Rural

While lithium is at the heart of the green transition, mining it is unsustainable. The residents of Covas do Barroso resist.

Once a means of survival, pickling and jamming traditions are now making a comeback. Can they be recognised for their cultural heritage?

Self-managed peasant collectives promise a more fulfilling way of organising living and work rhythms. But rural life is not without constraints.

To solve its exacerbating urban-rural divide, Spain needs to decentralise energy production.

Marie Pochon explains the links between rural interests and the identity of Green parties.

Poland’s cities are emptying as those who can move out for the peace and quiet of a country life. What does a strained relationship between city and country spell for Poland’s future?

The Greens are successfully wooing urban voters in Finland, but the rural areas tell a drastically different story. Why the stark contrast?

Silvia Nossek, the chairperson of one of Vienna’s districts, talks about the Green approach to local politics and about countryside versus city.

An interview with Tomas Tomilinas, MP with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union who gained a landslide victory last year.