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Greening international youth mobilities - Training curriculum

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Greening international youth mobilities - Training curriculum

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Check out this Document (A4) designed by Esther Vallado.

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The project 'Game On! Don't let climate change end the game' is an initiative of a consortium of 10 partners from 8 Central and Eastern European countries to activate the global youth and react to the existential threat climate change represents for the future of humankind. The project has been made possible thanks to the co-financing of the Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) mechanism.

The Consortium strongly believes in the energized, strong will of younger generations to push forth for the urgent systemic change required to overcome the challenges posed by climate change. Thus, the project strives to activate this energy all across the region and the globe through a 'gamification' approach to initially tackle three core areas: Biodiversity Conservation, Adaptation and Mitigation, and Climate Justice.

Therefore, we have started developing different products - from geocaching games and board games to museum exhibitions and theater plays - to help raise awareness on the problems of and solutions to climate change, as well as to push the massive mobilization of people to demand and make the changes we need.

This is the Climate Game for our survival. We must win it.

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About us: Game on! Don't let climate change end the game

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Climategame.eu | Raising public awareness of development issues and promoting development education in European Union (DEAR)

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How many planets does it take to sustain your lifestyle?

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What is your Ecological Footprint? How many planets does it take to support your lifestyle? Take this free quiz to find out!

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Youth Workers Guide to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

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Youth Workers Guide to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

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Toolkit Digital Communication for Outdoor Projects

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Toolkit Digital Communication for Outdoor Projects

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About Green Erasmus

The Green Erasmus Portal has been developed by Green Erasmus project to provide students with concrete information on how to be sustainable before, during and after their Erasmus experience. While some actions are generally well-known, other aspects are often overlooked and/or students do not exactly know how to make their Erasmus exchanges greener can be difficult. Use the portal to find out our tips and tricks to act sustainably, and useful resources for more information and get involved! You can also play the On my way and Small Steps games and test your sustainability knowledge through our Green Erasmus Quiz!

Learn more

Sign our petition

Green Erasmus wants to see significant changes in the mobility patterns of students going on Erasmus+ exchange to reduce the environmental impact of the programme. Part of this should be ensuring that sustainable travel options are more inclusive and affordable. The Green Erasmus research on the habits of Erasmus students reveals that although students are concerned about climate change, cost is one of the main drivers of their travel choices, meaning that they end up choosing cheaper but less sustainable modes of transport. In the petition "Increase support for green travel in Erasmus+" , we ask EU institutions for more funds to travel sustainably. Specifically,

Increasing the current €50 to a universal top up to individual support of up to €250 for green travel, proportionate to distance covered

And increasing the current 4 days up to 7 days of additional individual support covering additional subsistence costs and/or accommodation needs linked to green travel - for the round trip

Introducing this support will allow students from all destinations to travel to their host country, and return back home via greener land or sea transport, without being out of pocket.

Read and sign the Green Erasmus petition

Green Erasmus Games

Available on desktop

On my way

Choose your way in a sweet and meaningful interactive story about the journey, not the destination. Shape your experience with the help of a handy travel journal, and discover how you can help make the world a better place.

Play the game

Small Steps

Step into the role of Nova, a young student living abroad, whose phone is mysteriously connected to other dimensions! The Nova from another world is asking for help for their stay abroad. Assist them to make a difference in their world through sustainable behavior.

Play the game

Take the Green Erasmus Quiz

Do you know how climate change is connected to your Erasmus experience and how much do you know about sustainability? Test your knowledge and start reducing your impact!

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Resist toolkit: educational activities for youth and children on Climate Change with an intersectional perspective

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Resist! Toolit is here! The following toolkit contains non-formal educational activities for youth and children on Climate Change with an intersectional perspective on Capitalism, Race, Gender and …

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LEMOCC: Recommendations for a climate-sensitive learning mobility

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LEMOCC: Recommendations for a climate-sensitive learning mobility

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Re-imaginary: Creative tools for transformation

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Re-imaginary: Creative tools for transformation

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Re-imaginary - Cultivating Cultures of Sustainability

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Arts-based methods for transformative engagement. The ideas and exercises presented support new ways of thinking and our work as change agents towards regenerative societies.

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The publication 'Eco-Trainer Guide' was created as a follow-up of the training course 'Environmental Training for Eco-Trainer' which took place in March 2015 in Wiek, Germany. It was organised by FOJ-Aktiv and supported by YEE. For 8 days, Eco-Trainers attended sessions exploring competences and methodologies required to design and deliver learning experiences. These sessions have been reproduced in text format for this booklet by the participants of the course, with additional research for the benefit of the guide.

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The publication 'Eco-Trainer Guide' was created as a follow-up of the training course 'Environmental Training for Eco-Trainer' which took place in March 2015 in Wiek, Germany. It was organised by FOJ-Aktiv and supported by YEE. For 8 days, Eco-Trainers attended sessions exploring competences and methodologies required to design and deliver learning experiences.

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Inner Pathways - Activities towards sustainability

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Inner Pathways - Activities towards sustainability

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Oh, hi! This is Easter holiday, a celebration of natural cycles, so I wrote about one of my favorite educational activities. I have been using it in many training programs over the past few years, and it always had a great impact on participants and leaders, regardless of their age and background.
It's called "The Earth Walk". It's based on storytelling, it tackles environmental education, it's great for individual work and even better for groups. This will be a step-to-step guide (very fitting, since it's a walk) on how to use it, if you want.

First, a few special mentions. This is by no means my personal invention. It was first passed to me by two wonderful teachers, Yvan Rytz and Sebastian Eslea Burch. Two dedicated scholars, students and teachers with an authentic passion for understanding and nurturing life on Earth (and beyond) in all its forms. Big shout out, guys!

As far as I know, "the walk" has been developed in the educational practice of the Schumacher College in the UK - a fabulous place of learning that I still haven't had the chance to visit. Yet.

What I will share here is my own adaptation, combining different sources, refined over the years thanks to the feedback received.

One note on science. What I collected here is more or less the current scientific knowledge on these subjects. Some things are pretty recent, some are still in debate, some will certainly change. Science does not claim to have all the answers (if it did, there would be no need for science), and certainly I don't. Also: if you find a mistake or have a correction to make, please feel free to do so in the comments! Be kind. I will edit the text and improve thanks to the feedback. We all live and learn!

One note on religion. In my experience, this activity has triggered some (mild) conflict with the worldview of people following specific creeds or religions. In all my good faith, everything that is described here can coexist peacefully with the doctrine of the religions I am aware of. Of course we are talking about exploring the mysteries of nature and the observable universe, so an open mind is required. If somebody strongly believes that the Earth was formed 5000 years ago, they will feel challenged by the facts presented here. You can tell them that each iron atom in their blood cells was formed in a supernova explosion and is actually a few billion years old, but this will not likely change much.
Ok, so ready? How does it... walk? (pun intended)
Essentially, this activity is a group walk. One person takes the role of the storyteller and guides the others. The group will follow the history of Planet Earth, from its creation to our days. To recreate its cosmic scale, it's best if the walk takes at least two-three hours. The length I recommend here is 4.5 km, so that each step (roughly one meter) will represent one million years in real Earth time - our planet is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.

Choose a location that can be inspiring, somehow: some natural attraction, a special geologic area, awe-inspiring landscapes. Mountain, sea, forest, swamp... any setting can be fitting and can add elements your storytelling, as long as it is "interesting". A loop is recommended, so that you end up right where you started.

So it's essentially a walk through space and time, or space-time. Cool, huh?

I usually start off by reading a text for inspiration. I collected and edited different sources (I will mention two: This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment by Roger S. Gottlieb and Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings by John Seed, Joanna Macy et al.).

Click here to read my introduction, or continue.

Let us go back, way back before the birth of our planet Earth, back to the mystery of the universe coming into being. We go back 13,300 million years to a time of primordial silence... of emptiness... before the beginning of time... the very ground of all being... From this state of immense potential, an unimaginably powerful explosion takes place... energy travelling at the speed of light hurtles in all directions, creating direction, creating the universe. It is so hot in these first moments that no matter can exist, only pure energy in the form of light... thus time and space are born.

All that is now, every galaxy, star and planet, every particle existing comes into being at this great fiery birthing. Every particle which makes up you and me comes into being at this instant and has been circulating through countless forms ever since, born of this great cauldron of creativity. When we look at a candle flame or a star, we see the light of that fireball. Your metabolism burns with that very same fire now.

Within the Milky Way, our sun was born about 5 billion years ago, near the edge of this galaxy while the cosmic dust and gas spinning around it crystallized into planets. The third planet from the sun, our own earth, came into being about 4 ½ billion years ago.

The ground then was rock and crystal beneath which burned tremendous fires. Heavier matter like iron sank to the center, the lighter elements floated to the surface forming a granite crust. Continuous volcanic activity brought up a rich supply of minerals, and lifted up chains of mountains.

Then, about 4 billion years ago, when the temperature fell below the boiling point of water, it began to rain. Hot rain slowly dissolved the rocks upon which it fell and the seas became a thin salty soup containing the basic ingredients necessary for life.

Finally (probably), a bolt of lightening fertilized this molecular soup and an adventure into biology began. The first cell was born. You were there. I was there. For every cell in our bodies is descended in an unbroken chain from that event.

Through this cell, our common ancestor, we are related to every plant and animal on the earth.

We begin to walk.
After a specific distance, the narrator asks to stop, and tells a new part of the story. This gives the feeling of a great journey, in which people retrace with their steps the history of planet Earth.
I will provide for each stage my indicated "distance from start", for a walk of 4.5 km. If your distance is different, adjust accordingly.

You can just read my text, add "color" with your own facts and information, tell jokes... keep the tone light and of course adapt it to the profile of the group.
I will also indicate under a tag like this > Click for more info and facilitation tips
my notes and tips for facilitation. Click on each section, if you want to read more. If not, just go on. I hope this will make the post easier to read.

Also, feel free to skip some stages! If you have more time, stop more often, answer questions, etc. But if you are giving a shorter workshop, focus on the essential bits.

Possible variation: if you want to represent the creation of the entire Universe (as we currently imagine it, following the Big Bang Theory),

the walk should last 3 times longer (about 9 hours), because the universe is thought to be 13.7 bln years old. If you started at 8 in the morning, the Solar System would only form at 2 PM, and the walk would end at 5, in time for dinner. I will describe this variant as a Stage 0, completely optional.
Stage 0 (optional) - 13.5 bln years ago. Walk 6 hours before the Sun and the Solar System are formed.
The impression may be that "nothing happens" here. But so many things happened! First, it's the birth of the Universe (according to the current theories). Stars were formed and died in several cycles, hydrogen and heavier elements had to be created in the nuclear fusion of stellar forges, and all this took place even before our Sun could be born, which happened around 4.6 bln years ago.

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You can find many inspiring stories to tell about this mysterious age, from the formation and expansion of the Universe, to the way galaxies and stars are born, theory of the black holes, Dark Matter, and more. Also, since this is when the galaxies and stars are forming, this could be the perfect opportunity for some "ice breaking" activity between your participants.

Also, here is a good chart with all the names of Eons, Eras, Periods and Epochs. If it gets too confusing for you the first time, just skip that part.
Stage 1 - 4.54 bln years ago. Distance from start: 0 (with a reference of 4.5 km walk)
Hadean Eon. The Solar System and Earth are formed, shortly after each other. The environment is extremely hostile to life as we know it. The moon is also formed soon after the Earth, probably from an asteroid collision.

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There isn't much storytelling to do here. The Earth didn't even have a solid crust on which to walk. If you want, you can add some facts about the creation of the solar system and the moon, but I don't want to make it too heavy at the beginning.
Stage 2 - 4 bln years ago. Distance from start: 500 meters
Archean Eon. The Earth develops its solid crust and the fluid mantle. The early atmosphere developed mainly thanks to gases spewed by volcanoes. It included hydrogen sulfide (, methane (CH 4), and 10 to 200 times more carbon dioxide (CO 2) as today. These were the building blocks necessary for the development of life.

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This IS interesting because the semi-molten mantle is the reason why Earth has a magnetic field. And the magnetic field keeps the atmosphere stable on Earth. A planet without a magnetic field (like Mars) would have all its atmosphere stripped away from the solar wind, although this is still in debate.
Stage 3 - 3.5 bln years ago. Distance from start: 1000 meters
The planet cools down enough for water to collect on it. Life appears on earth: chemotrophic (which produced energy from chemical reactions from sulfur and other elements), anaerobic (didn't "breathe"), asexual bacteria. Oldest prokaryotic fossils.

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To celebrate the appearance of life, when working with youth groups I run a funny energizer or a group building game here.

This raises many interesting questions. Life appeared on Earth, basically, as soon as it was possible. And it reached everywhere: in the deepest oceans, in active volcanoes, in the darkest caves. There are even "life" forms able to survive under the arctic ice and in space. So, the question arises: if life was so easy and fast, why did it happen only here? Are we alone in the universe? That doesn't seem likely. So maybe are we the first? Or the last?
Stage 4 - 3 bln years ago. Distance from start: 1500 meters
Earliest date for appearance of oxygenic photosynthesis. Fact: 3/4 of our oxygen is produced by sea algae - still to our day!

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One thing I remark here is that Oxygen is highly corrosive and explosive, and it was initially produced as a waste material by organisms that started using what they had as building blocks for life: combining water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) with solar energy, they would liberate breathable oxygen O2 as a byproduct. We are breathing their waste. Also important to underline is the importance of marine ecosystems for all life on Earth. Protect the oceans!
Stage 5 - 2.5 bln years ago. Distance from start: 2000 meters
Proterozoic Eon. Probable development of eukaryotic cells (with a membrane-protected nucleus). Stromatolites and cyanobacteria produce oxygen (oxygen level in the atmosphere at the time: 0.2%). No ozone layer meant no possibility for superior life.

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The nucleus was a fundamental evolution, since it collects and protects the genetic material of the cells. The ozone layer is still extremely important because it protects the biosphere from the solar radiation, which otherwise would be deadly and make life impossible. Like, literally impossible, not "there is no parking at the shopping mall!" impossible. Ozone's formula is O3 which means three atoms of Oxygen are necessary to form one Ozone molecule. A lot of free oxygen needed to be available, before Ozone could form a layer of some significance in the atmosphere.
Stage 6 - 2 bln years ago. Distance from start: 2500 meters
Algae, fungi and bacteria are abundant now. About 1 bln years ago sexual reproduction appeared. First Ice Age ("Snowball Earth"). Ice Ages are due to small changes in the Earth's orbit and its axis inclination, among other things.

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The bit about sex always causes giggles. But jokes aside, sexual reproduction is important because it increases the possible variations during reproduction. This is a huge incentive for evolution. In asexual reproduction, the only chance for variation is mutation. Ice ages are also super interesting. There have been 5 so far, and we currently are in one (!) that started 3 million years ago. We are experiencing a "warm interglacial" period right now, which is a little break that occurs during an Ice Age. This warm break started 11,000 years ago and made possible the agricultural revolution and the spread of humans all over the place. But the planet is going to cool down, like, a lot. We just don't know when.
Stage 7 - 600 mln years ago. Distance from start: 3900 meters
As oxygen keeps building up, more and more life forms are made possible. This is called the " Cambrian explosion" of life forms (for it happened during the "Cambrian" period). Sponges, worms, jellyfish become abundant. The CO 2 present in the atmosphere is used by life forms as part of their body: shelled animals appear in the oceans.

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You probably noticed that the distance between stage 6 and 7 was much longer. This is because a lot of time was needed for the levels of oxygen to build up and produce something interesting (from our point of view), so I made this period longer. I usually use this time by asking people to form pairs, and suggesting a topic - something like "is something new coming to your life?" or "How do you react to change?". People can walk in pairs and discuss the topic. From now on, stops will be much more frequent. A lot more life on Earth means a lot more to talk about - from our human perspective at least.
Stage 8 - 480 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4000 meters
Silurian period. First fish forms. Land plants. Hard part become more common, which leads to fossil findings in our time. Vertebrates appear. Trilobites radiate and reach their peak diversity. 450 mln years ago, the first Major Extinction happens.

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We don't know much about this event. A "major extinction" kills at least 75% of life on Earth - spoiler alert, there have been 5 so far, and we are in the midst of the sixth. Have you ever seen a trilobite? At the peak of their diversity, they varied a lot in size and form. They looked like this:
Stage 9 - 400 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4100 meters
Lower Devonian. Ferns and mosses colonize land masses. Fish become abundant in the oceans. Appearance of jawed fish, cartilaginous fish and trees.

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Why do the geological periods have these funny names? "Devonian", because the English region of Devonshire was created roughly at that time. English and French scientists were the first to study geology and so they started to give names to things.
Stage 10 - 360 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4140 meters
Upper Devonian. Abundant reef communities. Fish dominate the oceans; sharks appear. Land is colonized by plants (including trees) and animals. Insects and amphibians appear, and the first primitive terrestrial predators appear: arachnids (380 mln y.a.). Deltas and swamps are formed.

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It's always exciting when sharks appear (and it's another great opportunity for some group game). This shouldn't overshadow the fact that life started spreading on land around this time. The appearance of trees was very important, as they could use the space very efficiently and allowed ecosystems to develop in an entirely new direction, never explored before: up.
Stage 11 - 350 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4150 meters
Carboniferous period. Reptiles appear. 350 mln years ago, the 2nd Major Extinction took place. This led to the formation of coal beds (dead forests) and oil fields (dead marine biomass): a big accumulation of CO 2 and solar energy under the ground. As carbon got trapped underground, oxygen kept building up in the atmosphere.

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Since the fungi and saprophytes (organisms that feed on dead matter) were not enough at the time to deal with so much matter dying all together, a lot of it eventually got trapped underground. This, crushed and cooked by geological forces, led to the creation of the fossil fuels as we know them. This is a great moment to talk about climate change. The fossil fuel deposits are essentially reserves of solar energy and CO2 that was stored over the course of millions of years. Human activity has been exploiting those reserves and liberating that energy in the atmosphere, for about 200 years. Millions of years to store it, two centuries to liberate it. It's just common sense that this can somehow unbalance the very delicate equilibrium of life on Earth. For more on greenhouse effect, read here.
Stage 12 - 300 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4200 meters
The "supercontinent" Pangea is formed at this time, together with the main river systems as we know them. Deserts are formed. Conifers and winged insects appear. At the end of the Permian age, 250 mln years ago, the 3rd Major Extinction took place; and the 4th happened at the end of the Triassic, 225 mln years ago. This was a massive one-two blow to life on Earth, that wiped out 90% of life present at the time on the planet.

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From fossil and geological evidence we can guess how it happened: in present-day Siberia, and area larger than western Europe become dominated by volcanic eruptions that lasted for thousands of years. Underground coal reserves started to burn. CO2 and methane were released in the air in massive amounts. Water became oxygen-low and saturated with sulfuric acid, which eventually was liberated into the atmosphere. All this heated the Earth more and more, and the the ocean circulation stopped. Pretty quickly (60,000 years), the Earth became a burning hell. Such an apocalyptic scenario is not only science fiction. This may be what happened on Venus, which is basically Earth's "twin planet" but presents a super hot, toxic atmosphere that makes life impossible (at least, our life). Scientists think it's mostly due to the absence of tectonic plates on Venus. But this doesn't mean we are completely safe. If Earth's atmosphere goes wildly out of control, it may reach a tipping point where it won't recover back. This is the most negative scenario describing the consequences of a runaway greenhouse effect, as Steven Hawking warned. And yeah, that's pretty negative.
Stage 13 - 200 mln years ago. Distance from start: 4300 meters
Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic period. As the Earth cools off and gets stored again underground thanks to reforestation and the action of the oceans, oxygen levels in the atmosphere grows, reaching 30% (the current level in our time is 21%). This marked the start of the age of reptiles, when the first dinosaurs appeared. At this time, trilobites faded away forever, after dominating the planet for 280 mln years. Their time was over.

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What heats up, eventually cools down. Volcanic eruptions add CO2 and other gases, but they have a long term cooling effect on Earth, due to the dust and ash they liberate. More oxygen made combustion possible on larger scales, and living organisms (insects, plants, animals) could use the extra energy to grow bigger and bigger. This was a time of mega things. The term "Jurassic" comes from the Jura mountains in Switzerland, formed at that time. And even if this may come as a shock to some, Steven Spielberg may have lied to us all this time. In fact, if dinosaurs were brought back to life today, they would really struggle to survive in our ecosystems, cope with the temperatures, breathe our atmosphere. Yes, "Jurassic Park" is a movie after all.
Stage 14 - 180 mln years ago. Distance from start: about 4320 meters
Lower Jurassic. Pangea starts to break into continents (at first two: Laurasia and Gondwana). Corals formed. Many familiar animals appeared at this time: crocodiles and turtles - in fact, actual dinosaurs who still live today - marine reptiles, early mammals, birds, crabs, frogs. Dinosaurs (from Greek: "old reptiles") reached their peak and dominated the Earth.
Stage 15 - 136 mln years ago. Distance from start: about 4360 meters
Lower Cretaceous. First flowering plants appeared. South America and Africa started separating. Rise of modern mountain ranges, such as the Rocky Mountains and the Andes.

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Flowers! Imagine a world without flowers. Well, that was Earth, almost all the time. Then finally angiosperms appeared. Flowers are a very smart concept, basically they are a marketing strategy for plants. They collect all the genetic material (seeds) in one nice package, and invite bugs and other animals to do the job of spreading them around. Like Amazon, but with less exploitation of workers, because bees and animals get a lot of benefits in return for their work. This really helped plants to radiate everywhere.
Stage 16 - 65 mln years ago. Distance from start: about 4435 meters
Upper Cretaceous. This is when the 5th Major Extinction happened, and since 1980 we know quite well how things went. A massive comet or asteroid (10-15 km wide) impacted the Earth, roughly in the area in Mexico where the Yucatan peninsula is. It is estimated that 75% of life on the planet died, as the consequence of this event and the chain reaction it caused. It is known as the K-Pg (or K-T) extinction event.

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The impact was devastating: it left a 180 km wide crater, and liberated such a huge quantity of dust and ash in the atmosphere that caused am unnatural, prolonged winter. This caused a catastrophic domino effect the food chain: with no sunlight, photosynthesis stopped; plants started to die, then the herbivores, then obviously the carnivores. No creature larger than 25 kilograms could survive. Which was bad news for dinosaurs. But very good news for the little, furry proto-mammals who had accumulated enough food and were able to hide in their underground holes away from desperately hungry predators. They just waited until the long winter was over. In conclusion, extinction is not such a bad thing per se. It's bad news if you go extinct, but it's very good news for all those who are smart and resilient enough to survive. Imagine all the extra space, food, resources! In fact, life feeds on life and extinction is part of the bigger plan that life on Earth has been following for billions of years. New species appear all the time, some of them thrive, most of them disappear. And so on for generations and generations. If we are able to write and read these lines today, in fact we owe it to an uninterrupted series of events that started with (maybe) one single living cell, billions of years ago. Life survived one cataclysm after another, including the K-T asteroid, the extinction of dinosaurs, and we are alive thanks to little smart, furry guys who managed to keep their head low some 65 million years ago. This is a great book about Major Extinctions.
Stage 17 - 55 mln years ago. Distance from start: about 4445 meters
Small mammals radiate. Social insects. Grasses appear, and herbivores are able to spread. Without huge animals eating them out, trees thrive. Modern mammals start to evolve: advanced primates, camels, cats, wolves, horses, rodents. This was also the time of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: 100 thousand years in which the entire world was a tropical paradise.

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At that time, the world started to have a very familiar look to what it is today. Except there were, you know, no people around. Most of the animals we know and love were already present some 50 million years ago: this must be the reason why our ancestors worshiped them as gods. They were ooold, when we appeared. The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is a very interesting story. It's the warmest period (100,000 years) in the Cenozoic era. Apparently, the oceans near the poles had a comfortable temperature of +23° C, with no arctic ice at all. Palm trees were growing in Canada. How was this possible? It's still unclear. One hypothesis is that large amounts of methane were liberated in underwater "burps" (that's right), after massive volcanic eruptions. Methane is an interesting little guy because it is - after carbon dioxide - the second most powerful greenhouse gas. It's 84 times more effective than CO2 at trapping heat in the short term, but the good news is that it doesn't stay long in the atmosphere (after 12 years, it breaks down to water vapor and carbon dioxide). Big amounts of methane are stored under the ocean floors and in permafrost. Should they find the way out, they will have a tremendous - and very fast - impact on the atmosphere.
Stage 18 - 5 to 1.8 mln years ago. Distance from start: about 4495 meters
Modern birds and mammals are common. The Mediterranean Sea is formed. The first ape-like ancestors of humans appear: the australopithecines.

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The Zanclean flood Note that by now the walk is almost over: you should be able to see the destination very close now, or if you made a loop, you should be almost back to where you started. This makes sense, as the group will feel comforted by the familiar view of "civilization". : is the event that generated the Mediterranean Sea. It also happened really fast! Maybe in just one year. Before it, all that lovely Greek and Italian coastline was probably just a desert basin.
Stage 19 - 1.8 mln years to 300,000 years ago. Distance from start: about 4498 meters
Pleistocene period. Oldest known remains of modern human beings. Human species appear.

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Everybody knows we belong to the Homo Sapiens species. But other human species exixted, like the Homo Erectus and the Neanderthal. They quickly disappeared: what happened to them? Homo Sapiens happened. The Neanderthals in particular lived in Eurasia. They were a bit stronger and sturdier, better adapted to hunt large animals in the Ice Age. Sapiens, however, were smarter: they were better at making and using tools and had already developed trade networks. Theories differ, but most likely the Neanderthals became extinct after a short coexistence with the Sapiens ("short" in geological terms: probably 5-10 thousand years). Was it genocide? Probably. Sapiens were (are?) pretty ruthless. And that's the most likely outcome when one species meets a more advanced one and they both try to live in the same ecological niche. Apparently, not all the Neanderthals were killed, however. Some 4% of the present day non-African genomes can derive from Neanderthals (in other words, some Neanderthal DNA is present in us, or maybe in your neighbor), which means that some of them were probably just assimilated.
The time scale gets really fast from now on:
200,000 years ago, the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil known to us

ca 100-80,000 y.a., Sapiens migrate from Africa for the first time (most likely, because of climate change)

50,000 y.a., language spreads

40,000 y.a.: Neanderthals disappear from Europe.
Stage 20 - 13,000 years ago. Distance from start: about 4499 meters (few centimeters remaining)
The most recent Ice Age pauses. Agricultural revolution starts (9,000 years ago). Domestic plants and animals appear and start to spread.

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There is much to say about the Agricultural revolution. As climate improved, people who were living in the more fertile areas decided to give up with their nomadic lifestyle and well, settle. They started to domesticate plants and animals that better suited their needs (artificial selection, as opposed to natural selection). They built cities and defensive structures, as their societies stratified. Large number of people needed to work harder, in order to support ruling classes of nobles, clergy, philosophers and scholars. All of this is what we call "progress". But is it, really?
Stage 21 - 6,000 years ago. Distance from start: about 4500 meters. 6 millimeters left
Recorded human history begins in Egypt and Mesopotamia (which accounted at the time for 3% of all human life).
All the next stages happen in a few millimeters. That's precisely the point. Stage 22 - 2,000 years ago. Distance from start: about 4500 meters. 2 millimeters left
Beginning of Modern calendar. Monotheistic religions appear.
Stage 23 - 100 years ago. Distance from start: 4500 meters. 0.1 millimeter left
The Industrial Revolution begins to drastically change societies and the environment.
Stage 24 - TODAY. Distance from start: 4500 meters. The walk is complete.
At this point, if time allows, I let the group a little comfort break and then we meet again. First, I ask people to share in small groups (maybe 3 people) their general impressions on the walk and the story, what emotions were moved, what were the main learning points.

Then, in a short plenary discussion, we hear what people want to share and address a few questions and answers. I usually end with the projection of the "Pale Blue Dot" video by Carl Sagan (check at the end of this post).

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From our point of view it may seem that the history of the Earth is, actually, the history of Humans.

Today, 7.7 billion humans live on Earth, roughly 0.01% of the planet's biomass. But "our activity has reduced wild marine and terrestrial mammals by six times, and the plant biomass matter by half" ( source).

Humans and their livestock account for 96% of total mammals on Earth, which means that only 4% are left as wildlife. Birds are doing a little better, with 30% of them still living in the wild.

Human presence, which happened in the last 0.006% of our planetary history, has had an impact as nothing before. It's comparable to some of the most destructive natural events ever recorded.

The 6th Major Extinction is currently underway, caused by humans, and it is estimated to be 100 to 1,000 times faster than the background extinction rate, the typical rate of extinction of all living species. Across history, wherever humans arrived, other species started to disappear. It is estimated that, since the dawn of human civilization, 83% of wild mammals, 80% of marine mammals, 50% of plants and 15% of fish have vanished. It's a planet-wide genocide.

And now, the human influence on climate change is beginning to kick in, which could possibly jeopardize not only our own survival, but the survival of life on Earth as such - or alter it drastically for millions of years. This has been assessed beyond every reasonable doubt and is estimated to have " a 95% confidence " - which translated from scientific terms means "it's as sure as it gets".

The IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - was established in 1988 to monitor and inform the world's policy makers on the consequences of climate change. It gathers scientists from 195 countries. It's been around for a long time. We have seen this coming. And until now, the reactions have been insufficient.

There still are skeptics. Those who oppose the news, motivated by economic or political interests; and those who simply don't want (or can't) accept that our presence on Earth, with all its qualities and its wonderful achievements, is also probably the worst thing that ever happened to it.

To them: even if climate change is not generated by humans, can we deny all the violence and destruction we are doing to the planet and its habitats? Can we at least agree to overcome our differences and slow down, if we can't stop, the destruction?
The Earth Walk tries to do this: re-establish priorities. Set some perspective. Gently, by telling a story.
The Earth story is not OUR story. There were countless other species before us, and Earth is theirs as it is ours. Life on our planet is so amazing and delicate, it rests on a set of circumstances apparently incredible. Many feel justified in calling it "divine". We may just as well be alone in the Universe; or at least, in this portion of the cosmos. Can we risk to lose it forever?

As I write, the awareness about these issues is growing, with movements like #Fridaysforfuture and Extinction Rebellion gaining momentum. This is very good, and it's not enough.

Individual action can mean a lot, but without decisive intervention at national and international level, it won't address the causes of the problem. We need to radically re-think how - globally, as a species - we coexist with one another, with other life forms, and with the planet itself.

We need to redesign the processes that support our life, the way we produce, distribute and consume our food, clothing, goods, housing, entertainment, infrastructure, transport, information; and most of all, the way we produce and use energy. Massive tasks, yes. But not impossible.

If we act swiftly, maybe we won't need to give up all our comfort and safety. But we need to negotiate part of our privileged lifestyle, which happens at the expense of other life forms and of the planet that supports us all. There has never been a higher challenge, our survival may be at stake, and maybe the Earth's biosphere itself.

Serious damage has already been done and some may be irreversible. But the Earth has proven to be incredibly resilient, and has formidable healing abilities. Recently, the Netflix documentary "Our Planet" has shown that the "exclusion zone" around Chernobyl, after 30 years without human presence, now is thriving with wildlife. Only thirty years. Let's give nature a chance and it may bounce back.
Will we make it?
In my moments of despair I look for inspiration. Speaking about science and environment, it often comes from Carl Sagan. One of the brightest minds of last century, a great human being, and a fantastic science popularizer, his TV show " Cosmos " (1980) proved that - when quality shows were offered - there was a big interest in science among the general public.

In a famous lecture at the Cornell University (1994), Sagan delivered maybe his most famous speech, "A Pale Blue Dot". After 20+ years I still consider it one of the most passionate and moving pleas to celebrate and preserve life on Earth, in all its forms; to live our lives humbly, and to be "kind to one another".

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of...The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known".

- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

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Italian Association for Organic Agriculture's certification. They certify organic products and companies in a broad range of categories, including:

food

detergents

farms

cosmetics

stores

bio-fibres

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) offers standards for aquaculture and for the seafood chain of custody.

The standards are being developed by the Aquaculture Dialogues in compliance with the guidelines for standard setting established by the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance ( ISEAL).

The certification according to these standards ...

A guide and rating system resulting in a certificate for the assessment of building quality, in terms of Summary project description and issue level results of the evaluation:

Resource Consumption

Environmental Loadings

Indoor Environmental Quality

Durability

Safety and Security

Quality of the design process

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BASS is an online tool to help companies to meet regulatory requirements associated with the use of chemicals in the workplace/projects.

Since its establishment in 2001, BASS developed to become the industry standard in the construction industry in Norway. Since 2009, BASS includes the auto industry.

Development of the BASS is done in close cooperation with business, and provides ...

BIO Hellas is an accredited certification body that provides Inspection and Certification services for the organic products according to:

The Regulation EC 834/2007 & 889/2008

The NOP/ USDA Regulation.

Also provides inspection services for the organic products according to:

BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is an environmental assessment method for buildings around the world.

BREEAM provides clients, developers, designers and others with

The Biokreis is a non-governmental organisation. Its goals are:

to help farmers to grow organically,

to bring farmers and manufacturers together - regionally and on a fair basis,

to promote organic agriculture,

to inform consumers about organic agriculture and a healthy lifestyle.

The Blue Angel was initiated by the German government and awarded by an independent Jury to products that are environmentally friendlier than others serving the same use.

Each label specifies that the product or service focuses on one of four different protection goals: health, climate, water, and resources.

The Blue Angel Standard is managed by four entities:

The ...

The CAN/ CSA-Z809 SFM chain-of-custody label demonstrates that forest products have originated from a forest certified to CAN/ CSA-Z809 SFM and have been verified to the Canadian Standards Association ( CSA) Chain-of-Custody requirements through an independent third party audit.

The Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research (CSRR) Quality Standard certifies research corporations that undertake CSR Research.

These companies deliver profiles and ratings to the SRI (Social Responsible Investment sector). One of the requirements for passing the standard is covering system or group factors such as quality management systems, HR and complaint management.

They ...

The Carbon Trust Standard is a certification mark of excellence, designed to recognise organisations for real carbon reduction.

To qualify, organisations must measure, manage and genuinely reduce their carbon footprint and commit to reducing it year on year.

Benefits of achieving the Standard include:

Independent validation of your environmental credentials

Meet ...

The Group has developed the Carrefour Agir Éco Planète range, which comprises products that are certified (European Ecolabel, FSC, MSC and so on) or which carry an external support.

In 2007, the HPC range was extended to include 13 eco-label products marketed in four countries: France, Belgium, Spain and Greece.

The non-food sector also offers Agir Éco Planète products, ...

The Cradle to Cradle Certified(CM) Products Program provides a company with a means to demonstrate efforts in eco-intelligent design. Cradle to Cradle Certification is a third-party sustainability label that requires achievement across multiple attributes:

use materials that are safe for human health and the environment through all use phases

product and system design for ...

The DGNB Certification System was developed by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) together with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) to be used as a tool for the planning and evaluation of buildings in a comprehensive quality perspective. It is designed as a rating system and covers all relevant topics of sustainable construction.

Awards within ...

Certification mark for Additives (e.g. printing inks, colours, adhaesives etc.) used for compostable products on basis of EN 13432 / ASTM 6400)

also for compostable products e.g. packaging

Delinat Bio Garantie is a product label for the company Delinat, which makes wine from controlled organic production. The Delinat standards are centered around the concept of "biodiversity" and go beyond the general organic standards to include social requirements.

The following requirements must be met:

-all organic-certified grapes

-biological management of the entire ...

The ECOLOGO Certification Program was aquired by UL Environment, a division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories) in 2010. ECOLOGO Certification is based on multiattribute, life cycle-based standards. All products certified to an ECOLOGO standard must meet or exceed each of the listed criteria before receiving the mark. ECOLOGO Certification is classified as an ISO (International Organization for ...

EPEAT is a global rating system for greener electronics. Using EPEAT ("Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool"), purchasers in 43 countries can evaluate, compare and select electronics based on environmental attributes. EPEAT currently includes categories for PCs and Displays, Televisions, and Imaging Equipment (printers, copiers, scanners, multifunction devices, fax machines and mailing ...

A voluntary scheme designed to encourage businesses to market products and services that are kinder to the environment and for European consumers - including public and private purchasers - to easily identify them.

By law, the European Community Energy Label must be displayed on all new household products displayed for sale, hire or hire-purchase.

The Directive applies to the following types of household appliances, even where these are sold for non-household uses: refrigerators, freezers and their combinations; washing machines, dryers and their combinations; dishwashers; ovens; water heaters and ...

The organic product label indicates that the product has been grown within sustainable cultivation systems. Foods may only be marked as "organic" if at least 95% of their agricultural ingredients are organic. Organic ingredients in non-organic food may be listed as organic in the list of ingredients, as long as this food has been produced in accordance with the organic legislation. In order to ...

Effinature certification was designed to reverse trend of biodiversity deterioration in the construction sector and raise awareness among town planners about this major issue.

Determine the value of the site and the ecological potential of the project.

Preserve the existing natural heritage and existing landscape.

Control the impacts of the project ...

AssoSCAI has developed the multi-label "Environmental Label AssoSCAI" to assist Italian companies in the correct classification of environmental goods according to ISO 14021 standard.

Companies can use this label in B2B transactions to more clearly communicate their environmental credentials, including their current ecolabel qualifications.

All points are substantiated through ...

This mark is available to member organizations that meet the requirements of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) monitoring system and identifies them as registered Fair Trade Organizations.

WFTO is working with Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International ( FLO) on a Quality Management System for Fair Trade.

Fairtrade is an ethical trade system that puts people first. Fairtrade offers farmers and workers in developing countries a better deal, and the opportunity to improve their lives and invest in their future. Fairtrade gives consumers the opportunity to help reduce poverty and instigate change through everyday shopping.

The Forest Stewardship Council® ( FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

The Forest Stewardship Council® ( FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

Friend of the Sea Approved Fisheries:

target stocks which are not overexploited

use fishing methods which don't impact the seabed, and

generate less than average 8% discards.

COMPREHENSIVE RULES FOR ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TEXTILE PRODUCTION

The Green Globe Standard facilitates responsible and sustainable environmental and social activity; and improved environmental and social outcomes for travel and tourism operations.

Green-e® Climate is the first and only consumer protection and certification program for retail carbon offsets. It complements project certification programs by ensuring that offset sellers:

Source only verified and properly tracked and credited reductions from high-quality projects certified under project standards that meet a high standard of quality,

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This is a Type III declaration for building products. It is based on ISO 14025 as well as ISO 21930 and EN 15804 and declares environmental information on a pass/fail basis. It is meant to identify properties of building products that are relevant to the environmental performance of buildings, and it is based on a Life Cycle Assessment.

There are currently 96 declaration holders that together ...

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) EcoLabel Standard Program provides a determination of the environmental performance of a manufacturer's transaction and identification cards through a third-party ecolabeling certification program.

The current ICMA EcoLabel criteria include:

MINERGIE is a label for new and refurbished low-energy-consumption buildings indicating comfort made possible by high-grade building envelopes and the continuous renewal of air.

The following requirements must be met:

Heat demand 90 % or less of the limit of the standard SIA 380/1

Year-round controlled air exchange

Weighted Energy Index < 38 kWh/m2

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MINERGIE-A is a label for new and refurbished low-energy-consumption buildings that seek "Nearly zero-energy Buildings" according to the EU guidelines 2010/31. It also takes into account the building gray energy, unlike MINERGIE and MINERGIE-P standards.

The following requirements must be met:

Heat demand 90 % or less of the limit of the standard SIA 380/1 (like MINERGIE)

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MINERGIE ECO is a label for new and refurbished low-energy-consumption buildings that addresses ecological and social requirements. It can be combined with MINERGIE, MINERGIE-P, and MINERGIE-A, which are standards that focus more on energy consumption.

Health requirements:

MINERGIE-P is a label for new and refurbished low-energy-consumption buildings that seeks an even lower energy consumption than the MINERGIE Standard.

The following requirements must be met:

Heat demand 60% or less of the limit of the standard SIA 380/1

Specific heat capacity demand

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Demonstrates that a product is a good environmental choice. The "Swan" symbol, as it is known in Nordic countries, is available for 65 product groups.

The Swan checks that products fulfill certain criteria using methods such as samples from independent laboratories, certificates and control visits.

Each Nordic country has local offices with the responsibility for criteria development, ...

The Oeko-Tex Standard 100 is a globally uniform testing and certification system for textile raw materials, intermediate and end products at all stages of production.

The certification covers multiple human-ecological attributes, including harmful substances which are prohibited or regulated by law, chemicals which are known to be harmful to health, but are not officially forbidden, and ...

Philips products that have a Green logo offer customers, users and society an environmental improvement of at least 10% in one or more of the Philips Green Focal Areas:

Energy efficiency

Packaging

Hazardous substances

Weight

Recycling and disposal

Lifetime reliability

Planet Positive is a mark of accreditation to the Planet Positive Protocol. The Protocol requires four steps: measuring, reducing, acting and reporting on GHG emissions.

Planet Positive certifies businesses, products, events or people commit to taking positive action by either donating to community projects, or offsetting into verified carbon projects.

Businesses and organisations ...

Sustainable Materials Rating Technology or SMaRT, is the consensus sustainable products standard and label for building products, fabric, apparel, textile & flooring, covering over 80% of the world's products with environmental, social, & economic criteria.

It is the result of 17 years of standardization with six national votes of consensus approvals involving thousands of professionals.

SMaRT ...

SundaHus Environmental Data is an environmental assessment of products used in construction and buildings. The core of the system is a database of substances, materials and products.

The product assessment is based on the provider's documentation of the product together with the rules of the Swedish Chemical Inspectorate's PRIO criteria and EU REACH Directives.

The assessment is ...

The SAN awards the Rainforest Alliance Certified eco-label to farms (not companies or products). Farmers may apply for certification for all land in production and companies may request that all of their source farms be certified.

Certifies farms for coffee, bananas, cocoa, orange, pineapple, flower and fern farms according to environmental and social standards.

Some smaller ...

The SFI program has on-product labels to help customers and consumers identify exactly what they are buying: three SFI chain of custody labels and one SFI certified sourcing label.

SFI chain of custody labels allow the use of fiber from certified forests, certified sourcing, and post-consumer recycled material. All of these terms are defined in the SFI Definitions (Section 13 of ...

Requirements for Product EE01 are: 100% of the energy supplied is from renewable sources. At least 30% of the amount of energy supplied is generated in new power stations. Price surcharges are used for building new renewable sources of energy.

The UPS Carbon Neutral shipping label indicates that UPS customers have offset the climate impact of the GHG emissions produced by the transportation of that shipment. UPS calculates the emissions and purchases carbon offset credits equivalent to the GHG emissions created in shipping the package to make it "carbon neutral".

"Vitality Leaf" was developed by the Russian NGO Non-profit partnership Ecological Union in 2001, is officially registered, open and clear for all potential participants.

Member of the Global Ecolabelling Network since 2007.

Certified member of the Global Ecolabelling Network's Internationally Coordinated Ecolabelling System (GENICES) since 2011.

WoodNet is the Belgian member of the PEFC Council. PEFC - the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification - whose standards seek to transform the way forests are managed globally - and locally - to ensure that all of us can enjoy the environmental, social and economic benefits that forests offer.

e-Stewards Certification is a global program designed to enable individuals and organizations who dispose of their old electronic equipment to easily identify recyclers that adhere to the highest standard of environmental responsibility and worker protection.

Depending on their engagement for and performance in sustainable development, accommodation enterprises are certified by ibex fairstay as either Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum. The label controls a hotel's achievement in the 5 dimensions:

Management

Economy

Environment

Social responsibility

Regional creation of value and culture

The level® brand identifies that a furniture product has been evaluated to the multi-attribute ANSI/ BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard by an independent, third-party certifier. level has three conformance thresholds. Products can be awarded a level 1, level 2, or level 3 conformance mark based on the combined score achieved in their sustainability evaluation.

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Explore Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables in Europe

When are fruit and vegetables in season across Europe? EUFIC has created a pioneering tool for you to explore and follow a more sustainable diet.

On the map you will see Europe's six climatic regions. Each climatic region represents the average weather conditions in the area over a long period of time. As different types of fruits and vegetables grow better in different climates, you will see that some fruits and vegetables are in season in some countries, while they are not in others.

Please note that the lists may not be comprehensive and can vary depending on climatic change or where you live. We developed this map by combining various European national sources: while most of them include fruit and vegetables that are both local and seasonal, some may only refer to seasonal produce. If you see your country's data missing and you know a credible source, let us know at eufic@eufic.org.

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Food is a necessity. And it's very personal. Satisfaction reflects ethical decisions, and private concerns can be very political in nature. We are more and more alienated from what is on our plates and in our hands, so responsible food consumption is something that an increasing number of people demand. These people need information on which to base their decisions and to answer their questions.

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Around 88 million tonnes of food is wasted in the EU every year, with more than half coming from households, but we can all take action by changing the way we shop, cook, and plan our meals to avoid wasting food, money, and resources.

Plan your meals

Know how to store your food

Understand 'use by' vs 'best before' dates

Use what you have

Avoid serving too much

Know your moulds

Share extra food with others

Repurpose waste where possible

1. Plan your meals

It's only a bargain if we can use the food in time! Be aware that our schedules can be busy and unpredictable. 'Buy-one-get-one-free' and other bulk deals lead to buying more than we need, shifting the waste from the store to our home. In food waste terms, it's wise not to buy more than needed.

Simple tips can help you to only buy what you need:

Prepare a meal plan for the week.

Check or take a photo of what's left in the fridge and cupboards before shopping, so you know what you have

Go food shopping after a meal rather than right before

Use a shopping list, noting the amounts required.

Factor in potential eating out occasions.

Give imperfect fruit and vegetables a chance, they are perfectly edible and nutritious.

2. Know how to store your food

Make sure food doesn't disappear in the cupboards or fridge by applying the first-in-first-out principle. Fresh groceries go behind products nearer to expiry dates which move closer and more visible.

Organise the fridge by keeping ready to eat foods such as leftovers on the top shelf and sealed raw meat and fish on the bottom shelf to avoid dripping. Reserve a separate drawer for fruit and vegetables.

Unsure if a food item should be stored inside or outside the fridge? Check our list of common confusions while storing food.

Keep track of food storage at home by using a digital storage guide, smart fridge, app or online template.

3. Undertsand 'use by' vs 'best before' dates

The 'use by' date on packaged food tells us when it is still safe to eat the product. The use-by date is usually found on perishable foods such as chilled meat, dairy, and ready-made meals. To avoid wasting food these should be purchased when, and in the amount, necessary. It's best not to stock up.

'Best before' dates are more flexible than use by date. After this date, foods such as dried beans, lentils, and pasta, can be consumed safely, although their quality may have decreased (for example, changes in flavour, colour, texture). Trusting our senses should be sufficient to detect the quality of foods with these labels.

4. Use what you have

Check what's in the fridge and cupboards regularly and use up foods nearing their expiry dates.

Combine any vegetables left into a 'clean-out-the-fridge' pot of pasta, soup, omelette, or stir fry. We get to enjoy a new recipe and avoid throwing out good food.

Get creative, find recipes on how to cook with few ingredients

Freeze food before its use-by date. Frozen fruits can make a nice addition to smoothies!

5. Avoid serving too much

Here are some simple practices that help:

Serve small portions and come back for seconds, rather than scraping excess food from our plates into the bin.

Use smaller sized plates to serve food.

Measure portion sizes with low-cost kitchen helpers such as measuring cups and scoops for appropriate portion sizes.

Improve the dining experience by being mindful, eating away from a screen and taking more time

Use leftovers for lunch the next day. Not enough leftovers for a whole meal? Mix and match from different meals, add some salad or bread, and a feast appears before us!

Freeze for later. For the tastiest results, frozen leftovers should be used within three months (more on how to safely handle them here).

Date-label leftovers

Ask for a doggy bag when dining out, it is okay to take leftovers and there should be no shame about it. Bringing a container can also help reduce packaging waste.

Share tasty leftover recipes with friends and family, host a meal where you cook with leftover food or initiate a food waste contest in your community.

6. Know your moulds

If mould appears, whether we can still 'rescue' the food depends on what it is. The following general rules can help us know what to do.

Hard foods should be safe to consume once the mouldy part is removed along with the surrounding area. This includes hard cheeses, hard cured meats (such as salami and ham) and firm fruits and vegetables (such as cabbages bell peppers, root vegetables).

Soft foods should be thrown out once they start to mould. This includes cooked leftovers, soft cheeses, yoghurts and other dairy products, bread, jams and soft fruits and veggies (such as cucumbers, peaches, tomatoes, berries and so on). This is because mould can spread in soft foods (and we might not even see it).

7. Share extra food with others

If the food is still safe, but we know we won't be able to use it ourselves, there are ways to share:

Ask around, friends or colleagues could make use of what we won't.

Check if there are food banks around that accept donations and distribute them to people in need.

Invite neighbours over for a meal, it's not only a nice way to gain new friends.

8. Repurpose waste where possible

Try to repurpose food scraps before they make it to the compost bin. Broccoli stems and florets can be chopped and cooked, cauliflower leaves can be baked, potatoes can be oven baked with skin, herbs can be frozen in cubes, roasted celery leaves can be used as a seasoning and other scraps can be transformed into homemade stock!

Keep a food waste diary and scribble down creative ways to stop wasting food. Use Apps or find templates online.

Pick up food from restaurants and stores that would otherwise be wasted. There are plenty of inspiring and growing initiatives to share, exchange or buy otherwise wasted food. Scroll down for a full list of European initiatives and Apps.

For what can't be saved, composting is an option. Composting a natural process where microorganisms biodegrade food waste, turning it into a dark, earthy, nutrient-rich material that promotes healthy soil. Note that while composting food at home does not reduce food waste, it can go a small way to helping reduce the environmental impact by repurposing waste into compost that helps nourish the soil.

Community composting and separate food waste bins are a step in the right direction. We can check with our local government, to see what kind of food waste collection is available.

Or we can feed our garden! Compost is an affordable organic alternative to purchased fertiliser, but it's best to stick to plant-based foods (as meat and animal products could lead to bad smells and pests).

References

European commission website. Food waste section.

EUFIC website, Safe food storage at home.

USDA website, Food safety education section.

Stop Food Waste website, Home composting section.

Recommendations for Action in Food Waste Prevention

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PREFACE
It took until the late 1980s to make transport part of EU policy. Since then, steps have been taken towards a more ambitious transport policy. Reluctance in EU Member States to enforce the rules keeps being the biggest obstacle.

Liberalisation and social harmonisation have barely gone hand in hand in the transport sector. Some EU rules exist, but without proper enforcement, the current employment situation is often unsatisfactory.

Suddenly, the skies were blue. The Covid-19 lockdown grounded the majority of flights, and analysts say that it could take years for aviation to get back to normal.

For more than 100 years, the automotive industry has relied on cars with internal combustion engines. Today, transformation is irrevocable. The Covid-19 pandemic makes it a truly Herculean task.

European transport infrastructure reflects the complexity of Europe's cross-border management tasks and its historic path dependency. Railway infrastructure is a prominent example of this.

A well-connected cross-border railway system is the backbone of European transnational mobility. Yet many cross-border points still look like a patchwork reflecting a myriad of different national systems.

Maritime transport is the most important, most efficient, but also dirtiest way of shipping goods. Not covered by the Paris Agreement, the industry is trying to set guidelines for a more environment-friendly maritime transport.

Tourism is a major economic sector in Europe. But its negative impacts on the environment and local communities raise concerns. Sustainable travel is growing, yet Covid-19 could change everything.

Unlike many industries, the manufacture of bicycles keeps on growing. This is mainly driven by the sale of e-bikes. The ever-increasing demand for them seems to be helping the industry to recover rapidly from the impact of Covid-19.

Cargo bikes play a big role in avoiding motorised transport of goods. Many European cities operate successful cargo bike subsidy schemes. Commercial use, private ownership, sharing - all forms of cargo bike use are on the rise.

Providing people with the options to safely walk, bike or use public transportation is paramount not only in creating a green and sustainable city, but also a liveable, people-friendly city.

Cyclists and pedestrians run a high risk of being killed in road traffic. At national and EU levels, a variety of initiatives aims to protect them better. However, more is needed to ensure effective pedestrian and cyclist safety.

The 'last mile' is often a key problem in public transport. Smartly planned intermodal intersections and digitalisation offer a range of possibilities to close that gap in the transportation chain - even with solutions for an individual mobility.

Inefficiencies in the transport system are caused by false prices. A high amount of costs is passed from the polluter to the general public. This 'externalisation' prevents fair competition in transport and must be changed.

The path going forward is clear: for road vehicles, electricity and alternative fuels will soon replace petrol and diesel. The climate protection potential of this move is high, but some problems still need to be solved along the way.

Detected five years ago, 'Dieselgate' remains partly unsolved, although national governments and the European Commission have offered a wide range of responses. Consumers criticise the scandal-handling by car manufacturers.

Increasing mobility and trade as well as the shortening of a vehicle's average life have led to a growing number of vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life in Europe.

Europe and the world have been hit by trans-national crises before the Covid-19 pandemic. And mostly all of them had a severe impact on mobility and transport.

Digitalisation has already changed urban micro--mobility. The next step is the development of a single app for all mobility services.
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Project management needs efficient strategies for every process, from project planning and implementation to its final delivery. Project management software plays an instrumental role in organizing and handling different aspects of a project at each step in its lifecycle.

The overall process is not a piece of cake; it requires effort from every single member of the team to work efficiently and produce a quality project in time. For this, project managers and leaders spend lots of effort coordinating everything.

Even one single misinformation or mistake can lead the entire team to suffer the consequences of quality and turnaround times, let alone the business image and company culture. Using a project management tool can save you from these risks and inefficiencies and ensure you complete your project on time with client satisfaction.

Here's a sneak peek at the best open source project management software. I've covered the details of each based on my experience in the post below!

Now let's discuss what these tools are and how they can help you.

What is Project Management Software?

Project management software is a tool that helps in project planning, resource allocation, scheduling tasks, and enhances coordination between team members. It also enables project managers, users, and stakeholders to manage budgeting and cost, documentation, quality management, and proper administration.

A project management tool is designed specially to help improve your team's productivity and ensure projects are delivered on time with quality. Some of the common features of project management software include:

Project planning

Scheduling tasks

Allocating resources

Tracking progress

Creating roadmaps

Bug tracking

Budgeting

Ensuring security and data privacy

Release planning

Reporting and analytics

Thus, using project management software, it is easier to keep track of various aspects in relation to the project in hand.

Why do you Need Project Management Software?

Organizations with numerous projects and big teams can face challenges to accomplish their projects. Many tasks need your attention, such as ideation, planning, implementation, and delivery. And each step is crucial to deliver a quality project and make your clients happy to drive your business.

Doing everything manually consumes a lot of time, money, and labor. You may also run into the risk of missing deadlines or compromising quality due to ineffective project management.

Project management software helps to streamline the overall process of completing a project. It enables you to optimize each step so you can deliver projects on time without compromising the quality. It enhances the bond with your customers and builds trust, and helps maintain a solid brand image.

Here are some of the benefits of using a project management tool:

Streamlines workflow

By using a project management tool, you can streamline your workflow across the entire project lifecycle. It will save you from doing manual, repetitive tasks that are annoying and time-intensive. Instead, the tool can automate various processes.

You can assign tasks easily, schedule tasks effectively, monitor the implementation, track progress, integrate other tools you already use, and leverage other features to complete your projects successfully in shorter turnaround times with top-notch quality.

Centralizes all information in the tool

When the actual work starts on a project, there's a likelihood of misinformation or mismanagement. As a result, employees might feel overwhelmed by the workload, the number of files, and the goals of completing the project seem very distant.

But using an efficient project management tool with a centralized dashboard, every team member can be on the same page by sharing information via the tool. This way, your team works without interruptions, confusion, or burn-out.

Communication gaps can result in project inefficiencies. It may create misinformation or disputes, and no one wants that in the middle of work (or at any time either). Exchanging information through emails is slow, and sometimes you won't even get answers when you need them urgently.

A project management tool helps promote communication flow within your team by allowing them to comment on the project directly, have healthy discussions, and provide feedback quickly while ensuring data security.

Enhances team transparency

Maintaining transparency within your team builds trust and opens the door to better collaboration. If tasks, processes, and progress are not clearly visible to all, it leads to doubts and overhead due to tracking processes at each step.

With a project management tool by your side, you can enable greater transparency, and everyone involved in the project will be aware of the project's status and processes. It will help them understand their next steps and organize tasks effectively.

Increases cost-efficiency

Manual and repetitive processes consume not only time but also effort and cost. When you use a single software to plan and organize tasks, collaborate with people, and progress with centralized insights, it will save your money and time.

Benefits of Self-hosted Project Management Tools👍

If you start your hunt for the best project management software, you will get many options. At this time, shortlist software based on your team size, budget, and requirements. Here, you can go for self-hosted or SaaS-based project management software.

The benefits associated with the former are that source code is available free to use by all, and you can also modify and redistribute it based on your needs. Open-source and free project management tools allow manipulating the code to optimize the software by adding more features, removing bugs, etc.

So, here are some of the free and open-source project management tools you can consider.

OpenProject

OpenProject is an agile, efficient, classic, and hybrid open-source project management software. You will have access to secure your privacy with the highest standards in privacy and data security. Installing it in your infrastructure helps you get complete control and data ownership.

Using the tool will give you insights into all your data and its storage without any external influence. It will also allow your team to work more productive, more pleasant, and simpler way. In addition, your team will be able to track their work to get better results while organizing tasks quickly and distributing tasks to anyone within the team.

OpenProject has everything in a single place so that you can communicate better. Optimize the creativity and experience of the teammates via shared timelines to visualize and create project plans.

Analyze the detailed activities to develop a plan and let everyone know how to proceed and when to deliver the project by understanding the scope. Agile teams will also measure, learn, and build to deliver faster and better work with every iteration.

OpenProject provides necessary tools to get methodologies like Kanban and Scrum and agile product development. It is a big community for developers, open-source enthusiasts, businesses, etc., where they can find the perfect setup to choose between premises and flexible hosting options.

The enterprise on-premises provides premium, professional support, and security features for the self-hosted OpenProject. According to your number of users, calculate your price. Choose the support options and subscription period to get your application starting at $405/year for 5 users.

If you need OpenProject hosting then you can try the Kamatera platform.

Focalboard

Are you searching for an alternative to Notion, Asana, and Trello?

Well, you can go for Focalboard, which is an open-source and self-hosted project management software. It helps to organize, manage, track, and define work across your teams by using the Kanban board view. It has two editions:

Focalboard Personal Desktop: It is a desktop app for personal and to-do projects. It is a single-tenant that runs on a local server to get optimal performance and speed.

Focalboard Personal Server: It is a self-hosted server to help collaborate better with your team.

Click over "add new boards" to pick project tasks from the different templates.

Change the created date, priority, sort settings, filter settings, and group by settings according to your preference. You can also drag cards from one column to another to change the group property. In addition, edit the cards whenever you want to know the set of properties and content and the list of comments.

Table views help you view the cards in a single place to hover over the title to open one. Furthermore, every board has card templates and board templates to customize each board as per your team. Get a Personal Desktop on your Mac and Windows or Personal Server on Ubuntu.

Get the open-source project management platform of Restya to manage tasks, chat, to-dos, etc. Restya is a Trello-like kanban board that will offer advanced category Extend Restyaboard and countless options such as scripts, user styles, widgets, integrations, etc.

They have the MyRestyaboards app that is compatible with iPadOS and iOS operating systems. It tracks numerous Restya Boards, and you can import existing boards easily from Asana, which is used in project and work management.

It's a cloud-based project management solution where you can also import your work instantly from Kantree, a flexible management tool that helps organize, collaborate projects, manage, and plan. Furthermore, you can easily transfer boards from Pipefy, Taiga, Taskwarrior, Trello, and Wekan to Restya Board.

A separate board manages every project, and you can create numerous boards and manage them simultaneously. Use existing templates for instant and quick launches, and duplicate a single board multiple times with different names. In addition, the keyboard shortcut keys let you perform some actions like deletion and addition of members, open cards, voting, etc.

Create one digital platform with classified projects and descriptions. In this digital platform, you will get an interactive interface, better organization visibility, and the option to edit, add a member, remove a member, change permissions, sort, and delete.

View simple boards or apply filters to see a list of boards and set its visibility to public or private. You can also see the cards in grid format or a list view. Restya provides you with a calendar view along with color variations to make it distinct and highlighted.

Additional features you will have are Gantt view, report view, member invitation, list view of members, editing visibility mode, changing the background, modifying textures and patterns, custom background option, automatic subscription, productivity beats, and much more.

Upgrade your daily working style through an open-source project management software ERPNext. It allows you to organize your task, schedule, plan, and analyze the projects by collaborating with your team to accelerate the work.

ERPNext can keep track of your project deadlines with a clear view of the plan. You can manage everything from a single workspace and simplify the projects by discovering a task-driven approach.

ERPNext offers easy collaboration by allowing you to split the project into bite-sized tasks and assign them to your teammates. You will also get access to the progress of your project and its efficiency via priorities and clear scope, milestones, and estimated timelines.

Moreover, ERPNext lets you share and upload multimedia files like images, documents, and videos. Achieve smooth communication with everyone with the help of auto-replies to incoming emails.

Get current and accurate insights anytime you need to stay on top of expenses and budgets, plan better for every project and see how the budget has been spent. It also allows you to build software for open-source projects.

Taskcafe is an open-source project management tool that helps manage different tasks via a Kanban board interface by setting due dates and adding checklists and labels. Once you get inside the "My Tasks" view, you will see each assigned task.

You will also get options like personal projects, task comments, task activities, etc. If you are searching for an alternative to NextCloud, Trello, etc., you can have Taskcafe that will fit your workflow and help you manage every project easily. It is in the alpha development stage and has many useful and unique features.

Orangescrum

Get a scalable and secure open-source project management tool - Orangescrum to manage agile and simple projects for your teams. It helps you make strategies, plan it well, execute your plan, and allow your team to finish within the deadline to complete a project successfully.

Orangescrum helps you plan everything strategically to achieve higher efficiency and have optimal results. Apart from creating project plans, you can also monitor and deliver them seamlessly. It also helps in real-time collaboration and minimum resource utilization when you are assigning roles to your teammates.

Orangescrum integrates your workflow with visual project planning to increase the success rates. Get insights into portfolio performance and initiatives through real-time data in your dashboards. Furthermore, you can manage financial activities and budgets by monitoring project expenses and resource costs to achieve higher profit margins.

Secure your data with role-based access control (RBAC) and Single Sign-On. You can also download Orangescrum on Android or iOS devices to manage the same work being outside. In addition, centralize your project information to access easily from anywhere.

If you are a startup and want to keep track of the work, choose the startup plan at just $9/month for 10 users and avail benefits like unlimited tasks, projects, Gantt chart, status, task reminder, 5 GB storage, and 5 guest users.

Deliver your project as promised within budget with Taiga - a project management tool having rich features and simplicity with its intuitive interface for multi-functional agile teams. It lets you collaborate with your team to define deliverables and utilize their knowledge.

Start aligning tasks and prioritize the deliverables to allow each member for timely completion. As communication is a significant point in every management, Taiga helps you interact with your teammates quickly to share task progress. In addition, let your teammates view the ongoing activities and check the completed tasks.

With Taiga, you can enable better transparency with your team on the current status and resource allocation and better understand the effort required to complete the project. It has an easy-to-use interface to help improve the way of working and performing tasks.

You can change the workflows and add more features without any complex setup in between the project. Taiga also offers reliability, independence, adaptability, flexibility, security, performance, and stability to help you deliver excellent projects.

Sign up for free to get up to 5 private projects, unlimited public projects, and up to 300MB storage. If you want to have more benefits, go with the $5/user/month plan.

Twake is an open digital workplace that allows you to improve your organizational productivity. It will help you communicate with your team seamlessly, invite external users, share files, collaborate on documents, and start a video meeting.

Twake gives you the freedom to manage the whole project, create new tasks, move each task as per their progress, assign work along with deadlines to your teammates. Its drag and drop file manager allows you to access your stored and shared documents easily.

You can manage labels and versions effortlessly and edit your files as well. When necessary, create new team events, attach video links for conference meetings, configure notifications for the members, attach relevant tasks and files, and set deadlines.

Moreover, install the application you require in your workflow seamlessly with Twake. Every application is independent of files, calendars, and discussions. You can work with the same document in any format such as Google Doc, Libre Office, MS Office, etc.

Twake's database is encrypted, and hence, your files are secure. Additionally, you have the power to decide who can access the files. All your data and files are securely stored in France. It complies with GDPR and allows secure transfers via HTTPS/SSL encryption.

Start using this project management platform for free with limited features or advance plans to avail more.

Another free and open-source project management software in this list is Wekan with the kanban board. Kanban board is an unbeatable tool that keeps your work organized, such as maintaining a to-do list, working in a team, planning holidays, and viewing the project's current status.

Wekan helps you enhance productivity by freeing time to focus on the items that matter the most. It has a one-click installation option on your computer or server. Wekan is used across many countries and is available in 63 different languages.

This tool has a real-time user interface that allows you to manage everything. In addition, it also supports various platforms. For having Wekan on your computer, you need basic requirements.

It would help if you had 64bit Linux Snap or Sandstorm/Windows/Mac, CPUs where MongoDB and Node.js exist, 1GB minimum RAM free for Wekan, system server with 4GB RAM, and enough disk space.

ProjectLibre

If you are searching for a tool to solve your management work, ProjectLibre is an excellent option!

It is an open-source alternative for Microsoft Project, and supports Mac, Windows, and Linux, and can open MS Project files. It also provides multi-project management options for teams.

ProjectLibre can be translated into 29 languages, and you can switch the language from the drop-down menu. It offers features and benefits like Gantt charts, PERT charts, network diagrams, RBS/WBS charts, earned value costing, resource histograms, etc.

As the name suggests, Leantime offers "lean" project management that innovators and startups would love. It is designed to work flawlessly from project ideation to final delivery. This open-source tool is written in PHP and JavaScript and uses the MySQL database.

Its feature list includes kanban boards for task management, calendar and table views, Gantt charts for milestone management, and Lean Canvas for research boards. In addition, it offers timesheet management, project dashboards, retrospectives, reports, two-factor authentication, and multiple user roles.

You can integrate Leantime with Slack, Zulip, and Mattermost; and export tasks, milestones, and timesheets to CSV. It uses a local file system or AWS S3 for file storage, and this tool is available in English, Russian, Spanish, and Dutch.

Plane is a Jira alternative open-source platform for project and product management. It enables the developing of an entire task-tracking system that may evolve to accommodate several project management frameworks such as Agile, Waterfall, and others.

It assists users in managing issues, planning and sprinting with cycles and modules, documenting with Plane Pages, increasing productivity with Command K, and remaining secure with data encryption. With the Command K menu, you can search, administer, and traverse the platform in seconds.

These plane pages provide an easy way to document vital facts, such as issues, cycle plans, and module specifics. Furthermore, these plain pages can be synchronized with your issues, allowing for increased collaboration and efficiency in keeping track of important information.

The Plane is engineered with security in mind, and its data encryption and frequent security updates ensure that your data and privacy are fully protected.

The Plane platform integrates seamlessly with various third-party programs, including Notion and Slack, to provide users with a straightforward method to manage their Workspace and projects.

Users may efficiently address issues and notifications by enabling direct access to these tools within the platform without transferring between several interfaces. This centralized approach to project management promotes a smooth workflow and, as a result, increased productivity.

The Plane is designed to enhance performance, privacy, and workflow. The platform is easy to use, and the workplace may be customized to match individual needs.

Not ready for self-hosted? How about trying these popular solutions?

While this is becoming a rather exhaustive list, I can't help but mention two other tools that I've found really useful. So, while you are checking out the above, you can also add these to your list of possibilities:

ProjeQtOr

ProjeQtOr is an open-source project organizer that is quality-based, easy to use, and a one-stop solution for your management team. It is difficult for project managers and employees to navigate through multiple software but with ProjeQtOr they can take care of everything from planning (projects, activities, Gantt chart), work (tickets, timesheets), requirements, risks, steering (meetings, deliverables), HR absences, financial expenses, and much more!

Redmine

Redmine is a flexible, cross-platform as well as cross-database due to its Ruby on Rails framework. What I liked about it is its variety of features from multiple database support and multilanguage support to its support for multiple projects, flexible tracking system, file management, flexible access control based on role, etc.

Conclusion 👩‍🏫

Project management software helps you accelerate your workflow, promote better communication, save time and money. I hope the above discussed open-source and free project management tools help you achieve these benefits to complete each project successfully.

Alternatively, if you are not ready for self-hosted implementation yet, you can try managed project management solutions such as monday.com.

Durga Prasad Acharya is a Senior Technical Writer who loves writing on emerging technologies such as AI & ML, Cybersecurity, Hosting, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Gaming and more. Besides writing, he's a web designer and passionate about... read more

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Blog: 3 Ways to Manage Eco-Anxiety “Eco-Anxiety” is a term coined to explain the crippling, overwhelming, and often paralyzing fear that with the direction the planet is going in everything is doomed and there’s nothing we can do about it.

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Confetti can be super fun at an event, but many venues have stopped allowing it, due to the environmental impact, not to mention the cleaning. This do-it-yourself biodegradable leaf confetti is the perfect outside alternative! To make your own confetti, all you need are leaves and hole punches. Mother Nature will take care of the outside confetti cleanup for you!

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Plastic and paper confetti isn't environmentally friendly and typically not biodegradable. Confetti rice can be dangerous to birds and other animals. Even some of the more environmentally friendly options, like rose petals or bird seed, need to be cleaned up before they can cause damage in the longterm.

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A 14-year old boy recently made headlines when he claimed the government could save millions of dollars every year if they switched to using the font Garamond in all of their printed materials. While his claim was not exactly accurate, it did bring attention to an often neglected issue-the fact that some fonts require more ink than other fonts, which is bad news for the environment.

If you're concerned about creating unnecessary waste and utilizing green business practices, then you should know that choosing ink-saving "eco fonts" at the start of your project can help make a much more environmentally-friendly folder.

Why switch to an ink-saving font?

More ink usage means a longer print job, which uses more electricity. When a printer has to order more ink, it has to be manufactured and shipped, while the discarded ink containers create plastic and metal waste. All of this has the side effect of creating more CO2 emissions and increasing your carbon footprint.

When a design uses less ink, it also means that if the final product is eventually recycled, the plant won't have to use as much energy stripping ink from the paper. Additionally, less bleaching will be necessary, which means fewer harmful chemicals will end up impacting the environment.

Choosing an eco font

When it comes to choosing fonts that save ink, size matters. The smaller the surface area of the font, the less ink it requires to print. For example, everybody's favorite default font, Times New Roman, is pretty economical thanks to the thin letters. Look for terms like Thin, Condensed or Narrow, as they usually indicate that the font has been designed to use less ink.

Another rule of thumb is to choose fonts that are sans serif, as those little flourishes can add up to a lot of extra ink usage. Note that the "sans" rule isn't a hard and fast rule-Times New Roman has serifs, but it's still more eco-friendly than some sans serif fonts out there.

Above all, keep your font readable. Otherwise, your materials are likely to be thrown away without consideration, which means that all of that ink you might have saved from printing with an eco-friendly font was for naught.

If you need a place to start, here's a list of some of the best ink-saving fonts that you might want to consider.

1. Ryman Eco

Ryman Stationery, an office supply chain store in the UK, has created what they call "the world's most beautiful sustainable font." Ryman Eco is a free font that uses 33% less ink than standard fonts and looks gorgeous doing it.

The letters in Ryman Eco are hollow with very thin lines, but when printed at a small enough size, the audience is none the wiser because the ink bleeds together. At larger sizes, the hollow letters are more apparent, but the look is actually quite interesting and may help to engage your audience.

2. Ecofont Sans

Ryman Stationary isn't the only game in town when it comes to eco-friendly font options. A company called Ecofont is dedicated to helping people use less ink when they print text. Their signature font, Ecofont Sans, has tiny holes poked into the letters to use less ink. Again, at smaller sizes, the holes are negligible due to ink bleed.

Ecofont isn't just a font face; it's also software that can help you poke tiny holes in the standard fonts you typically use, such as Arial, Calibri, Verdana, Times New Roman and Trebuchet MS. Using the Ecofont software, you can reduce your ink usage by up to 50%. Be aware, however, that neither the software nor the Ecofont Sans font are free.

3. Courier

A much more reader-friendly option than Garamond, the standard font Courier uses letters that are thin but not small, which means you won't have to make your text any larger than normal to make it legible.

Courier has a retro typewriter style that might not work for every design scheme, but that's exactly what makes it so economical-it was designed for typewriters, which means it was designed to save on ink.

4. Century Gothic

Again, thanks to the early days of print, we have ink-saving fonts like Century Gothic that are designed with thin letters for maximum readability and minimal ink usage. Century Gothic is also a sans serif font, so it saves more ink by staying simple.

There is a downside to Century Gothic, however; it's wider than most fonts, so it takes up more room on the page. Depending on how much you need to use it in your print design, this could mean needing more paper than usual.

5. Brush Script

As you might recall, we're not the biggest fans of Brush Script. But strangely enough, it actually uses less ink than Times New Roman, even with all the fancy add-ons and curlicues. It's not our favorite (and it's not especially readable), but it could make for an eco-friendly alternative for a headline or logo font since it saves more ink than your standard bold fonts.

The key is finding a balance between clean, legible design and eco-friendliness. If you absolutely have to use big, fat, ink-draining fonts because your design aesthetic requires it, find other ways to offset the cost to the environment, such as switching to a recycled stock.

Other ways to save on ink usage

Unfortunately, sometimes an ink-saving font just isn't an option if it doesn't mesh with your design. But there are other ways to reduce the amount of ink you utilize when printing text.

Reducing the size of your fonts can go a long way-after all, the only reason people point to Garamond as the ultimate eco-friendly font is because it's a naturally smaller font. In other words, text written in 12-point Garamond will be physically smaller than text written in most other 12-point fonts. It technically uses less ink, but it's also less readable. You're better off just reducing the size of your text and using fonts and techniques that maximize readability at small sizes.

Bold text requires a greater amount of ink coverage than normal text, so go easy on it. If you need to bring attention to something in the body text, consider using italics instead.

Consider using fewer printed elements altogether. Try using blind embossing; not only will it give your project a sophisticated look, it uses absolutely no ink. Keep any printed text as concise as possible to cut back on ink usage. For example, don't use full paragraphs to say something if you can deliver the same information in a bulleted list.

Make a difference

As a print designer, you can't always make eco-friendly choices for your clients; sometimes they're just going to want something extravagant that uses up a lot of resources. But if you do something as simple as suggest the use of an ink-saving font, you can at least make a small difference. And the more print designers out there who make small differences, the more it all adds up to something bigger.

Which fonts are your favorites when you want to be economical with your ink usage? Can you think of other choices that graphic artists can make to help reduce the carbon footprint of their print designs? Leave your comments below, and let's brainstorm some ideas about how print designers can save the world!

Author: Vladimir Gendelman

As CEO of CompanyFolders.com, Vladimir is a knowledgeable authority in print marketing and graphic design for businesses. With his team of designers and experts, he helps customers put forth the best possible impression with high-quality collateral. Learn more about Vladimir's history and experience, and connect with him on Twitter.

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JINT wil haar visie op duurzaamheid ook in de praktijk brengen tijdens (inter)nationale evenementen, vormingen of studiebezoeken. Daarom brachten we informatie, tips en voorbeelden samen in de online publicatie ' Guidelines for sustainable events '. We zoomen in op aspecten als keuze van de locatie, het transport, de catering, het afval tot de communicatie over je duurzame acties.

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