From COVID to today: what’s been happening to our workplaces?
In this new series “Sphera Hotline” we dive into the topics and questions that bother us, young Europeans. From climate change to social justice, we’re on a mission to avoid panic, examine the solutions and look into the future.
What Europe Must Not Forget: Lessons from a Veteran Activist
A veteran French activist revisits the struggles that shaped her political life—from the energy of May 1968 and the rise of feminist organising to anti-racist mobilisations, labour movements, and everyday acts of resistance. She reflect on what she and her friends fought for, what has changed, and what Europe risks forgetting today. This is the […]
Can simple compost help us cool cities down? This Budapest initiatives demonstrates, how
What’s the point of green spaces in cities? In Budapest, Mark Richards, compost master in the Aurora Climate Garden, has a strong opinion on this: those spaces should be community-centred, focused on not what looks good, but on what actually helps the environment, and play the long game. For his project, it all started with […]
Rethinking Flowers: Sustainable Floristry in Seville
A group of young enthusiastic florists is on a mission to transform Seville’s flower scene by prioritising local growers, seasonal blooms, and environmentally responsible practices. Their decision comes from the problems created by the global flower industry—from long supply chains to waste and chemical use. Instead, they choose to work with local, small-scale producers, making […]
Border Limits: life on the Lithuania-Belarus border
In southern Lithuania, on the border with Belarus, there is a village called Katra. There used to live 130 people but now only four Belarusian widows left. They moved to Lithuania when they married men living here, even though their emigration was a distance of about 10 kilometers. Now they witness how people from thousands […]
The struggle of a town Pilismarót and its locals, against a multinational company
The story of Pilismarót shows how a united community can stand up to a multinational company and win. In 2019, the village’s mayor secretly approved a gravel mine project just 500 meters from homes, later designating the area a “priority development zone” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outraged residents forced his resignation. They organised a strong […]
Spanish influencers on a mission to change the way we use internet
Pantube is an online and in-person space where diverse content creators develop strategies to combat media hegemony and hate speech on social media. Pantube is also an independent, horizontal, collaborative, mutual aid organisation, with anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, feminist-trans-inclusive, and decolonial principles. And over time, they also became a group of friends. In their meeting, they try […]
Should children be on Instagram?
In the age of social media, more and more parents are documenting their children’s lives online, from their first steps to their successes at school. However, this trend, known as sharenting, is raising more and more questions: where does sharing joy end and violating a child’s privacy begin? Some parents post photos and videos almost […]
Sphera Hotline: What’s “dopamine detox” and do we need it?
Are you ever overcome by a sense of dread and guilt, when you snap out of your scrolling trance and realise 30 minutes have gone by? Phone and social media addiction can create the same sense of shame and anxiety as any other addiction. The online world offers solutions, of course. But do you really […]
A Card worth 15.000€: inside the world of Pokemon cards
Spending 200.000€ on cards from a game? Easy. This video dives into the bizarre logic behind the online market for trading cards and collectible. Through a mix of humour and critique, it unpacks how fandom becomes a speculative economy, why certain pieces soar in price without reason, and how the internet turns passion into profit. […]
