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The trojan horse of free trade agreements has finally visited Cyprus! For the past few months YFoE Cyprus have been using the huge prop to raise awareness about the hidden dangers of Free Trade Agreements such as CETA and JEFTA. From the mountains of Troodos to the city centre of the capital of Nicosia, the …

The Trojan Horse of Free Trade Agreements visits Cyprus!Read More

After Ingrid’s introduction to the ideas of Agri-Activism, it is my turn (Lena) to offer you a glimpse into our lives as agri-activists! At the time of writing we have been on Caerhys Organic farm for a whole month, which is a good time to reflect upon the things learned so far. For this reason …

Being a Newcomer to Farming!Read More

  Welcome to the first post of the year from the YFoEE agri-activism placement 2018!   This blog already hosted several agri-activists’ voices before ours so we won’t spend too much time describing the project. However, an introduction is recquired before we can get into the details of our stay in future posts. So here …

What is agri-activism (for us)?Read More

This article was previously published on Bilton.org and LeftEast.   “For fifteen years now my family and I have been investing in organic agriculture, working the land together with my children to build a better life for them in our homeland,” says Dimche Baleski, an organic producer from the municipality of Valandovo, during a public …

Grassroots Resistance to Mining in MacedoniaRead More

Katie Hodgetts and Kate Whitaker   Today marks two weeks since women in Yarl’s Wood detention centre started a strike to protest the UK Home Office’s immoral practices, inhumane treatment of detainees and unfair detention system. Read a full list of their demands here.   Yarl’s Wood is an ‘Immigration Removal Centre’ in Bedfordshire, England, for …

Hunger For Freedom: Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikersRead More

Mikayel Hovhannisyan, a member of YFoEE’s food and agriculture working group, warns of the huge dangers posed by the Amulsar gold mine in Armenia, which he is campaigning against. Local groups in Armenia, including the Armenian Environmental Front, have been organising against a large gold mine project on the Amulsar mountain, in the South-East of the …

Armenian mining project threatens local environment and communitiesRead More

Elena, from Global 2000/Young Friends of the Earth Austria, reflects on her visit to Environmental Rights action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. This exchange was part of a Friends of the Earth International project working to strengthen solidarity and collaboration between youth in Europe and Africa. The 11 days I spent in Nigeria in the …

Environmental education and fighting Big Oil – a visit to FoE NigeriaRead More

Today, Nature and Youth/Young FoE Norway and Greenpeace Norway are filing an appeal against the Norwegian Government for Arctic oil drilling. The appeal challenges the Oslo District Court decision, which said that Norwegian government “can not be held accountable for global emissions from Norwegian produced oil and gas abroad.” Due to the urgent need to …

YFoE Norway takes government to supreme court over arctic oilRead More

  “Four weeks ago I left my ordinary Dutch life to give it a try: working on a remote organic farm in Wales and work on a sustainable food system. I knew I was going to learn a lot of new things but I didn’t know I was going to have so much FUN!!” – Tosca …

Agri-Activism OpportunityRead More

Kristiyan Naidenov What does it mean to negotiate for the climate and to take decisions about the future of the planet? Leaving aside any government representatives, summits, media statements and reportages, a group of sixteen young people now can answer these questions! Because they participated in the first simulation of the United Nations Climate Change …

COP Simulation in Sofia!Read More