Year: 2021

Eco Weekend Fertival in Torremolinos

The ‘Eco Weekend’ Festival returns to Torremolinos to promote environmental awareness. It will be from September 10th to 12th at the “Pablo Ruiz Picasso Cultural Center” with about twenty stands and recreational and educational activities Torremolinos will be transformed into an eco-sustainable space to promote environmental awareness. It does so through the ‘Eco Weekend Festival’ […]

FREE Distributed Open Collaborative Course | GENDER EQUALITY PLANS IN PRACTICE

Join the Distributed Open Collaborative Course of the Gender Equality Academy in its highly interactive formats. Take the chance to learn from and exchange with experts and peers via an online e-learning platform. 7 mini-courses distilling among the best lessons of the GE Academy programme, to learn at your own pace over 2 months, test your knowledge through […]

Applications are open for 8 spanish participants for a project in Gdynia, Poland

Number of participants to select: 8 Project name: How to stop cyber harassment Project type: Erasmus + KA1 youth exchange Where and When: 5-11 September, Gdynia, Poland Hosting in Poland: Fundacja Wspierania Inicjatyw Rozwoju Lokalnego The Erasmus Plus program Erasmus Plus is the European Union program for Education, Training, Youth and Sport 2021-2027. The integrated […]

REDUCE IN CO2 EMISSIONS OF NEW CARS IN 2020

According to the European Environment Agency (EEA) provisional data, the average emissions of new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 2020 were 107.8 grams of CO2 per kilometre (g CO2/km). This was 14.5 g (12 %) lower than in 2019 and represented the first decrease observed since 2016. The […]

EU MUST LISTEN TO BLACK PEOPLE AND SUPPORT THE UN MECHANISM TO SPUR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY

On 12 July 2021 the UN High-Commissioner is presenting to the Human Rights Council (HRC) a report on systemic racism and police brutality around the world. The HRC will then decide how it follows up on this issue. A resolution put forward by the group of African States proposes to create an international and independent […]

GREEN HOMES FOR ACHIEVING CLIMATE NEUTRALITY

Greening our homes, buildings and public spaces is a crucial element of the EU’s strategy towards climate neutrality. Given its potential in terms of job creation and climate action, our so-called built environment has become one of the pillars of the European Green Deal. But for the sector to contribute to our climate and social goals […]

EU ECOLABEL TO FIGHT COSMETICS GREENWASHING

Green self-claims have proliferated in the cosmetics business. Many with no scientific evidence to back them up. To address this worrying trend, the EU will extend the Ecolabel scheme to all cosmetics in October, using more robust criteria thoroughly checked by NGOs. Consumers are becoming more and more aware of the impact of their actions […]

COVID-19 in EU: always more pollution from masks, gloves and other single-use plastics

The responses to COVID-19 have resulted in increased use of certain products made from long-lasting single-use plastics, according to the EEA briefing ‘Impacts of COVID-19 on single-use plastic in Europe’s environment’. Increased production and consumption of masks and gloves, which have been essential to protect people’s health, and certain types of food packaging resulted in […]