Electric cars are considered one of the main solutions for reducing carbon emissions in transport. They are appearing in increasing numbers on the roads, but it’s important to look at …
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Electricity in the hands of communities?
This year, Portuguese law paved the way for energy transition. “Collective self-consumption” and “energy communities” have now become legally recognised concepts. Now, we must transfer these concepts from paper into …
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Nº 44 – There is no more bad news
Real Nature Protection The LIFE project in the Berlengas
Saturday, 18th July 2020 Lisbon. The “Natura 2000” network was created by the EU Commission and aims to protect species and habitats of great importance in all 27 EU countries …
Read More »For better or worse
Over the last thirty years, I have often been asked where I come from and where I was born. Does this matter? And, if so, why? What can you deduce …
Read More »Carlota, the Acorn that dreamed of going to the moon
The children’s book that talks about the importance of the Cork Forest and the life cycle of cork. Carlota, the Acorn that dreamed of going to the Moon is …
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The Botanical Garden of Caldas de Monchique
Here is some more good news! Over the next ten years, ECO123’s employees, friends, sponsors, subscribers and customers will plant more than 1,000 different young trees in the new botanical …
Read More »Oxytocin or Le P’tit Cirk
How will it end? It’s the old motto: “trust is good, but control is better”. We are sitting in a small circus tent in Monchique, eagerly awaiting the performers. It’s …
Read More »Do we have a hope in hell?
It’s not yet too late to avoid the worst consequences of accelerating climate change – a position that can be justified by the mainstream scientific evidence available to us today. …
Read More »Are holidays really the best days of the year?
There are regions and economic areas that are sustainable and others that are not. And all it took was for a virus to hitch a lift on the back of …
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Combustion engine cars versus electric cars
Your days are numbered
A change of course? Certainly. From this edition onwards, ECO123 will have a piece dedicated to transport. Three well-known politicians also sought to set their own course on Wednesday 13 …
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