Environment

The circular economy is nothing new. Although it is a concept that is much talked about today, it was an everyday practice in our grandparents’ time, especially in rural areas, where the old maxim of the father of chemistry, Lavoisier, was naturally and obviously applied: “In nature, nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed”.

Climate change is gaining relevance, interest, and space in young people’s daily lives. In September, six Portuguese youths took 32 states to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for inaction on climate change, challenging their fundamental rights in a case that could set a precedent for climate justice.