Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu #GreenToGrey
greentogrey.eu #GreenToGrey
España (des)protegida: bienvenidos al paraíso del ladrillo ilegal
España (des)protegida: bienvenidos al paraíso del ladrillo ilegal - elDiario.es
Europa destruye 1.500 km² de naturaleza al año. España es un alumno aventajado que ha convertido en intocables edificios sentenciados como ilegales.
especiales.eldiario.es
December 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu #GreenToGrey
greentogrey.eu #GreenToGrey
#Impact news: one month after publication, our #GreenToGrey investigation has been read and watched by over 3 MILLION people around the world.
A huge thanks to everyone who worked on, read and shared this work, by a consortium of journalists and scientists across Europe [link in thread].
A huge thanks to everyone who worked on, read and shared this work, by a consortium of journalists and scientists across Europe [link in thread].
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#Impact news: one month after publication, our #GreenToGrey investigation has been read and watched by over 3 MILLION people around the world.
A huge thanks to everyone who worked on, read and shared this work, by a consortium of journalists and scientists across Europe [link in thread].
A huge thanks to everyone who worked on, read and shared this work, by a consortium of journalists and scientists across Europe [link in thread].
Want to know how we reached millions of people with the #GreenToGrey investigation? This week, I wrote up our comms and impact process for @tbij.bsky.social's newsletter The Spark.
[1/2] #journalism #impact
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com/p/green-to-g...
[1/2] #journalism #impact
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com/p/green-to-g...
‘Green to Grey’ captured Europe’s changing landscape
How an investigation grew from a single-country story to a worldwide citizen science app
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Want to know how we reached millions of people with the #GreenToGrey investigation? This week, I wrote up our comms and impact process for @tbij.bsky.social's newsletter The Spark.
[1/2] #journalism #impact
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com/p/green-to-g...
[1/2] #journalism #impact
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com/p/green-to-g...
...the results of developers pouring concrete on a vibrant wetland in Turkey. It is now a luxury yacht repair facility.
Green to Grey reveals the scale of Europe's nature and cropland loss for the first time.
Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
Green to Grey reveals the scale of Europe's nature and cropland loss for the first time.
Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
...the results of developers pouring concrete on a vibrant wetland in Turkey. It is now a luxury yacht repair facility.
Green to Grey reveals the scale of Europe's nature and cropland loss for the first time.
Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
Green to Grey reveals the scale of Europe's nature and cropland loss for the first time.
Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
Enquête #greentogrey
Ampleur artificialisation sols en #Europe
Petites zones sous les radars=PERTE d'HABITATS FANTÔMES ex. parc en ville/place #Wilson #Nice NON au parking ! Routes, golfs, marina à yachts. Equivalent 600 terrains de foot bétonnés/jour en Europe !
nina.no
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
Ampleur artificialisation sols en #Europe
Petites zones sous les radars=PERTE d'HABITATS FANTÔMES ex. parc en ville/place #Wilson #Nice NON au parking ! Routes, golfs, marina à yachts. Equivalent 600 terrains de foot bétonnés/jour en Europe !
nina.no
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
Terres grises - 28 minutes (02/10/2025) - Regarder l’émission complète | ARTE
Marie Bonnisseau s'intéresse à l'enquête menée par onze médias européens, dont “Le Monde”, sur la disparition alarmante de la nature et des terres agricoles en Europe au profit de projets de construct...
www.arte.tv
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Enquête #greentogrey
Ampleur artificialisation sols en #Europe
Petites zones sous les radars=PERTE d'HABITATS FANTÔMES ex. parc en ville/place #Wilson #Nice NON au parking ! Routes, golfs, marina à yachts. Equivalent 600 terrains de foot bétonnés/jour en Europe !
nina.no
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
Ampleur artificialisation sols en #Europe
Petites zones sous les radars=PERTE d'HABITATS FANTÔMES ex. parc en ville/place #Wilson #Nice NON au parking ! Routes, golfs, marina à yachts. Equivalent 600 terrains de foot bétonnés/jour en Europe !
nina.no
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
❓What is the main driver of land use across #Europe?
The #GreenToGrey project reveals the scale of Europe's nature loss, equivalent to 600 football fields a day. That’s 1.5x faster than officials previously estimated.
Find out how to act on our groundbreaking investigation at greentogrey.eu/about
The #GreenToGrey project reveals the scale of Europe's nature loss, equivalent to 600 football fields a day. That’s 1.5x faster than officials previously estimated.
Find out how to act on our groundbreaking investigation at greentogrey.eu/about
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
❓What is the main driver of land use across #Europe?
The #GreenToGrey project reveals the scale of Europe's nature loss, equivalent to 600 football fields a day. That’s 1.5x faster than officials previously estimated.
Find out how to act on our groundbreaking investigation at greentogrey.eu/about
The #GreenToGrey project reveals the scale of Europe's nature loss, equivalent to 600 football fields a day. That’s 1.5x faster than officials previously estimated.
Find out how to act on our groundbreaking investigation at greentogrey.eu/about
Construction is eating up Europe’s remaining green areas much faster than previously estimated by the EEA - who, by the way, told us that their methodology ”does not completely meet the requirements of statistical robustness”.
#GreenToGrey @longplay.fi
#GreenToGrey @longplay.fi
🔎 greentogrey.eu reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent.
By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.
At #ClimateArena this weekend... 🧵👇[1/3]
By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.
At #ClimateArena this weekend... 🧵👇[1/3]
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Construction is eating up Europe’s remaining green areas much faster than previously estimated by the EEA - who, by the way, told us that their methodology ”does not completely meet the requirements of statistical robustness”.
#GreenToGrey @longplay.fi
#GreenToGrey @longplay.fi
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Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
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Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@datadista.com 🇪🇸
De Standaard 🇧🇪
DIE ZEIT 🇩🇪
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Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
[2/3] ...you can find out about how we developed this investigation, the first of its kind in #Europe.
Tickets & programme: climatearena.eu
#GreenToGrey is a collaboration initiated by Arena, NRK and our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴, alongside:
Tickets & programme: climatearena.eu
#GreenToGrey is a collaboration initiated by Arena, NRK and our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴, alongside:
Climate Arena
Climate Arena is where world-changing climate investigations are born. Well – that’s the aim! This year, we will be at the Gellert Campus of Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary.
climatearena.eu
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
[2/3] ...you can find out about how we developed this investigation, the first of its kind in #Europe.
Tickets & programme: climatearena.eu
#GreenToGrey is a collaboration initiated by Arena, NRK and our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴, alongside:
Tickets & programme: climatearena.eu
#GreenToGrey is a collaboration initiated by Arena, NRK and our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴, alongside:
Thanks to FTM for including #GreenToGrey in their Europe Uncovered newsletter this week 🌍 greentogrey.eu
📥This week in Europe Uncovered: Barcelona’s wine flows into Russia’s weapons pipeline; EU safeguards fail on dangerous doctors; and Europe keeps paving over what little nature is left.
@istories.bsky.social @journalismarena.eu mediapart.fr @vsquare.bsky.social @apache.be @danwatch.dk
@istories.bsky.social @journalismarena.eu mediapart.fr @vsquare.bsky.social @apache.be @danwatch.dk
Spanish wine & Russian weapons, dangerous doctors and vanishing nature
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
www.ftm.eu
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thanks to FTM for including #GreenToGrey in their Europe Uncovered newsletter this week 🌍 greentogrey.eu
One of the most important #dataviz investigations to come out recently from @porcelinad.bsky.social*** & team @theguardian.com
***Who, by the way, published same week she also published our collaborative data investigation, #GreenToGrey. Much sleep deserved.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
***Who, by the way, published same week she also published our collaborative data investigation, #GreenToGrey. Much sleep deserved.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the most important #dataviz investigations to come out recently from @porcelinad.bsky.social*** & team @theguardian.com
***Who, by the way, published same week she also published our collaborative data investigation, #GreenToGrey. Much sleep deserved.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
***Who, by the way, published same week she also published our collaborative data investigation, #GreenToGrey. Much sleep deserved.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
#Europe losing 600 football pitches of #nature & crop land a day/30 sq km a week. New investigation shows an area the size of #Cyprus – was turned #GreenToGrey 2018-2023
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Portugal #Melides #CostaTerra #Golf #EU #Natura2000 #SDG15
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Portugal #Melides #CostaTerra #Golf #EU #Natura2000 #SDG15
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#Europe losing 600 football pitches of #nature & crop land a day/30 sq km a week. New investigation shows an area the size of #Cyprus – was turned #GreenToGrey 2018-2023
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Portugal #Melides #CostaTerra #Golf #EU #Natura2000 #SDG15
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Portugal #Melides #CostaTerra #Golf #EU #Natura2000 #SDG15
Rakentaminen syö Euroopassa enemmän maata kuin aiemmin on arvioitu.
Kun rakentamisen alle jääneen luonnon määrän suhteuttaa asukaslukuun, Suomi on Euroopan toiseksi pahin luonnon tuhoaja.
Long Play tutki rakentamisen luontovaikutuksia eurooppalaisten medioiden #GreenToGrey -yhteistyöhankkeessa.
Kun rakentamisen alle jääneen luonnon määrän suhteuttaa asukaslukuun, Suomi on Euroopan toiseksi pahin luonnon tuhoaja.
Long Play tutki rakentamisen luontovaikutuksia eurooppalaisten medioiden #GreenToGrey -yhteistyöhankkeessa.
Long Play tutki rakentamisen vaikutuksia luontoon Euroopassa: maata uhrataan Ahvenanmaan verran joka vuosi
www.longplay.fi
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Rakentaminen syö Euroopassa enemmän maata kuin aiemmin on arvioitu.
Kun rakentamisen alle jääneen luonnon määrän suhteuttaa asukaslukuun, Suomi on Euroopan toiseksi pahin luonnon tuhoaja.
Long Play tutki rakentamisen luontovaikutuksia eurooppalaisten medioiden #GreenToGrey -yhteistyöhankkeessa.
Kun rakentamisen alle jääneen luonnon määrän suhteuttaa asukaslukuun, Suomi on Euroopan toiseksi pahin luonnon tuhoaja.
Long Play tutki rakentamisen luontovaikutuksia eurooppalaisten medioiden #GreenToGrey -yhteistyöhankkeessa.
🎅 Lapland tourism is eroding the wilderness it sells 🎅
Last spring, while reviewing the initial data from the #GreenToGrey project, we zoomed in on Lapland. Many of the developments in the region appeared to be linked to tourism. But was that a real trend or just anecdotal?
1/x
Last spring, while reviewing the initial data from the #GreenToGrey project, we zoomed in on Lapland. Many of the developments in the region appeared to be linked to tourism. But was that a real trend or just anecdotal?
1/x
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎅 Lapland tourism is eroding the wilderness it sells 🎅
Last spring, while reviewing the initial data from the #GreenToGrey project, we zoomed in on Lapland. Many of the developments in the region appeared to be linked to tourism. But was that a real trend or just anecdotal?
1/x
Last spring, while reviewing the initial data from the #GreenToGrey project, we zoomed in on Lapland. Many of the developments in the region appeared to be linked to tourism. But was that a real trend or just anecdotal?
1/x
#GreenToGrey: l'artificialisation des sols est deux fois supérieure aux prédictions des autorités européennes.
Une destruction alarmante de la nature en Europe.
Avec Raphaëlle Aubert, journaliste pour @lemonde.fr et co-autrice de l'enquête #GreenToGrey.
Interview européenne par Baptiste Maisonnave.
Une destruction alarmante de la nature en Europe.
Avec Raphaëlle Aubert, journaliste pour @lemonde.fr et co-autrice de l'enquête #GreenToGrey.
Interview européenne par Baptiste Maisonnave.
Artificialisation : l'Europe coulée sous le béton
"Chaque seconde, les bulldozers, les grues et les bétonnières arrachent 48 mètres carrés (m2) à la nature européenne".
euradio.fr
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#GreenToGrey: l'artificialisation des sols est deux fois supérieure aux prédictions des autorités européennes.
Une destruction alarmante de la nature en Europe.
Avec Raphaëlle Aubert, journaliste pour @lemonde.fr et co-autrice de l'enquête #GreenToGrey.
Interview européenne par Baptiste Maisonnave.
Une destruction alarmante de la nature en Europe.
Avec Raphaëlle Aubert, journaliste pour @lemonde.fr et co-autrice de l'enquête #GreenToGrey.
Interview européenne par Baptiste Maisonnave.
#GreenToGrey, a cross-border investigation - initiated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and NRK. 41 journalists & scientists from 11 countries. Using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground reporting, the investigation reveals the extent of Europe’s nature and cropland
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#GreenToGrey, a cross-border investigation - initiated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and NRK. 41 journalists & scientists from 11 countries. Using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground reporting, the investigation reveals the extent of Europe’s nature and cropland
#GreenToGrey: “Very soon if we continue to allow piecemeal developments across areas of outstanding natural beauty, they are going to cease to have any landscape value,” says Jackie Copley of @cprecountryside.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bluesky
ofcprecountryside.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#GreenToGrey: “Very soon if we continue to allow piecemeal developments across areas of outstanding natural beauty, they are going to cease to have any landscape value,” says Jackie Copley of @cprecountryside.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Wow. I just read the whole thing, to the tune of 41.000m²... This is a powerful piece of journalism"
The words of a reader after yesterday's #GreenToGrey launch.
Explore the greentogrey.eu investigation into nature loss.
💡We suggest how you can take action at the 'About' page.
The words of a reader after yesterday's #GreenToGrey launch.
Explore the greentogrey.eu investigation into nature loss.
💡We suggest how you can take action at the 'About' page.
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"Wow. I just read the whole thing, to the tune of 41.000m²... This is a powerful piece of journalism"
The words of a reader after yesterday's #GreenToGrey launch.
Explore the greentogrey.eu investigation into nature loss.
💡We suggest how you can take action at the 'About' page.
The words of a reader after yesterday's #GreenToGrey launch.
Explore the greentogrey.eu investigation into nature loss.
💡We suggest how you can take action at the 'About' page.
It’s not unspoken, it’s the central message of this piece and the project. The #GreenToGrey website highlights western consumerism as a key driver and the way “wealthy countries develop not only essential things, but unnecessary things, from golf courses to artificial ski slopes.”
greentogrey.eu
greentogrey.eu
Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It’s not unspoken, it’s the central message of this piece and the project. The #GreenToGrey website highlights western consumerism as a key driver and the way “wealthy countries develop not only essential things, but unnecessary things, from golf courses to artificial ski slopes.”
greentogrey.eu
greentogrey.eu
Scritta così fa più paura. L'#europa sta diventando grigia, il report: "Perdiamo 600 campi da calcio di verde al giorno" https://www.fanpage.it/innovazione/scienze/leuropa-sta-diventando-grigia-il-report-perdiamo-lequivalente-di-600-campi-da-calcio-al-giorno/
@ambiente
#greentogrey #climatechange
@ambiente
#greentogrey #climatechange
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Scritta così fa più paura. L'#europa sta diventando grigia, il report: "Perdiamo 600 campi da calcio di verde al giorno" https://www.fanpage.it/innovazione/scienze/leuropa-sta-diventando-grigia-il-report-perdiamo-lequivalente-di-600-campi-da-calcio-al-giorno/
@ambiente
#greentogrey #climatechange
@ambiente
#greentogrey #climatechange
Stas å samarbeide m dyktige folk i @journalismarena.eu, @rubensolvang.bsky.social @zanderventer.bsky.social + ti mediehus, om en europeisk versjon av Norge i rødt, hvitt og grått. #greentogrey viser hvordan Europas natur taper. Og ingen bygger mer per innbygger enn Norge: www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
NRK avslører europeisk naturtap: Norge topper verstingliste
www.nrk.no
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Stas å samarbeide m dyktige folk i @journalismarena.eu, @rubensolvang.bsky.social @zanderventer.bsky.social + ti mediehus, om en europeisk versjon av Norge i rødt, hvitt og grått. #greentogrey viser hvordan Europas natur taper. Og ingen bygger mer per innbygger enn Norge: www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
New #GreenToGrey analysis includes land of any size, where #EEA excludes areas <50,000 sq metres.
BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”
Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu
#sentinel2 #citizenScience
BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”
Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu
#sentinel2 #citizenScience
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New #GreenToGrey analysis includes land of any size, where #EEA excludes areas <50,000 sq metres.
BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”
Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu
#sentinel2 #citizenScience
BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”
Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu
#sentinel2 #citizenScience
The findings from the #GreenToGrey project have been leading the news in Norway today. Yet, Ireland isn’t far behind when it comes to converting nature and farmland per capita to make way for construction, housing, roads, luxury developments, etc. Has this been getting much coverage back home?
Again Norway tops a not so nice list, of nature and farmland consumption per capita for construction and "development". But all countries in Europe are on a slippery slope to piece by piece nature destruction. There is an urgent need to stop this nature crisis.
Full story www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
Full story www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The findings from the #GreenToGrey project have been leading the news in Norway today. Yet, Ireland isn’t far behind when it comes to converting nature and farmland per capita to make way for construction, housing, roads, luxury developments, etc. Has this been getting much coverage back home?
💚 #GreenToGrey has got to be the biggest project I've worked on, not only geographically, but in level of revelation, clarity and potential impact. So you know it's got a good behind the scenes story...
My piece on how @journalismarena.eu makes this happen:
journalismarena.eu/arenas-green...
My piece on how @journalismarena.eu makes this happen:
journalismarena.eu/arenas-green...
Arena’s ‘Green to Grey’ project reveals scale of Europe’s nature loss
Our collaboration with 11 newsrooms shows Europe’s undeveloped land is disappearing up to 1.5 times faster than previously thought, equivalent to 600 football pitches per day.
journalismarena.eu
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💚 #GreenToGrey has got to be the biggest project I've worked on, not only geographically, but in level of revelation, clarity and potential impact. So you know it's got a good behind the scenes story...
My piece on how @journalismarena.eu makes this happen:
journalismarena.eu/arenas-green...
My piece on how @journalismarena.eu makes this happen:
journalismarena.eu/arenas-green...
How did we bring the #GreenToGrey project to life?
Read Arena's latest blog post, and our in-depth methodology page (both links in comments) for the behind-the-scenes story of how this massive cross-border, collaborative data project was built. The story includes:
[1/4]
Read Arena's latest blog post, and our in-depth methodology page (both links in comments) for the behind-the-scenes story of how this massive cross-border, collaborative data project was built. The story includes:
[1/4]
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How did we bring the #GreenToGrey project to life?
Read Arena's latest blog post, and our in-depth methodology page (both links in comments) for the behind-the-scenes story of how this massive cross-border, collaborative data project was built. The story includes:
[1/4]
Read Arena's latest blog post, and our in-depth methodology page (both links in comments) for the behind-the-scenes story of how this massive cross-border, collaborative data project was built. The story includes:
[1/4]