For many years ASEED has been questioning large scale soy production in South America and the use of soy as animal feed in Europe. Even though the negative impact of that kind of intensive farming on people and nature has become more widely known in the past years, production and imports are still rising. As an extra danger WWF, Solidaridad and big corporations are greenwashing the use of soy by giving it a ‘sustainable label’.
Dear supporters, followers, and comrades, As 2020 comes to a close, we, at ASEED, have been reflecting on the year we’ve shared and what this means for us as individuals, as a … verder lezen
Danni Blog Part 3: So far, this blog has tried to more or less objectively describe the place and its logistics. But how your experience is, what you spend your days doing, … verder lezen
Danni Blog part 2: The Danni is many things and definitely more than just a forest. A protest-camp, press area, the kitchen, support structures in surrounding cities and villages and more. Here’s … verder lezen
Danni Blog Part 1: The Dannenröder Forst, or Danni is a forest in the center of Germany. It is also one of the key struggles of the climate justice movement in Germany … verder lezen
During Spring 2020 many events, protests and climate camps were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which was and is all over the news. The pandemic is anything but over and we … verder lezen
One of the ASEED interns conducted an in-depth study on the history of the Lutkemeerpolder as a Master Thesis research for the programme of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University (Faculty of Geosciences). … verder lezen
With the brutal killing of George Floyd, we saw a lot of Black Lives Matter protests happening recently. We as ASEED support these protests, and believe racist behaviour by police officers in … verder lezen
ASEED’s commitment to embed intersectionality as an organising principle “The cause of the majority is the cause for all of us! It is all of our humanity that we seek to recover, … verder lezen
ASEED is continuing the bi-monthly themes. We are now saying goodbye to two months of focus on ’Alternatives to industrial agriculture’ and hello to the theme of “Degrowth”. Given the current global … verder lezen
A Reflection: Causes of zoonotic diseases Covid-19 belongs to the category of zoonotic diseases like ebola, SARS, MERS and Zika. The increasing spread and persistence of these diseases over the past 20 … verder lezen