“Working in Ukraine is harder now due to the Russian war, but I believe there is always a silver lining,” says Serhiy Bezborodko, head of Eco Misto Chernihiv, a civil society organisation in northern Ukraine that is promoting sustainable development by engaging locals in environmentally friendly activities. “When bad things happen, we find ways to fix them.” He relates that on 17 April 2024, there was a Russian missile attack on the very centre of Chernihiv city, and the epicentre of the explosion was only a hundred metres from Eco Misto’s offices.  “Our equipment was damaged, and our doors and