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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, …

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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

As part of Reclaim Power’s global week of action on energy, Zelena akcija (Friends of the Earth Croatia) organised an action on Friday in Zagreb to mark the day of action against coal. Activists staged a fashion show protest performance entitled “Climate Chaos”, highlighting the impacts of climate change, and demanding that the government of …

Coal is leading us into climate chaos!Read More

Written by Toril Meyer Gerlt, volunteer at BUNDjugend Berlin, Germany – Tuesday, 16th September 2014. A giant Trojan horse and a lot of people with banners, placards and shirts from BUNDjugend (Young FoE Germany) and BUND (FoE Germany) in front of the German parliament building “Reichstag”. What does that mean? Last Tuesday BUNDjugend and BUND …

Giant Trojan horse in Berlin against TTIPRead More

A month after the 2014 Young Friends of the Earth summer camp in Bulgaria finished, the organising team reflects on some of the successes, challenges, and other experience from a week in the Rhodope mountains. Building our network For more than three-quarters of those who came to the summer camp, it was their first time …

Final impressions from summer campRead More

Young Friends of The Earth Europe has taken an important role in Reclaim Power – a collaboration of social movements, international networks, NGOs and grassroots groups from across the globe that work together with the aim to fight dirty energy projects, transform energy systems and combat climate change. This year, we need your help to …

Take action – join us to fight for climate justice in OctoberRead More

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) has launched an urgent action to send economic support to Liberia in order to support the efforts for disinfectants, soaps and Ebola prevention kits to reach the affected communities Friends of the Earth Liberia is working with partners in the country to provide community relief, support and protection against …

Help fight EBOLA in Liberia now!Read More