Green Wave

In a France dominated by leaders without movements and rocked by movements without leaders, can political ecology build on EU election success to help fix the crisis of representation?

Written by Alain Lipietz and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/metooep-rooting-out-sexual-harassment-in-the-european-parliament/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

The #MeToo movement showed that sexist treatment and abuse remains a pervasive and universal problem - and the political sphere is no exception. MeTooEP has shone a light on the sexual harrassment taking place in the European Parliament, but despite important progress in tackling it, much remains to be done.

Written by Beatrice White and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/metooep-rooting-out-sexual-harassment-in-the-european-parliament/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

As some Green parties move closer to entering government, looking to paths already trodden by Greens in Sweden and Finland proves illuminating.

Written by Simon Otjes and read by Julia Lagoutte. Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/pathways-to-power-how-green-parties-join-governments/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

In the face of rising national populism, rather than seeking to combat these forces on their own terms, Green and progressive politicians can instead turn to a far more effective rhetorical tool.

Written by Marta Loja Neves & Rui Tavares and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-categorical-mistake-of-looking-for-an-answer-to-national-populism/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

Trials in recent years, an advanced national debate and a new progressive majority in Parliament make Finland a key context to follow for basic income developments.
Written by Simo Raittila and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-future-of-basic-income-in-finland/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

Extinction Rebellion is part of a global movement that is forcing climate and environmental issues into the mainstream. Their success is based on widespread recognition of the legitimacy of their demands and action – but not before the law, as the first prosecutions of activists in the United Kingdom demonstrate. Jeff Justice draws on political theory and environmental philosophy to argue that when government inaction and irresponsibility puts people’s security at risk, rebellion is justified.

Written by Jeff Justice and read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-the-extinction-rebellion-movement-is-morally-justified
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

André Gorz, a key thinker of political ecology, owes his popularity in part to his radical critique of work. His exhortation to “exit from work”, though undoubtedly utopian, provides us with the opportunity to reflect on what we mean by ‘work’ and on the dominant place we afford it.

Written by Françoise Gollain and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/questioning-the-centrality-of-work-with-andre-gorz/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

On Friday 20 September, thousands of children will once again take to the streets in the name of the planet – and this time they call for adults to strike with them. Philosopher Joëlle Zask considers how the conscience and clarity of the young climate protestors upturns notions of minority and majority in political society, and has made them the guardians of humanity's future.

Written by Joëlle Zask and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/youth-lead-the-way-on-the-climate-emergency/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

Tracing the rise of transhumanism, a movement inspired by the possibilities of developments from artificial intelligence to biogenetics. But this techno-utopian philosophy provides no answer to our social and environmental crises.


Written by Carmen Madorrán Ayerra and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/an-eco-social-perspective-on-transhumanism/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal

Is an end to scarcity in sight? American companies are preparing to tap a vast source of raw materials on celestial bodies. But space mining is also a source of conflict, as the global commons of outer space are being enclosed, repeating patterns of appropriation of our own planet’s resources.

Written by Liesbeth Beneder & Richard Wouters and read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/cosmic-bonanza-mining-in-outer-space/
Twitter: twitter.com/GreenEUJournal
Facebook: facebook.com/greeneuropeanjournal