and the worsening of global inequalities. We aim to contribute to a better understanding of the food system as a tool for social change. It is vital to understand the different processes and exercise critical thinking, as actors in the […]
Towards a fair and sustainable food system: Food Sovereignty vs. Corporate Control
About the event: The food industry is one of the main factors behind biodiversity loss and the worsening of global inequalities. We aim to contribute to a better understanding of the food system as a tool for social change. It is vital to understand the different processes and exercise critical thinking, as actors in the […]
UBI & the COVID-19 pandemic
About the event “The Unconditional Basic Income is a periodic cash transfer granted to all members of a political community, without work requirement nor means-testing, and high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and participation in society”. During this event, we’ll put UBI on the spotlight as a driving solution to tackle poverty and […]
Towards a fair and sustainable food system: The Transformative Potential of Agroecology
About the event: The food industry is one of the main factors behind biodiversity loss and the worsening of global inequalities. We aim to contribute to a better understanding of the food system as a tool for social change. It is vital to understand the different processes and exercise critical thinking, as actors in the […]
How do we build Community Wealth?
Context A new model of economic development, called Community Wealth Building (CWB), is emerging in cities and communities all over Europe. These cities are challenging the dominant economic system that puts private capital accumulation above the basic needs of people. Local policymakers are building collaborative, inclusive, and locally controlled economies. During this event, we will […]
Pilot projects on UBI
About the event “The Unconditional Basic Income is a periodic cash transfer granted to all members of a political community, without work requirement nor means-testing, and high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and participation in society”. During this event, we will analyse some examples of UBI pilot projects that have been developed in […]
Dare to Care: Ecofeminism as Inspiration
About the Event The global Covid crisis brought healthcare into the spotlight. Care, however, extends beyond the strictly medical in that it includes everything we do to preserve and restore the world. The erosion of the welfare state, the plundering of the Global South and the crossing of planetary boundaries is alarming. There is also the […]
Through Value to Wealth: Sustainable Tourism in Serbia
About the Event Although tourism is well known for being an industry that stimulates the economy and the creation of new jobs, experience shows that its traditional way of development is detrimental to the environment, and therefore - to all of us. The jobs generated by mass tourism today are mostly seasonal and precarious, while much of the […]
Women* in Power
About the Event: This international conference brings together speakers from all over Turkey and Europe to highlight commonalities and explore the solidarity and struggles of gender studies in green policy. It is the second edition of the conference, and just like last year, we aim to bring together activists, politicians, and academics to share their […]
Green Post-Corona Talks Hrvatska
About the Event: This is a series of online discussions targeted towards young people interested in finding out more about the most pressing current issues in Croatia and who want to become more active in their communities. The talks will span topics such as workers’ rights, education, the green economy, and digitalisation, inviting experts to […]
Next Generation – A Feminist Perspective
About the Event This Green Red Dialogue confronts the European Union’s Next Generation EU fund, a fund created to support member states in their economic and social recovery and resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic. Such massive investment has a great impact in setting the EU’s economic path for generations to come, but are feminist issues […]
A just transition: between a bitter pill and sweet dreams
Context Transition is a word that arouses bad associations in the Western Balkans region. When talking about the transition, people usually first think of collapsing institutions, selling off public companies and social property. At a time when the Western Balkans are witnessing mass privatisation and commodification of natural resources, talks on green transition and transformation […]
Hydrogen and the Green Transition
About the Event Green hydrogen is produced from water and renewable energy. It can be used as an energy carrier and as a raw material, replacing fossil fuels. But its production requires a lot of green electricity, and green hydrogen will remain scarce well into the next decade. This webinar will run through oft-proposed solutions […]
Just Transition in the Western Balkans
About the Event While the EU has tried to extend some of its climate objectives to candidate countries via the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, civil society and other actors have raised questions as to what extent it meets the needs and will bring clear, transparent, and sustainable change to the region. Renewed efforts […]
Green-Red Dialogues: Ukraine and Europe’s New Role in the World
About the Event The devastating war in Ukraine is a humanitarian disaster, with horrific consequences for the country’s inhabitants and more lives lost every day. Europe has taken a leading role in the international response, not just because of proximity and the direct consequences that this unprecedented conflict is having for the continent, but also […]
City and countryside: so close, so far
About the event With around 55% of the world’s population living in urban areas (over 75% in Europe), building resilient cities has become a challenge. But to successfully meet this challenge, we cannot focus only on urban areas. The strategies put in place must consider the territory they are part of and their dependence on […]
Climate Change Impacts on Rural Women: Local Stories
About the Event Our planet is in danger, and there are people fighting for their homes daily whose voices are not being heard. Conversations and decision-making around the climate crisis too often highlight the voices and experiences of a limited few, depriving us of crucial perspectives in national and European conversations. Moreover, we know that […]
The Dark Side of the Cloud
Context When we think of the cloud, we imagine it as something ethereal, light and dematerialised. We don't visualise the millions of devices, thousands of kilometres of cables, gigantic data storage, and processing centres, or the satellites that make up its immense infrastructure. We don't conceive the enormous amount of mineral, water, and energy resources […]
Resilience in the City, How?
Context Resilient cities are able to withstand potential disasters, whether they are social, economic or geographical. The climate crisis, in particular, is affecting the way people live in cities more and more. It creates social injustices with the most vulnerable communities being affected the most. Some local governments in Europe address these challenges by adopting […]
Dare to Care Book Tour: Turkey
About the event Dare to Care offers readers a crash course in ecofeminism and invites you to get inspired by different people and movements across the world. In a Europe faced with interlocking crises, the book encourages us all to question the political and economic frameworks we see today and to consider how care, as […]
Dare to Care Book Tour: Poland
About the event Care includes everything we do to preserve and restore the world. The multiple crises, or perhaps polycrisis that we are facing, show the importance of daring to care. The erosion of the welfare state, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the plundering of the Global South, and the crossing of planetary boundaries are […]
Ecofeminism for All: A Queer Perspective (online)
About the Event For the past two years, the Green European Foundation and its partners across Europe have been exploring the concept of ecofeminism in all its facets, especially the lessons it holds for the multiple crises of care that our continent faces. At the same time, we trained a cohort of Feminist Climate Ambassadors, […]
Geopolitics of Post-Growth
About the event Scientists increasingly doubt whether we can stop the climate and ecological crises as long as our economy continues to grow. So we had better prepare for a future without GDP growth. In fact, the degrowth movement, which is rapidly gaining popularity among activists and scientists, advocates the deliberate scaling back of overproduction […]
How Can Greens and Progressives Influence NATO?
About the event: Green and progressive parties across Europe have historically held a sceptical view towards NATO, with many deeming such a military alliance incompatible with disarmament and a shift towards non-military solutions to international conflicts. The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine shifted some of these stances, prompting extensive internal and external debates within […]
Just Transition Sore Points
About the event What should justness mean in the context of the green transition? How could it be measured and guaranteed? What are the most troublesome questions to solve if we zoom into the Finnish context? Does the definition of justness differ between urban and rural areas? In this online event, researcher Teea Kortetmäki will […]
Post-Growth Geopolitics: Europe at a Crossroads
About the event Our current socio-economic model is leading us to a dead end, that's widely recognised. However, concerns abound that a Europe prioritising the abandonment of GDP growth as a policy goal may face potential disadvantages on the complex geopolitical chessboard. For the past year, GEF – with the support of its partners […]