You can view the full map and all its details here. In recent years, the Balkan region has become increasingly interesting to extractivist entities. The EU, in particular, has set its sights on the “critical materials” it claims to require for its so-called green transition, which will also be used to manufacture weapons and armaments.… Continue reading Mining is War
Endless War on Earth?
Developing a multi-level strategy toolkit for short, medium and long-term action In this workshop, we came from different positions, struggles, contexts, and geographies. We felt that there was a lack of transnational communication in building a global movement that connects climate change and war and spreads across different territories and contexts. It seemed to us… Continue reading Endless War on Earth?
World Game
At BG | berlinergazette.de’s 2025 conference, Pluriverse of Peace, the workshop “World Game” gathered to explore how a game might enable “anti-war and climate activists to explore commonalities and bridge differences.” Accordingly, for 2.5 days we met and considered the following questions: Although the anti-war and climate movements are serious, our group discussed the importance… Continue reading World Game
Defunding Life?
Global Anti-Austerity Forum https://vimeo.com/1128462188?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Before diving into this text, we recommend watching a short movie, as an artistic, embodied interpretation of the ideas that follow. This platform aims to unite struggles from around the world against austerity and its systemic causes. We want the government to provide the conditions necessary for life: decent, well-paid jobs… Continue reading Defunding Life?
We inhale wars. We exhale resistance
We inhale wars. We exhale resistance. While governments pour trillions into weapons, the planet pays the price. Forests fall, snow disappears, oceans boil, our air slowly harms us, and our food loses nutrition. Yet 9 out of 10 people agree: countries can work together on climate action. The General Will campaign is based on the Peoples’… Continue reading We inhale wars. We exhale resistance
War-Torn Urban Ecologies
Capitalism is waging a war on the city by direct or indirect means: through military technology, aggressive urban development, or ‘natural’ disasters. What does it mean to challenge the destruction of urban ecologies? During the two-day workshop focused on this question, we encountered the limits of language when we talk about war and disaster: people… Continue reading War-Torn Urban Ecologies
Caring Urban Ecologies: Collective mapping of questions and resources
Our starting point was to ask questions about care in urban spaces, and to use these questions to inform each other about strategies, mindsets, and methodologies that we have either experienced or encountered in our work. Let’s start with our questions: Strategies and references: Greek Solidarity ClinicsSolidarity clinics provide free medical assistance, particularly in times… Continue reading Caring Urban Ecologies: Collective mapping of questions and resources
Undoing Urban Borders
Map Game Design Concept, Development, and Rules Design Concept: The concept of the game revolves around the theme of invisible/visible borders “within” the context of the city, where a variety of barriers, deeply hidden to those not affected by them, affect people’s lives on a daily basis. These boundaries can include class, race, accessibility, gender,… Continue reading Undoing Urban Borders
Hacking Liquid Tree City
Working on: Hacking Visibility Intro: Air pollution is known to be a problem that plagues many metropolitan areas around the world, but did you know that cities in Eastern Europe, especially in the Balkans, top the list of the most polluted places in the world? According to activists, air pollution in the urban centers of… Continue reading Hacking Liquid Tree City
Contesting ‘Green’ Coloniality
https://player.vimeo.com/video/1021667591 Ways of Saying Not at All Instead of No “Smart, Green city? I would prefer not to.” Political platforms, position papers, and activist demands are often criticized for focusing on negation rather than affirmation. We often vote in ways that deny a candidate the chance to be president, rather than voting to affirm our… Continue reading Contesting ‘Green’ Coloniality
(Un)Working Balkans
Working on the (un)working Balkans Intro: The Balkans are virtually absent in the dominant political discourse of Europe: out of sight, out of mind. At the same time, central economic and geopolitical interests of the EU are concentrated in this region, not least in the course of creating “green future markets.” Here, the logic of… Continue reading (Un)Working Balkans
Dismantling Eco-Fascism
Please turn on “Dark Mode” for the best reading experience! A counter-memory game We came together in this workshop to discuss the meaning and forms of eco-fascism, and what it might take to oppose and overcome it. We found that eco-fascism has many dimensions: From right-wing nationalist ecology, to the lifeboat ethic and overpopulation narratives… Continue reading Dismantling Eco-Fascism
Working-Class Environmentalism
The Toolkit for Sustainable Work When asked to imagine what sustainable work would look like, people envision different possibilities, as shown by this sample of participants in the Allied Grounds conference. The United Nations has come up with its own guidelines. Economic and human development, technological innovation, decent work and ecological production: here’s their astonishing… Continue reading Working-Class Environmentalism