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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 …

YFoE Norway block mine site that poses threat to fjordRead More

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 …

Debunking the Paris AgreementRead More

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 …

Agri-activism opportunity this summer on an organic farm in WalesRead More

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 …

Food and agriculture activists mobilise in BerlinRead More

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 …

Fighting mining waste in the Reppar fjord, NorwayRead More

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 …

Women of the world for climate justiceRead More

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 …

End-game in Paris: the great 1.5°C swindle?Read More

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 …

YFoEE criticise draft deal at COP21, denouncing the dangerous agenda by rich countriesRead More

Jamie Gorman & Romina Ranke from Young Friends of The Earth Europe, beautifully summarise why is it important to stand in solidarity with social and climate movements from Global South, and why frontline communities fighting climate change are building the real solutions to the climate crisis. After 21 years with no sign of equity or …

Communities Must Be at the Heart of the Struggle for Climate JusticeRead More

In the run up to theCOP21 UN climate talks in Paris this December (more here on how to join us and take action), we’re busting some commonly-heard c limate myths, from big business being part of the solution to putting our faith in techno-fixes. Catch up with last week’s mythbuster – “climate change is (only) …

Climate myth #7: Technology will save usRead More