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EKOappétit : EKOénergie pour le secteur alimentaire

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Nos campagnes annuelles de promotion des énergies renouvelables Les utilisateurs d’énergie labellisée EKOénergie nous permettent de mettre en place des campagnes en faveur des énergies renouvelables, grâce auxquelles nous nous adressons aux consommateurs d’énergie du monde entier. Les campagnes précédentes visaient notamment les brasseries, l’industrie hôtelière, les bâtiments à haute valeur écologique, les centres de […]

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10 years of European Solidarity Corps volunteers at EKOenergy’s Secretariat

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10 years ago, on 14 September 2012, EKOenergy welcomed the first European Solidarity Corps (Then known as European Voluntary Service, EVS) volunteer to our Secretariat. We were about to launch our international ecolabel and needed extra hands to get things rolling. The European Solidarity Corps programme was the perfect solution The European Solidarity Corps Programme,

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Des jeunes militants français veulent un réveil écologique

News / 6 minutes de lecture / Interview, Our volunteers

Les entreprises sont de plus en plus conscientes des défis environnementaux actuels et nous pensons que les jeunes militants et activistes environnementaux jouent un rôle essentiel dans la sensibilisation du public. Vous pouvez également lire notre précédentes interviews avec les activistes environnementaux Nakabuye Hilda Flavia de Fridays for Future Uganda et Arshak Makichyan de Fridays

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Youth for climate action: Good Energies Alliance Ireland and EKOenergy

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As Good Energies Alliance Ireland and EKOenergy are two environmental NGOs operating within the European Solidarity Corps network and as both are having sustainable energy transition and climate action as their core mission, we decided to start collaborating more closely towards our common goals. We believe that like-minded civil society organisations getting together can really

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From north to south avoiding flights: interview with our former volunteer Glòria

News / 5 minutes de lecture / Our volunteers

Thanks to our growing number of volunteers, EKOenergy is broadening its reach from north to south, east to west! Recently Glòria, who helped us spread the message of the ecolabel in Spain and Latin America, finished her year of European Voluntary Service (EVS) with us. Upon returning to Barcelona, she wanted to avoid taking a

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Tom, 50th Solidarity Corps volunteer at EKOenergy’s secretariat

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In 2012, EKOenergy became a partner organisation of the European Solidarity Corps (previously known as European Voluntary Service). This EU funded program enables us to host long term volunteers. Most of the volunteers stay 10 to 12 months at our office in Helsinki. They help us keep close contact with hundreds of partners in many

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The EKOenergy team rows for free-flowing rivers

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Last weekend, our EVS EKOenergy team went to Leirikari, near Rovaniemi, to participate in Sieriniemen siunaus, a rowing event taking place on Kemijoki river in order to defend free-flowing rivers. Kemijoki river is Finland’s longest river. It reaches the sea at the City of Kemi at the North of the Gulf of Bothnia. By some

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