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As governments from around the world meet in Lima for the annual UN climate talks (known as COP20) from December 1st to 12th, 50 youth climate activists from 12 European countries are gathering in Brussels to share knowledge, lay down their demands for climate justice, mobilise for action in the run-up to next year’s crucial …

“Lima in Brussels” – climate justice movement buildingRead More

“We did not only want to fight GMOs, but contribute something positive to society”, Ivo started. As he continued I was quickly drawn into his story. As we sat in the grass during a sunny day in Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountains it was not difficult to imagine the positive energy deriving from Friends of the Earth …

Food Sovereignty lifts off in BulgariaRead More

By Radostina Slavkova, Za Zemiata/Friends of the Earth Bulgaria During the third day of the camp we had an inspiring lecture about the philosophy of composting, called “Compost: Black Gold”. It was led by the American chef, farmer and writer Casey Angelova. She has lived in Bulgaria for almost eight years and grows perennial vegetables, …

The who, why and how of compostingRead More

Every year, one third of the food that we produce globally for human consumption gets wasted. That’s 1.3 billion tonnes in total, of produce that’s used precious energy and water resources to be grown, picked, processed and transported, to then only end up in the trash bin. One thing that people around the world are …

Top tips for successful dumpster divingRead More

Written by Maruška Mileta from Young Friends of the Earth Europe; contributions by the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice. A four day gathering of civil society and social movements (Social Pre-COP) on Margarita Island in Venezuela concluded on November 7th, after having given communities affected by climate change a voice in the run up …

We need a more just world to prevent catastrophic climate changeRead More

What’s the documentary about? Two years ago Job and Ellard, two independent filmmakers from the Netherlands, had a great idea. They wanted to make a documentary about young people who are all connected in some way to the Young Friends of the Earth Europe Network: a new generation of activists who are engaged with social …

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On Saturday October 25, thousands of opponents to the Testet dam gathered in the Sivens forest, France, to protest against this unnecessary and unwanted infrastructure project. The protesters in Testet were met with a massive police presence that – according to several witnesses – fired into the crowd. It is highly likely that this was …

Solidarity with French dam protests and with family of Rémi FraisseRead More

We will be in Brussels in December to to follow the climate negotiations in Lima, meet young Europeans and mobilise for change! From December 6th-13th, 60 young people from all over Europe will come together in Brussels to mobilise around the annual UN climate negotiations in Lima, Peru. It will be a week of workshops, …

Mobilising in Brussels for climate justice!Read More

Written by Toril Meyer-Gerlt, BUNDjugend/YFoE Germany On 11th October, tens of thousands of people and hundreds of organisations in 21 countries were on the streets to protest against TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), CETA (Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement) and TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement). The decentralised European Day of Action, consisting of over 300 …

TTIP isn’t tasty!Read More

Written by Niels Hazekamp from Jongeren Milieu Actief (JMA)/Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands. On the 9th of October, in The Netherlands more than 40 youth organisations signed the Treaty for Sustainability in Education with a parliamentary majority. The treaty is the result of years of hard work by Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands …

Netherlands government pass a ‘treaty for sustainability in education’Read More