Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Thriving Green Shoots in Europe



It’s difficult not to feel a little guilty at spending so much time and money traveling in Europe as we have been for the last two months and, incredibly, will be for another two! We come to terms with this by telling ourselves we’re supporting local economies by using airbnb, accommodation that’s included young semi-employed professionals renting rooms in their flats as well as smaller traditional B&Bs, and whenever we can buying food from local farmers markets. And along the way we keep scanning for thriving ‘green’ shoots in still GFC-affected Europe, read on…

Thousands of Greeks are coming to terms with the collapse of a failing social and political system by taking matters into their own hands through grassroots activism and local collective action. There are signs of a lifestyle transformation, incorporating values and social patterns of the past…more



Photos: Solidarity and second-hand clothes at Akadimia Platonos and Rebel zest and great food at El Che-f collective kitchen by Kostantinos Koukoulis

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