After studying and working in HR, André studied sustainability management at Lisbon's School Of Economics & Management. He is responsible for the English speaking market of Youmatter since 2018.
Tous ses articles
Energy transition: what are the negative impacts on ecosystems?
The energy transition is an essential part of the fight against global warming. However, it can have very negative consequences at the ecosystems level - particularly o...
Planetary boundaries: chemical pollution has now passed the safe limit for humanity
The Earth has nine planetary boundaries that determine the threshold beyond which the human impact on Earth’s systems will put society at risk. New research from variou...
3 Ecological ways to dispose of your Christmas tree
How can you recycle, reuse or compost your Christmas tree in an ecological way? What are the good practices to learn from and the bad ones to avoid? Let’s take a closer...
Perception crisis: why we must question our worldview to achieve sustainability
Why is our worldview important if we are to truly design solutions to create a sustainable world? Why do we need to move from “wanting to be right” to accep...
3 Lessons Netflix's "Don't Look Up" teaches us about climate change
Is Don’t Look Up based on a true story? Although it feeds and amplifies an event that truly happened – the famous comet that hit the Earth and made dinosaurs go e...
Legumes: 5 reasons why you should be eating them more often
Why should you eat legumes and include lentils, beans or peas in your diet? In this article, we share 5 reasons – ranging from the money you’ll be able to save to...
Switching to renewables isn't enough: we need to decentralise and consume less energy
Solar energy, together with other renewables, is often “sold” as a holy solution to the impact of our energy system and the CO2 emissions it causes. Nonethe...