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13 February

Livraria Déjà Lu

Déjà Lu is a bookstore that donates 100% of its profits to two institutions that work for the promotion and professionalization of people with Trisomy 21 – APPT21 and PAIS 21. Here, every detail makes the difference, from the shelves made from wine boxes, to the original titles for each category, be it “naughty literature” […]

13 February

Dona Ajuda

Dona Ajuda is a non-profit association that operates in three areas: social, environmental, and cultural. In the social area we highlight the social store, located at Mercado do Rato, in Lisbon. There they receive all kinds of donations: clothes, books, shoes, games, decoration items, etc. After being properly sorted, they are put up for sale, […]

12 February

Containers, donations, resale. What to do with clothes you no longer wear?

From street bins to social stores and trading markets, we help you understand the destination of your donations. Did you know that a cotton T-shirt can take 10 to 20 years to decompose, and about 100 to 300 years if it is made of synthetic fabric? So if you have clothes you no longer wear, […]

11 February

In Porto, 50 collected cork stoppers give life to a tree

The recycling of the stoppers avoids the release of the gas into the atmosphere and allows the CO2 retention capacity of the cork to be prolonged. Porto Ambiente, LIPOR and Quercus have joined forces in a partnership called “Rolha a Rolha Semeia a Recolha” to raise awareness in restaurants, hotels and cafés to recycle cork […]

10 February

The Arctic is full of garbage and a third of it comes from Europe

The study reveals that from all the trash found in the Arctic over five years, 80% was plastics, much of it coming from fishing activity. A study coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, which was named “Citizen Science,” collected and analyzed plastic wrecks littering the beaches of Svalbard between 2016 and 2021. The results showed […]

09 February

Portugal and Cape Verde convert debt into climate fund

Ulisses Correia e Silva, Cape Verde’s prime minister, and António Costa, prime minister of Portugal, signed on January 23 a memorandum of understanding that formalizes the decision to convert Cape Verde’s debt to Portugal into an Environmental Climate Fund. The Portuguese and Cape Verdean governments have formalized the decision to convert the African country’s debt […]

08 February

Granel Saloio

Granel Saloio is a store with 4 pillars: – Vegan products – Certified gluten-free products – No waste – Bio and Portuguese whenever possible Based on these 4 pillars, they have 85% of their products in bulk. Tiago is celiac and Diana is vegan, and it was with these choices and lifestyle that they felt […]

07 February

Refrigerator-clean vegetable quiche, from My Feed Choices

For a lighter meal, a snack, or even breakfast. A quiche is always a practical option that helps to use what we have at home. Check out this recipe from Mariana at My Feed Choices. Quiche is always a great option to take advantage of everything that’s lying around in the fridge begging to be […]

06 February

Fairtrade. Under what conditions are the goods we consume produced?

Fairtrade’s new map shows the human and climate risks of the world’s major crops. The Fairtrade system, globally recognized for certifying ethical and sustainable production brands, has just launched the Fairtrade risk map. This interactive tool transparently shares the conditions of workers and the climate impact of agricultural sectors such as cocoa, coffee, cereals, and […]

04 February

Recipe for Moroccan chickpeas, by nutritionist Rita Teixeira

Grains, beans, and lentils are great allies in a vegetarian diet. Here is a suggestion for an easy and versatile dish where you can use legumes. We already know that a plant-based diet should favor legumes. But since we know that this is not always easy, we leave you the suggestion of a page that […]

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