Daan Appels

Jan 2, 2024 | ftm.eu | Daan Appels |Rosemary Hiscock

From a strict minimum age for cigarette sales to advertising bans: Keeping children away from tobacco is one of the most visible health policies in Europe. But closer to the equator, tens of thousands of children’s hands work unprotected to process tobacco leaves to produce the cigarettes that adults ultimately enjoy in the Western world, an investigation shows. On a thatched roof in rural Malawi, the sun roasts some 18 mice pierced with a skewer.

Dec 27, 2023 | voxweb.nl | Daan Appels

The economy is growing, but the planet is becoming depleted. A growing number of scientists argue that economic stabilisation or even decline is the only way forward. Other experts find this idea radical and unwise. Solar panels on every roof, and everyone their own Tesla, including a charging cord mat so the neighbour doesn’t trip. For some this sounds like a dream, for others like an untenable vision of the future.