This month of May, Leo Broadhurst has joined INSTA to carry out his internship for the Pompeu Fabra University Law Degree. Leo is about to complete his Degree in Law at the Pompeu Fabra University, where he is also currently studying for a degree in Political Science and Administration. Leo has worked in the private [...]
After a few years as an employee of INSTA, Ivan Hortigüela has recently joined as a working partner of the cooperative. Ivan, who works as an environmental lawyer within the team, will take on the role of promoting the cooperative as a partner and as a member of the Governing Council.
With the collaboration of the Sindíc de Greuges de Catalunya, the next one May 8, 2024, we will hold the workshop "Promoting Restorative Environmental Justice in Catalonia", with the aim of exploring, in the light of the experience of this approach in other areas, the potentialities and challenges of Restorative Justice in the area environment [...]
Next January 16, 2024 we will hold a workshop on " Environmental dialogue and resolution of environmental conflicts ", in the Degree Hall of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona (Campus Catalunya). The objective of the event is to provide a space for reflection around the environmental conflicts [...]
Perfil demandat: Grau o llicenciatura en dret. Es valorarà formació en ciències ambientals i/o dret ambiental. Es valorarà especialment tenir coneixements i experiència en dret de l’energia, urbanisme, medi natural i litigació ambiental. Característiques de lloc de treball: Jurista ambiental que haurà de fer tasques d’assessorament jurídic ambiental, elaboració de dictàmens i informes, anàlisis normatius, [...]
On June 20 and 21, la Canonja will host a training course on how to combat energy vulnerability through energy communities. The course is part of the El Cable project, a project that INSTA has been developing since 2022 and which aims to strengthen the link between energy communities and vulnerability. During the two days [...]
In November 30th and December 1st, 2022, INSTA's lawyer, Ivan Hortigüela, participated in the third mission of the project "Regional Social Economy Policies for Sustainable Community-Driven Environmental Transition" (RESPONDET) in Krakow (Poland) ). The RESPONDET project focuses on the green and digital transition from the social economy in local territories and is co-financed by the [...]
INSTA has been the beneficiary of the last call for Singulars projects to promote the social and solidarity economy, promoted by the Department of Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Specifically for the promotion of a project through which energy poverty is fought through collective renewable energy projects, such as energy communities. The project aims [...]
INSTA will participate in the work team of the research project "RESTORATIVE JUSTICE RESEARCH PROJECT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL CRIMES: DESIGN OF PREVENTIVE, INTERVENTION AND REPAIR PROGRAMS IN A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK". Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (2021-2025) and led by researcher Gema Varona (Basque Institute of Criminology, University of the [...]
What can we do when there is no dialogue between the parties involved? Too often we find ourselves in this frustrating situation, which in our view is one of the main obstacles to advancing environmental projects. In other words, technology, studies, projects ... despite being very important elements, are not enough for environmental protection to [...]
