Author: Martin Vieira Dieste

Martin Vieira Dieste

Martin has lived in many places, from Colombia to Uganda. Uruguayan by birth, of Italian nationality and French education, but a little bit Portuguese at heart, Brussels seemed the ideal place for his fulfillment. Martin works for an NGO and enjoys good food, particularly indian, as well as wine and travel.

How to formalise employment in the food services industry: lessons from Brussels

18 December 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

Some years back, Belgium wanted to bring the Horeca (food services industry) into full legality by encouraging a greater formalisation

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From Brexit to Brussels: A Belgian way of wooing companies to move to Europe’s capital

12 December 201812 December 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

With an ever-so uncertain outcome from Brexit, companies are increasingly jumpy about the consequences of a poorly executed deal. A

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This Sunday it is time to Claim the Climate

1 December 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

On Sunday 2nd of December at noon thousands of people will converge from across Belgium in Brussels to urge politicians

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In Brussels there live two rats per person

18 November 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

Where humans gather, animals thrive. Since the birth of agriculture and even some time before, humans have spread domesticated species

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Ending the cage age – Animal welfare in the anthropocene

1 November 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

One of the great disgraces of our age is the takeover of a purely utilitarian vision in our interaction with

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Urbike – promoting low carbon emissions through large capacity bike deliveries

25 October 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

The de-carbonization of the economy is becoming an undeniable imperative. People and businesses must turn to low or zero carbon

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Belgian cities score poorly in Greenpeace’s commissioned study for sustainable mobility

20 October 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

How do Belgium’s biggest cities fare in terms of sustainable mobility? Not great. Greenpeace recently commissioned a study to the

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Brussels: A very dirty city?

11 October 201812 October 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

It will probably not come as a surprise that Brussels fared badly in a recent Test Achats (Belgian consumer association)

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Do you know what’s on your plate? – 10 years of the Alimenterre film festival: Fixing a broken food system

4 October 20184 October 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

Eating is so essential that we tend to forget how it has shaped the world. It was Europe’s appetite for

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Get a free e-bike test and explore the local bicycle market

27 September 201827 September 2018 Martin Vieira Dieste

Investing in an electric bicycle can be a big commitment, with prices starting at around 1,000 Euros for a quality