Author Archives: Agnieszka Hobot
Urban farm in Wroclaw – what has been achieved after the first season?
In Wroclaw, the urban farm has ceased to be just a vision from EU brochures [...]
Jun
A barrel of water a barrel of laughs. How the media mocks a resource that should command respect
Sometimes I wonder what this water has done to the media, that in every way [...]
Jun
Water Resilience Strategy announced! A breakthrough in EU water policy?
European water policy is entering a new phase. The Water Resilience Strategy, announced yesterday, aims [...]
Jun
If the oceans stop saving us, there will be no Plan B
Climate change is a buzzword that sounds abstract to too many people. Prof. Jacek Piskozub, [...]
May
What does the chestnut tree teach us before matriculation? Climate change on tree branches
Just before high school graduation chestnuts bloomed... There are those among us who remember not [...]
May
Wave of aid after floods. A factual summary of support after the 2024 disaster.
The year 2024 brought flooding that exposed gaps in the flood risk management system. Heavy [...]
May
Water hidden in the closet, or drought sewn without measure
When you put on a new T-shirt, you probably don't think about the fact that [...]
May
Drought does not wait. Expert on how to keep water in the field
Drought is no longer an anomaly - it is becoming an everyday occurrence. Increasingly warmer [...]
Apr
Why do beavers build dams? About a children’s book and the truth we don’t want to hear
A child once asked me why beavers build dams. I wanted to answer smartly: to [...]
Apr
Hydroelectric dams in the Sudetenland until 1945 – a history that still protects us
Dr. Przemyslaw Dominas, a historian and researcher who was the first to reach previously unpublished [...]
Apr