Are Food Delivery Apps Making Us Obese?
Well above half of the European adults and one in three children are either overweight or obese, and this stat stands for all countries of the “old continent”. In some regions, these diseases prevailed in children and teenagers during the pandemic. However, the numbers are…
Mental Health: An Orphan Of Urban Design
While in rural environments the mental health stays a taboo, due to more often than not a patriarchal social patterns, it is the cities that we associate with higher rates of most mental health problems: an almost 40% higher risk of depression, over 20% more…
The Deeper The Pockets, The Higher The Pollution
The European Commission adopted recently its State of the Energy Union Reports for 2021, taking stock of the progress that the EU is making in delivering the clean energy transition, nearly two years after the launch of the European Green Deal. While there are a…
World Health Day 2022: Our Planet, Our Health
On World Health Day, 7 April 2021, the WHO invites citizens to join a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world. The theme for this year’s World Health Day is “Our Planet, Our Health”. Amid the ongoing pandemic and pollution growing on the planet,…
Scientifically Proven – Being Dirty Makes You Happy
Despite the aggressive „kills 99% of germs“ cleaning products advertisements, we very well know that letting some dust sit on our home surfaces, and non-sterile environments boost our immune system, make us more resilient to allergens, and let’s admit it, gives us more time to…
euPOLIS at TNOC on March 29th and 30th
The euPOLIS project will be presented for the second year in a row at the distinguished The Nature of Cities festival, on March 29th by the ICL team, and on March 30th by Gladsaxe and Piraeus Municipalities representatives. This year, WELLBASED is an official host of…
Good for Your Body, Even Better for the Environment
Over two million people in more than 100 countries around the world practice plogging every day. It is a sports discipline combined with picking up waste on the go. It was invented in 2016 in Sweden, and the name itself was created from two words…
EU Green Week 2022
EU Green Week is the key event in the EU environment policy calendar. Organized by the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission, the conference is an annual opportunity to debate and discuss European environmental policy. It attracts policymakers, leading environmentalists, stakeholders, and other interested…