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Mouvement Ecologique is a strong voice in Luxembourg. Through well-founded statements, concrete proposals for a livable world, critical and constructive questioning of developments, and much more, we make a difference.

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Overshootday on Monday February 17th

Luxembourg is back on the winners’ podium. As the second country in the world, behind Qatar, Luxembourg will reach its “Overshoot Day” on 17 February.

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Is society failing in the fight against climate change ? What are the concrete consequences?

Jens Beckert, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, put these questions to the audience. The consequences of climate change – in the form of increasingly extreme weather events and the destabilisation of human livelihoods – are becoming more and more noticeable worldwide. Despite these visible consequences, our societies are failing to respond appropriately.

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HouseEurope! Let’s stop demolishing and start renovating!

The Mouvement Ecologique is joining forces with ten organisations from various sectors in Luxembourg (architecture, heritage conservation, environment, etc.) to support the European citizens’ initiative “HouseEurope!”. The common objective is to collect at least 4,500 signatures in Luxembourg and 1 million at European level to initiate a decisive change and make renovation simpler, less expensive and more accessible than demolition in Luxembourg and throughout Europe.

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Official analyses by the Ministry of Agriculture show : 50% of analyzed food are contaminated by pesticides – When is the government going to act?

The environmental problems associated with the use of pesticides are well known: the disappearance of species, water pollution, and so on. As are the negative effects on health linked to direct consumption or dispersion in the air.

 

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Conference with Bernd Ulrich : Pragmatic ‘ Policy’ or democratic ‚revolution‘ : How can the transition succeed ?

On Thursday, 27th February 2025 at 8 pm at the Hotel Parc Belle-Vue, 5, av. Marie-Thérèse, Luxembourg.Bernd Ulrich, has been working as a journalist since 1991. He has written for FAZ, FR and taz. ‘If politicians even hint at impositions, the citizens become an angry people,’ is one of the central statements made by Bernd Ulrich, together with Hedwig Richter in their recent book “Democracy and Revolution”.

 

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Now also on Bluesky!

De Mouvement Ecologique ass weiderhinn net op Twitter / X, bleift awer nach präsent op Facebook. Ma mir wëllen awer eis Präsenz an de sozialen Netzwierker ausbauen a sinn ab elo och op Bluesky vertrueden!

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Conference and round table on: Stop demolition – boost renovation of buildings – Stopp dem Ofrappen – d’Renovatioun an Embau vun Häiser virunn dreiwen

Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the cultural centre ‘Tramsschapp’, 49 Rue Ermesinde – 1469 Luxembourg. February 2025 marks the official launch of a European Citizens’ Initiative – House of Europe! The common goal: to ensure that the EU sets the course for making the renovation and conversion of existing buildings more attractive than demolition. This is to be achieved together with stakeholders and citizens from across the EU.

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Car festival 2025: List of energy-efficient electric cars on Oekotopten.lu: The selection of efficient electric cars has never been so large.

The world of automobiles will be in the spotlight again in 2025 with the Autofestival in Luxembourg. The internet portal www.oekotopten.lu is once again shining a spotlight on electric models this year, because only these can be operated in a climate-friendly way using renewable energies.

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Appel à l’UE : priorité absolue à une transition rapide et équitable vers l’élimination des pesticides et à la sauvegarde de la biodiversité et de la santé humaine !

Dans une lettre commune, le Pesticide Action Network Europe et plus que 80’autres organisations européennes – dont le Mouvement Écologique – se sont récemment adressésà la Commission européenne (Ursula von der Leyen, commissaires concernés, etc.).

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20 million euros of public money for new greenhouses: the move towards large-scale facilities and the lack of sustainability criteria cast a shadow over the initiative to increase fruit and vegetable growing in Luxembourg

In the context of the first ‘Lëtzebuerger Geméisbaudag’ organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, which will take place tomorrow, Thursday 16 January, the Mouvement Ecologique has taken a stand on a recent bill proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture to promote vegetable and fruit greenhouses.

 

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Emotionally charged discussions – an opportunity to shape the future and transition?

This was the question posed by Prof. Dr. Maren Urner, neuroscientist, author and professor of transformation design, during an online conference organised by the Mouvement Ecologique with 93 participants to provide new food for thought for overcoming the current crises.

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