Who doesn’t wonder why more of our appliances are not being repaired? A variety of initiatives, including repair cafés, are actively engaged in this field. Additionally, an important concept is the “repair bonus” offered by municipalities. Mouvement Ecologique made detailed suggestions to the communes, how to introduce  such a bonus on a local level – so please call on your local authority if you think such thing is needed!

Thursday, March 21st, 2024 at 6.15 PM at the Oekozenter Pafendall – 6, rue Vauban, Luxembourg

Recently, Mouvement Ecologique and Oekozenter Pafendall had an exchange with Minister Martine Hansen and representatives of the Directorate for Consumer Protection about the ministry’s role and the possible introduction of a national repair bonus.

Remember: Last year, Restopolis, the structure responsible for school canteens, partially revised its purchasing policy. Much more emphasis is to be placed on purchasing organic and regional products. The project – called supply4future (S4F) – is currently being trialled at 13 schools. The aim is to expand the project based on the experience gained in the participating pilot schools.

According to our information, parts of the Luxembourg hunting community are in favour of lifting or reversing the ban on fox hunting. In the opinion of the Mouvement Ecologique, this ban must be maintained without any ifs or buts, as there are simply no technically sound arguments for hunting this predator again.

The financing of the pension system currently requires considerable growth. The Mouvement Ecologique is fundamentally convinced that these growth rates are not sustainable. However, the question arises as to whether they are even realistic from an economic point of view. The Mouvement Ecologique has therefore commissioned the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) to analyse the extent to which these assumptions are at all plausible.

In a recent position paper, the Mouvement Ecologique put forward concrete proposals for implementing a central provision of the new legislation on waste.

On Thursday, 29th February at 8 pm at the Hotel Parc Belle-Vue, 5, av. Marie-Thérèse, Luxembourg

Over 35 years ago, Mouvement Ecologique introduced the sticker “No Advertising, Please.” According to estimates, over 50% of private mailboxes used such a sticker, preventing approximately 23,600 trees from being cut down over the years.