Green Wave

Renewable energy cooperatives and/or communities are the focus of our attention this week, and specifically their spread - albeit slow - in Central and Eastern Europe. 

Tackling three urgent crises in one - climate change, rising energy prices, and the need to find alternatives to Russian gas - renewable energy co-ops are needed today more than ever, and the EU has committed to supporting their spread across Europe. But huge obstacles lie in their path.

Seda Orhan from Climate Action Network (CAN) talks to members of pioneering cooperatives in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania about their vision and the way forward. 

Written by Seda Orhan.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/powering-up-energy-communities-in-central-and-eastern-europe/ 

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We’ve got a book review for you this week. Konrad Bleyer-Simon unpacks Road to Nowhere. Silicon Valley and the Future of Mobility by Paris Marx which sets out how the egoistic projects of tech billionaires such as Elon Musk have shaped our car-centred transport systems and what a vision centred around the needs of ordinary people would look like.

Written by Konrad Bleyer-Simon.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-the-transport-visions-of-tech-billionaires-are-a-dead-end/ 

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In this episode, we zoom in on Italy again. Join us to unpack the September 2022 elections which led to Italy's most right-wing government since Mussolini. What underlies the rise in support for the party now leading the country: Brothers of Italy? What was missing in the appeals of left and progressive parties to Italian voters? 

Written by Thomas Simon Mattia.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-were-italians-swayed-to-the-right-by-the-brothers-of-italy/ 

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In this episode, we tackle one of the most important questions of the decade. With global disruption and crises set to become the norm, how should Green parties navigate this new age of shocks? How can these tensions, rather than destabilising us, teach us about working together to carve a better future? Join us to find out.

This piece is from our newly-published winter issue: Priced Out: The Cost of Living in A Disrupted World, which helps us to understand the political trends and choices across Europe that got us into the cost of living crisis and to explore proposals and solutions. It's out now and available to read online and order straight to your door at www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu.

Written by Robert Magowan.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/a-climate-of-disruption/

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Welcome back! In this episode, we focus on one of the most important issues facing many of us: the cost of living crisis. It's time to question how we got here, look into the social and political effects of the crisis, and explore alternative ways of organising our society.

Hear from young people in Italy and experts who explain why under-35s in Italy are so acutely affected by precarity and unemployment and the failure of political parties across the spectrum to revive their hopes.

This piece is from our newly-published winter issue: Priced Out: The Cost of Living in A Disrupted World, which helps us to understand the political trends and choices across Europe that got us into the cost of living crisis and explore proposals and solutions. It's out now and available to read online and order straight to your door at www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu.

Written by Anna Tonolio.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/no-country-for-young-people/

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It's almost nine months since the start of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Rarely mentioned in coverage or analysis of the war is the ecological impact of it and how this is playing out today in Ukraine, one of the most heavily industrialised and polluted areas in the world. In this episode, we examine how war affects nature and public health in Ukraine for generations to come, and what the international community can do to mitigate this long-term damage.

Written by Dmytro Averin, Freek van der Vet, Iryna Nikolaieva, Nickolai Denisov.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-environmental-cost-of-the-war-in-ukraine/

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COP27 has just kicked off! 

Despite having official invitations to international climate summits, many young Global South organisers find their visa applications to European countries rejected, sometimes multiples times in a row. This episode looks at this under-explored exclusion which, if left unaddressed, undermines the legitimacy of international climate discussions. 
 
Written by Serag Heiba.
Read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/barred-from-the-climate-conversation/
 
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Welcome back! In this episode, we explore the concepts of citizenship and of nation states - two norms which are rarely questioned in Europe today - and how they are evolving in today's world. What do these shifts mean for the millions of people living and working abroad, especially in an era of climate breakdown, and how we can make sure the shift is for better and not worse?

Written by Aleksandra Savanović.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/after-modernity-citizenship-beyond-the-nation-state

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On 11 September, Sweden went to the polls to elect a new government. In this episode, we look into what the results might mean for the country, how Swedish politics has gradually shifted to the right and what happens next.

Written by Ann-Cathrine Jungar

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/swedish-elections-and-the-mainstreaming-of-the-far-right/

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