Orestes Kolokouris

Jul 2, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Alain Coulombel |Madeleine Sallustio |Cléa Fache |Orestes Kolokouris

The agriculture sector is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in the EU. As the world gets hotter and droughts become more common, it is necessary to make farming practices more ecologically sustainable. In Catalonia, a community-driven initiative has produced a successful case of ecologically aware agriculture, centred around the principles of degrowth. At the sound of the bell, forty people set aside their seeds and tools to mount the dirt slope to a shaded garden.