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Valerie Costa

Troublemakers

Because business as usual is trouble for us all.

2 min readApr 1, 2024

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Troublemakers

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Valerie Costa

Spanish Bombs

Know this song?

5 min readJul 3, 2023

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Spanish Bombs

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Valerie Costa

Joyful campaigning

A bit of a follow-on to my last post about Barcelona en Comú. The campaign videos that the Comunes put out are amazing. So fun, so…

3 min readJun 9, 2023

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Joyful campaigning

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Valerie Costa

When the lefties run a city…

One of the reasons why I wanted to study Political Ecology in Barcelona was to witness first-hand the progressive municipalism of Barcelona…

5 min readJun 9, 2023

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When the lefties run a city…

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Valerie Costa

Beyond Growth

This week over 1,000 people gathered in Brussels, and thousands more online, to attend the EU Beyond Growth Conference. It was put on by 20…

1 min readMay 19, 2023

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Beyond Growth

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Valerie Costa

I’ve got some joy, joy, joy, down in my heart

Did you ever sing this song? I think it was a church song.

3 min readApr 12, 2023

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I’ve got some joy, joy, joy, down in my heart

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Valerie Costa

Water Wars.. in France

You’ve probably seen photos of the massive protests in France over the last few weeks, or heard about flight delays due to striking…

3 min readApr 6, 2023

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Water Wars.. in France

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Valerie Costa

On self-care and burnout

I’m going to get to the point: the entire design of our society and system is oppressive and exhausting. Capitalism demands more and more…

5 min readApr 2, 2023

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On self-care and burnout

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Valerie Costa

Personal update — the last couple months

Two months have passed since my last personal update — time is flying!

4 min readMar 10, 2023

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Personal update — the last couple months

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Valerie Costa

8M— International Women’s Day — Thoughts on Feminism

In all my years in activist spaces, feminism and gender justice have rarely been brought up. Every so often there would be a concern about…

3 min readMar 9, 2023

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8M— International Women’s Day — Thoughts on Feminism

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Valerie Costa

Valerie Costa

Founder of Aril Consulting, NGO fundraising & mgmt firm; working on Master’s in Political Ecology @ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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