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15 December

Falling Fruit. This website tells you where the fruit trees are — and Portugal is there

Falling Fruit is a collaborative platform where you can see where food is available, from fruit trees in public places to garbage cans with excess food waste. You can find a pear tree near Avenida da Igreja, in Alvalade, Campo Grande is full of orange trees, and Príncipe Real is the place to go during […]

14 December

A Padaria Portuguesa and Refood fight food waste: “This venture was very natural”

Padaria Portuguesa’s Christmas campaign is run in partnership with Refood, with the aim of attracting new volunteers to get more people involved in the fight against food waste. Peggada sat down to talk with Hunter Hadler, founder of Refood, and Rita Neto, marketing and communications director of Padaria Portuguesa, about everything that is already being […]

13 December

COP28 ends with an agreement to end fossil fuels, but it has “a litany of loopholes”

The climate summit in Dubai ended with better results than expected. As well as approving a fund to finance ‘loss and damage’ caused by climate change, the countries managed to sign a global agreement to abandon fossil fuels. However, not only did the document veer in being blocked, it also has “a litany of loopholes” […]

11 December

Do you do volunteer work? The hours you dedicate to it can now accounted for in an app

There’s a new app that lets you record the hours you spend volunteering, which can be turned into benefits for the organizations where this practice is done. Volunteer Day, which happens on December 5, was the motto for the launch of something innovative in this area: an application that allows all those who do volunteer […]

07 December

From Secret Santa to leftover food — 5 tips for a more sustainable Christmas

We’re already counting down, there’s no escaping it. Christmas is almost here and we can face it as another sustainability challenge, a bit of an extension of all the changes we’ve been making in our daily lives. Peggada sat down to sort out the ideas and we bring you 5 ideas for a Christmas with […]

06 December

50% of tourists want more sustainable vacations — even if it means paying more

The lack of options and high prices are the main obstacles pointed out by those looking to travel more sustainably. According to Booking.com, 50% of tourists say they don’t mind paying more for an experience or accommodation with sustainable certification, making them feel that they are having a positive impact. With inflation, travelers are faced […]

04 December

Muxagata is on its way to become the first zero-waste village in Portugal

The project is called “Muxagata Aldeia Sustentável” [“Muxagata Aldeia Sustentável”] and promotes community composting, door-to-door waste collection and bonuses for those who separate bio-waste correctly. The parish of Muxagata, in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, now has a door-to-door collection system that sends bio-waste for treatment on a community composting island. The project is […]

30 November

The Portuguese Government creates a national observatory to fight energy poverty

By 2050, the National Long-Term Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty wants to reduce the percentage of Portuguese people without money to heat their homes in winter to less than 1%. The Government has approved the National Long-Term Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2023-2050 (ELPPE) and the creation of the National Energy Poverty Observatory. The decision […]

29 November

Dominica creates the World’s first sperm whale sanctuary — and helps fight climate change

The sanctuary will conserve the resident population of more than 200 sperm whales living near the Caribbean island of Dominica and sequester carbon off the ocean floor. The Caribbean island state of Dominica is to create the world’s first marine protected area for sperm whales off the island. It is one of the few countries […]

28 November

Biovilla. The cooperative from which no one leaves the same

Biovilla is a cooperative that dreams in the collective. Everyone does everything, not least because the aim is to keep running a space that is not only accommodation, but also a restaurant, a permaculture center and an example of sustainability. Peggada paid a visit to this place in Arrábida and can state that you’ll not […]

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