{"id":7193,"date":"2022-09-20T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2022-09-22T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:37:56","slug":"european-action-plan-in-practice-green-up-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/7193\/european-action-plan-in-practice-green-up-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"European Action Plan in practice : Green Up – Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you heard about the European Circular Economy Action Plan<\/a> ? It\u2019s one of the main components of the European Green Deal. Moreover, additional amendments were signed couple of months ago, in March 2022. Those amendments are about the consumer rights, and the ban of greenwashing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n W<\/strong>e have definitely entered a modern overconsumption era, and this world has its own limits. Can it still be denied ? The European Union, as a world leader in the environmental movement, is once again showing its commitment to reducing its footprint by imposing clear rules.<\/p>\n According to the Cambridge Dictionary, greenwashing is a \u201cbehaviour or activity that makes people believe that a company is doing more to protect the environment than it really is\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n A concrete action to fight against the greenwashing of some big companies, is to encourage local initiatives in your region : organic shops, independent cooperatives, local merchants and ethical designers. Such initiatives are increasingly emerging in most European countries, and the Netherlands isn\u2019t an exception. In Utrecht, a Dutch sustainable city according to the United Nations Development Programme<\/a> (2015), there is a lot of initiatives. Green Up is one of them.<\/p>\n
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