Last summer, Young Friends of the Earth Europe, together with BUNDjugend (YFoE Germany) held a 9-day training event: ‘Training for Trainers: Inclusive Climate Justice Work’. We ran workshops on addressing racism, centering feminism, tackling power and recognising privilege – all designed to make our climate justice movement open and accessible to all so we can …
Young Austrian activists join huge food sovereignty protest
40 youth activists from Global 2000/Friends of the Earth Austria joined German’s 25,000 people at Germany’s biggest demonstration for sustainable agriculture.
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Judgement brings Young FoE Norway’s climate lawsuit a huge step forward
The Court of Appeals in Oslo today made its judgement on the Norwegian climate lawsuit, which had been brought by a number of plaintiffs including Natur og Ungdom/Young Friends of the Earth Norway. While the Norwegian Court rightly upholds the Constitution which guarantees everyone’s right to a healthy environment, it doesn’t acknowledge the environmental boundaries …
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Know your food workshops in Malta
Over the last couple of weeks, Friends of the Earth Malta ran a series of “Know Your Food” workshops in collaboration with a young farmer, Emanuela from the Veg Box. About 20 urban citizens participated in five sessions that focused on different topics. This was a space for young people to meet, discuss food systems and food sovereignty while meeting different farmers and apiculturists along the way. Participants learned about how food is grown, how to plan a garden, preparing and preserving food, and understanding seasonality.
The transformative nature of non-violent communication
Role-playing exercises are great. Non-violent communication (NVC) is even better. Combine them in the right way and a seed for societal change has been planted. Let us try to explain why… Role-playing is far more than Dungeons and Dragons (although that is great too, but not relevant right now). It is an activity where you …
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The future is rural
Young Friends of the Earth Ireland hosted the ‘Future is Rural’ fair – a fun and family-friendly event, showcasing innovators in sustainable food and farming.
Do you care? (IV)
YFoEE has organized “Training for Traineers: inclusive climate justice work” which gathered young people across Europe in August in Germany. The same participants have run many workshops and activities related to the social and environmental justice movement. Popular Education has been one the basis of this training where it was demostrated that everybody has knowledge …
Bringing food sovereignty to Jutland
For three days in September, Ungdom NOAH/Young Friends of the Earth Denmark toured the north of Jutland to inform people about food sovereignty.
#GoodFoodGoodFarming month of action in Ireland
Good Food Good Farming Days of Action. This month we are celebrating the Good Food Good Farming Days of Action as part of our Growing. Together project by championing the changemakers who are shaping a fairer food system here in. We began the month of action by going west to Mayo to host the two day ‘The Future is Rural’ sustainable rural futures fair in partnership with the IEN and Foodture in the Museum of Country Life in Castlebar Co. Mayo. The weekend was launched on Friday night with a screening of In ‘ Our Hands – Seeding Change’
Do you care about climate strikes? (III)
In August, YFoEE and BUNDjugend (Young Friends of the Earth Germany) organised Camp for [Future], a climate camp in the coal-mining region in the west of Germany. This event became a huge gathering of young activists from all Europe, where they participated and ran many workshops and activities related to the social and environmental justice …