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.

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!

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.

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.

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.).

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.

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.

Last Friday, 10 January 2025, the new civil society alliance Voĉo – of which Mouvement Ecologique is a member – met with the Prime Minister following its action and open letter last October, in which it recalled the essential role of civil society organisations in a vibrant democracy.

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An important decision on the Google issue is due to be made at Bissen municipal council this Monday.

How should the government’s policy in the first year of the legislative period be assessed?

The speaker is Maren Urner. She looks at the topic from the perspective of a brain researcher and has a refreshing take on the subject: while feelings are often taboo in political debates, as a scientist she takes the opposite view.

On 16 December, Jason Hickel, whose book “Less is More: How Degrowth will save the world” was listed as book of the year by both the Financial Times and the New Scientist, presented his analysis of the growth issue to a packed auditorium.