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Microbes matter: Everything you need to know about fermentation
We could close down farms, and start producing food from microbes instead. Doing so will avoid animal suffering, and make space for...
Nov 10, 20228 min read

Notes from COP27: Climate-vulnerable nations want more than 'loss and damage' - they want prosperity
WePlanet’s campaign director Joel Scott-Halkes, reporting from the UN Climate Change Conference. Vice President Faisal Naseem of the...
Nov 8, 20223 min read

COP27: The Human Rights Watch report on Egypt
WePlanet, attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is disturbed to discover that the Human...
Nov 7, 202235 min read

How my visit to one of Europe’s last untouched forests gave me a glimpse into our past and future
Along with others at WePlanet, Iida Ruishalme visited the b ison forests of Białowieża on the way to our conference in Warsaw on Oc tober...
Nov 4, 20227 min read


Finland's Green Party shows how nuclear can make a comeback in Europe
For Palladium magazine, WePlanet's Tea Törmänen wrote a piece, with Marco Visscher, on how green activists like herself have changed the...
Nov 1, 20222 min read

Webinar: Reboot Food! How farming is killing the planet and how science could save it
Join George Monbiot, Gunhild Stordalen and Hanna Tuomisto in WePlanet's special webinar on November 16th, starting 19:30 CET. What’s the...
Oct 27, 20222 min read


‘Africa should speak for itself on GMOs’
Kenya recently lifted a 10-year-old ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified food. We caught up with Patricia...
Oct 26, 20225 min read

Martin Rees wants you to be an evangelist for new technology
Internationally renowned astrophysicist Martin Rees recently delivered a talk exploring the future, advocating for science to empower us...
Oct 24, 20225 min read

My struggles with ethical eating: How I lost my way with food
When Simon Friederich stopped eating meat, he didn't stop asking questions. Can we really avoid animal suffering when we stop producing...
Oct 14, 20226 min read


The unsensational truth about nuclear power: Does disaster loom in Zaporizhzhya?
With fights breaking out near Zaporizhzhya’s nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the spectre of an immense disaster looms. Or does it? By...
Oct 10, 20228 min read

WePlanet announces new Secretary General
The Board of environmental NGO WePlanet is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolina Lisslö Gylfe as Secretary General. Since 2021,...
Oct 4, 20222 min read


The WePlanet Sessions 2022: A day in photos
On October 2, members and supporters of WePlanet from around Europe came to Warsaw, Poland, for our first annual conference. The...
Oct 3, 20221 min read


What defending science means when you're an environmentalist
Mark Lynas, one of the driving forces behind WePlanet, kicked off our conference in Warsaw, Poland, A New Hope: The WePlanet Sessions...
Oct 3, 202210 min read

Europe's struggle to understand energy economics
How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group WePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp...
Sep 28, 20227 min read


Cultivated meat needs a juicy story
Cultivated meat is in the delivery room. From America to Japan, several dozen companies are developing burgers and hot dogs that don’t...
Sep 26, 20227 min read

Webinar, Jonathan Symons: Why the left should invest more to solve the climate crisis
Kicking off a series of webinars, WePlanet proudly presents: Jonathan Symons, author of Ecomodernism , on how the political left should...
Sep 22, 20221 min read

A New Hope: Join us for our Conference in Warsaw, Poland, or watch the livestream, October 2
We're excited to announce our first annual Conference. In a very short time, WePlanet has grown into a global citizen’s movement which...
Sep 17, 20222 min read


Why climate activists must accept the poor’s growing need for energy
Knowing that rallying works, and that global warming will eventually be stopped by the flourishing climate movement, Ralf Bodelier is...
Sep 8, 20225 min read


How technology can liberate animals
What is the most realistic way to achieve animal-free food worldwide? Getting everyone to switch to a plant-based diet will be a huge...
Aug 24, 20227 min read


How I came to love (and even hug) nuclear waste
For many years, we’ve heard nuclear waste is terrible and we should forget about building low-carbon nuclear power plants. But how bad is...
Aug 12, 20226 min read
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