In Madrid, a local garden unites a community
In an area of Madrid, Spain, a community garden provides food for 60 families in the same village. Seasonal vegetables and fruit are grown and used to create baskets that are distributed weekly among the families involved in the project. Those involved also work in the garden at weekends, taking care of the plants and […]
A Day in the Life of Nerea, owner of a dairy sheep farm in Spain
Nerea is a shepherdess: she owns a sheep farm in a small town of 19 inhabitants, Robladillo de Ucieza, Palencia. From milking twice a day to feeding, cleaning and dog training — she does it all. But she warns: it would be a mistake to romanticise a very demanding profession where the balance between personal […]
Dana in Valencia: The worst climate catastrophe in European history
More than 200 people have lost their lives and hundreds of thousands have been affected bythe consequences of the terrible floods in Valencia, Spain. The day after the flood, hundreds of thousands remained isolated, locked in theirhomes without electricity, running water, telephone or internet coverage. The streets of theirtowns were filled with wrecked cars, washed […]
Inside La Rocafonda, home of young football star Lamine Yamal and a target for the far right
He was the face of Spain’s victory at Euro 2024. 16-year-old Lamine Yamal is the present and the future of la Roja, the Spanish football team. Every time he scores he shows the number 304 with his hands. It’s the postal code of La Rocafonda, where he grew up. La Rocafonda is a working-class and […]
Is a different kind of school possible? Children respond.
Children spend a large part of their time in school. School is the first institution where they have to adapt to explicit rules. Primary education is the subject of many debates: from public vs private models to grading systems. But what about the children, what do they think of their schools? @elsaltotv decided to […]
Persecuted in Exile: activists and their families who can’t hide from the Guinean authorities
Fausta is the daughter, sister, niece and wife of opponents repressed by the dictatorship of Teodoro Obiang, and herself a fighter for freedom and against the impunity of a tyranny that has been in power in her country, Equatorial Guinea, since 1979. She has been living in exile in Madrid for seven years and is […]
Tenerife: the ecological struggles of a touristic island
Tenerife, an island of less than one million people receives around six million tourists yearly. This spring, the Spanish island made the headlines when activists organised demonstrations and hunger strikes to highlight the ecological problems their home is facing because of touristic activity. This is the second of three videos on the issue of overtourism […]
Activists for climate, and against the meat industry
In recent decades, the production of meat and the quantity of meat farms has grown in Spain. As a consequence, negative impacts on the territories can be felt more than ever. From farm waste to excessive fertilizer use, there are alarming signs that animal agriculture needs better regulation. In Retamoso de la Jara, a town […]
“The winds of change are blowing”. Living as a lesbian couple in Poland
LGTBI community in Poland have a very long way to fight for their rights. According to the NGO “Rainbow Europe”, Poland is the worst country in Europe for LGTBI people. Both marriage and adoption are prohibited for the LGTBI community, but now there is a new government that has promised to make progress. @elsaltotv tells […]
In Madrid, Two Women Fight Against Fatphobia
Cristina de Tena and Lara Gil are activists against fatphobia. In December 2021 they began to make a podcast called “Nobody talks about us”, a fat, anti-capitalist and feminist podcast in which two friends talk about the fatphobia they experience and how it overlaps with other questions such as being women and living in the […]
