Author: Truike Geerts
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Get to know our two new ESC volunteers!
Since the beginning of September, our team has two new members! Meet ESC volunteers Magdalena and Estefanía: Estefania I´m Estefanía from Spain. In the next 12 months I’m going to work in the communication and campaign area of CATAPA. I have developed my studies in journalism and digital communication. About my career, it has been…
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VACANCY: Global Engagement CATAPA officer (GECO) Cajamarca, Peru
CATAPA is a social and environmental movement that uses a participatory and integrated approach to work towards a world without mining of metals and minerals and its negative impact on people and the environment. In Latin America, CATAPA supports local communities that are (potentially) affected by mining in their region. Catapa’s focus is on…
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(E)WASTEFUL INSTALLATION: we have a
dreamplan!What a fruitful first part of the (e)wasteful installation design trajectory! With a visionary team of volunteers we brainstormed, reflected and shared our thoughts. We placed ourselves into the minds of good and bad designers, economists, consumers and politicians. We invented fairy tales about planned obsolescence (almost as ridiculous as reality!). With the help of…
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City of Ghent puts a stop to planned obsolescence!
After Mechelen, last week the city of Ghent was the second city to sign our CTRL-ALT-DEL charter. By doing so, the city supports our campaign for stronger regulation on circular electronics. For this special occasion, Catapistas came together with deputy minister for international solidarity and purchasing policy Hafsa El-Bazioui, deputy minister for environment and circular…
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DEFENSORAS
Defending their lands and their bodies was never a choice, but a necessity. With hopes and dreams for a different reality they continue their fight against extractivism and patriarchal oppression. On the 8th of March, international women’s day, we came together in Brussels. Defensoras: Tierras que resisten en manos de mujeres. Or ‘Earths that resist…
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Stop Planned Obsolescence – Take action!
In our previous blog article you could find out why mining can never be made ‘green’ or done ‘responsibly’. That’s why we should drastically reduce our need for new raw materials. We cannot continue to extract more and more metals and minerals. We should end practices like ‘planned obsolescence’ immediately. This practice, sadly commonly used…
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CATAPA takes over the Ghelamco Arena: GO CIRCULAR – STOP #EXPRESDEFECT.
From 30 May to 5 June, the Ghelamco Arena in Ghent will for once not be showing an advertisement by KAA Gent. However, it will be a slogan that fits in with CATAPA’s CTRL ALT DEL campaign. This takes place in the context of the ‘European Green Week’, an initiative of the European Commission that…
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Coming soon: a Repair Index in Belgium!
The federal government, as part of the Federal Action Plan Circular Economy 2021-2024 will introduce a Repair Index in a few years. By means of a mandatory score or Repair Index that must be listed on electronic devices and that indicates the repairability of the product, the government hopes to promote the repairability of these…
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Annual Report 2021
The year 2021 finished already a while ago! Despite the pandemic, CATAPA did not stand still of course. Read all about it in the annual report! You can download it here. Only available in Dutch.