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Independent climate justice newsletter & events for aspiring rebels 🌱

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Let's talk about love...in times of crisis!

Friendships, romance, community and love are not political, but they are politicised ✊

Check out our latest edition on this topic, plus a roundup of climate opportunities 📝

🔗 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/love
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A Rough Idea: maybe romantic love isn't supposed to be the centre or your life 💡

In our latest supplement, we discuss the historical framing of centring romantic relationships above all and its roots in patriarchy and capitalism 💭

Subscribe & read more 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/friendship
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Thank you to all who joined our #ClimateDrinks!

It was beautiful seeing so many people interested in discussing and engaging with climate and activism ♻️🥂

Stay tuned for the next Green Fix events 🍃📆
February 2, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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On 28 January, in a landmark ruling, the District Court of The Hague found that the Netherlands violated Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire residents’ human rights by treating them as second-class citizens and not protecting them from the climate crisis.

bit.ly/3NJDtJx
A victory for Bonaire and a turning point for climate justice - Greenpeace International
“Today, we are making history. Finally, The Hague can no longer ignore us."
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February 2, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Real security comes from renewables – not from dirty fossil gas.

#StopFossilGas 👇

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
New Green Fix🌿

In the latest edition, we spotlight the Yuturi Warmi community who lead the resistance agaist gold mining in the Amazon ✊ 🌱

Read their story 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/yuturi-warmi
January 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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🙌 Major climate win! 

Amsterdam has become the first capital in the world to legally ban meat and fossil fuel advertising.

🌍 More than 50 cities worldwide have now pledged to ban the advertising of fossil fuels.

www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/a...
Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads
Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads...
www.desmog.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Unilever sells ~1700 highly polluting plastic sachets per second, dumping huge amounts of waste on the Global South.
We can't #recycle our way out of the #plastic crisis.
It’s time for real solutions! Demand Unilever stop single-use & invest in reuse & refill.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Don't miss our #ClimateDrinks this week! 🍻 🍷

What a better way to seal the start of the year than meeting new people and talking about climate and social impact? 👀 🌿

📅 28 January, 6pm CET
📍 Kamilou; Rue Joseph II, Brussels

Join our cozy hangout 👉 www.eventbrite.be/e/brussels-c...
January 26, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🚨 New edition of A Rough Idea 🚨

Are you also stuck and with decision paralysis as the year has started?

In our latest paid supplement, we share small and actionable ways to build community in these slow winter months ❄️

Subscribe and read here ➡️ thegreenfix.substack.com/p/winter-vil...
January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
🚨 First edition of the year 🚨

We're back with a fresh newsletter discussing participatoy democracy 💡

We talked with Assemble UK about their work with citizen assemblies to build collective power and foster deliberative democracy ✊

Read here 🔗https://thegreenfix.substack.com/p/house-of-the-people
January 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Research by Oxfam has found that the world’s richest 1% have used up their fair share of carbon emissions just 10 days into 2026.😵‍💫

It's time the biggest polluters, like fossil fuel companies and the super-rich, paid more for climate action.✊

@oxfamgb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Care and community are political 🗣️🗣️

It's very tempting to reflect on our year through the "traditional" lens of success. But what about focusing on other metrics instead?

How have you played a role as a villager this year?

Read our end of year reflections 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/2025-wrap
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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10 years of the #ParisAgreement. The verdict? 🌍
YEE was at the European Parliament yesterday with Teresa Ribera and climate scientists.

The conclusion is clear: we have not done enough. To secure a livable future, We need rapid decarbonisation of our economies, not more delays.

#ClimateAction #EU
December 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A Rough Idea: We can help with the *inevitable* political discussion at Christmas 😅

In the latest supplement, we talk about bridging the political divide at the dinner table and navigating radically opposite views 👀

Upgrade your subscription and read here 👇 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/ari-christ...
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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New research shows toxic chemicals in food systems cost us up to $2.2 trillion a year in health impacts.

Meanwhile the EU Commission wants to destroy our protections against pesticide risks. We can't let this happen, help us👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I saw things I imagined.

For the latest in our Futures series, we interviewed Marion Atieno Osieyo, host of the Black Earth podcast on the futures of nature, developing positive futures and Afrofuturism 💭

Read here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/what-would...
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Politics will not save us, we have to keep showing up 💡

#COP30 was yet another disappointment at policy-makers who refuse to take action.

Yet, we shouldn't stop organising because citizen protest, advocacy and activism can move the needle.

Subscribe & read 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/ari-cop30
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The far-right is rising and organising to destablise institutions. Progressives can't afford to be obsessed with ideological purity 👀

📩In the latest edition, we tackle performativity and feature an op-ed about in-fighting in progressive movements.

🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/purity-pol...
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The 🇪🇺 is defunding NGOs while also criminalising peaceful protests.

Our very own @casshebron.bsky.social spoke at the European Parliament about her experience as an activist & the challenging environment for NGOs.

Read her speech 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/ari-defend...
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🆕 In this new Q&A with @thegreenfix.bsky.social Christiny Miller talks about #futuregenerations thinking – what it is, why it matters, how it works in practice, and how it can help break the cycle of short-term decision-making.

📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Calling all advocates and activists in the 🇪🇺

Join the EU Advocacy Academy by @euchanger.bsky.social, an interactive training drawing from multiple cases on EU decision-making and influencing 📊

📆 26, 27 November
📍 Brussels, Mundo Madou

Register here 🔗 www.euchanger.org/events/eu-ac...
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Two billion people live within 5 km of fossil fuel projects. They breathe toxic air, drink polluted water, and watch their land and health destroyed.

This isn’t progress. It’s destruction with a PR team.
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷

👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year

👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists

✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

#COP30
More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#COP30 will not save us, we have to look for hope elsewhere 👀

In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡

Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM