Young Friends of the Earth Europe supports the call for #safepassage for refugees and we will be joining the European march for refugee rights on the 27th of February. On 27 February 2016 European citizens will come together in cities across the continent to stand up for human rights in Europe. We are demanding …
Defending our streets in Paris
This is the first installment in a series of articles that Young Friends of the Earth activists are launching which tell the story of our growing movement for social and environmental justice and against dirty energy and corporate power. Repression seems to be our governments’ increasingly widespread recipe for stopping the peoples’ struggles for …
YFoE Norway block mine site that poses threat to fjord
Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) shares with us an update on the local actions that have been taking over the past ten days to save Norweigan fjords from mining waste. Over the past ten days, Young Friends of the Earth Norway have been working with local community members to peacefully occupy machinery to …
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Debunking the Paris Agreement
Daniel Voskoboynik, a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe core team for COP21, debunks the Paris Agreement in this inspiring and reflective article. This blog was originally posted by Daniel here. For all the dispiriting truths I know about the world, inside of me I still carry impulses of hopeful naiveté: that there are …
Agri-activism opportunity this summer on an organic farm in Wales
YFoEE is collaborating with Caerhys organic farm in Wales to provide an opportunity for young people to engage in a two month agri-activism experience this summer. Read more below to find out more about the farm, the project and how you can apply! Fed up with the supermarket stranglehold on our food system? Are …
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Food and agriculture activists mobilise in Berlin
Meaghan Carmody (Young Friends of the Earth Ireland) shares her personal reflections on the recent YFoEE Food and Agriculture Working Group meeting that was held in Berlin, Germany to coincide with the ‘We’re Fed up’ march – demanding global food and agricultural justice. From the 14th to the 17th of January 2016, Young FoE representatives …
Fighting mining waste in the Reppar fjord, Norway
Tina Andersen Vågenes from Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) shares their group’s story of local fight to save Norwegian fjords from mining waste. The Norwegian government approved the large scale disposal of mining waste in the Førde fjord in May. However, the fight is not over yet. On the 8th of …
Women of the world for climate justice
Marina is a young woman from Greece who is using art as a way of confronting and challenging injustices while creating the world that we know is possible. Her art can be viewed here. Some of her previous work includes a beautiful mural in Lima, Peru, that she made together with Luka Tomac of Friends …
End-game in Paris: the great 1.5°C swindle?
COP21 has reached its end game. The Durban platform closed on Saturday, and a new draft has been negotiated by ministers has now been published. Despite countless closed door meetings, late night sessions, unprecedented exclusion of civil society and attempts by powerful Northern countries to hasten the process, little has been achieved so far. One …
YFoEE criticise draft deal at COP21, denouncing the dangerous agenda by rich countries
Today, we organised an action at the COP21, criticising the draft Paris agreement released over the weekend. We used a giant locked door to symbolise the barring of civil society observers from the negotiations, and the nature of the conference as a venue for backroom deals. The draft text flies in the face of the …
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