Short Stories

Saturday 2nd October 2021. Climate change. Climate neutral in ten steps? But of course. All we have to do is prepare for it. Every one of us. Whether we’ve learned …

Saturday 2nd October 2021. It all started in June 1991. At that time it lasted for ten days, in 2003 too; in 2004 then five days, and the same in …

Saturday 25th September 2021. About three years ago, a Portuguese journalist asked me to appear on her television program, Guided Tour (Visita Guiada in Portuguese), which aims at introducing viewers …

Saturday 18th September 2021. By now every serious democratic candidate has been given the chance to air their views on the forest fires in a 30-minute unscripted interview. Their replies …

Saturday 11th September 2021. It was in the wake of the major forest fire in September 2003 that I first launched an appeal in the newspaper I was running at …

Saturday 4th September 2021 Modern life has caught up with Monchique too, a little while ago already actually. However, the old traditional life remains alive on the Monchique mountains, at …

Saturday the 28th of August 2021 Not a single woman candidate in sight. Really, is it only men on these election posters? Over half of humanity isn’t standing in this …

Saturday 21st August 2021 when what we urgently need is peace. Last Sunday there was a fire not even a kilometre away from our Botanical Garden project in Caldas de …

Saturday 14th August 2021 We should, all of us, try and bring ecology and economy together in a practical way, make peace. As awful as forest fires are, on a …

Saturday 7th August 2021 An inner compass is the most important thing in life. Is that true? ECO123 is planning to ask the various mayoral candidates fighting the coming local …