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Verzet Wereldwijd: A night of resistance and solidarity!
What does saying ‘no’ mean to you? If a mining corporation decided to use your home for their new extractivist project - would you be able to stop them? And as well as saying no
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Black Friday: protest against ‘planned obsolescence’
On Black Friday, the symbol of our consumer culture, we and Nerdlab organised an action against 'planned obsolescence' on the Kouter in Ghent. By designing and producing smartphones and laptops in such a way that
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The EU Raw Materials Week: time to dig in
The Brussels Way The EU Raw Materials Week kicked off in Brussels this Monday, November 14. This summit, organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Internal Market, focuses on one fundamental question: how can
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Open letter in support of #QuitoSinMinería
We, the undersigned organisations, express our support and solidarity for the ongoing “Quito Sin Minería” campaign to hold a Consultar Popular (a popular referendum) on all forms of metallic mining in the Metropolitan District of
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Have you heard about
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE?
Products such as smartphones, laptops, printers..., have become an integral part of our daily lives.
However, the producers of these devices want to sell as many of them as possible.
Therefore, they often deliberately design products that break down faster and cannot be repaired or recycled. Both the consumer and the planet suffer as a result. The raw materials needed for this insatiable ICT hunger are extracted by the mining industry. Mining is extremely polluting with big consequences for the people and the environment. That is why we demand that our politicians urgently put a stop to the malpractices of planned obsolescence. Are you with us?
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