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This summer Young Friends of the Earth Europe is glad to invite you to sunny Bulgaria! Our annual summer camp will be held in the midst of the Rhodope Mountains near Beglika lake – well known for its picturesque scene, so make sure you are not going to miss this one out. This year Summer …

Campaigning, camping and canoeing- it’s Summer Camp time!Read More

Written by Maruška Mileta (Croatia), YFoEE Steering group member More than a million people displaced, thousands who have lost everything, more than three dozens confirmed deaths and still counting, hundreds of thousands left without clean water and electricity – the devastating consequences of the recent floods that have hit Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Serbia and …

Solidarity with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia!Read More

A reflection written by Clemence Hutin, who took part in our 2014 YFoEE Network Gathering in Lithuania, 23-27 April. We will be back! we declared back in Warsaw last year, after walking out of the corporate captured UN climate talks. And coming back means being very very busy- for all of us! Every year, Young …

The year ahead!Read More

On Thursday 15th of May, Young Friends of the Earth Ireland hosted a Dublin region European Parliament election debate, as part of their national Politics for People campaign. Nicola Winters, Young Friends of the Earth Ireland coordinator tells us what happened.  We were delighted to welcome 5 of our Dublin candidates standing for the European …

A European election debate with a difference!Read More

The European Parliament elections are coming up this week, and YFoEE has been working on a campaign to raise awareness that it is happening, and using it as an opportunity to promote our demands for climate justice and sustainable food and agriculture. We are asking you to make 3 easy steps in our ‘Tweet the …

Use #YourVoice and tweet your MEP candidatesRead More

PRESS RELEASE On Thursday, 15th May 2014, Young Friends of the Earth Ireland will host a European elections debate with a difference. As part of the European-wide “Politics for People” campaign in the run up to voting day on 23rd May, we have been engaging with young people around Ireland and the Irish European Parliament …

European elections debate with a differenceRead More

Young Friends of the Earth Europe, is asking that newly elected members of the European Parliament take the following points on climate justice and food and agriculture into consideration in the next five years, if they are (re)elected to the European Parliament. It is high time to ACT in order to ensure a socially and …

What we ask of new Members of the European ParliamentRead More

Young Friends of the Earth Europe is coordinated by our Steering Group, a group of volunteers elected from the YFoEE network. Each individual is responsible for a different area of work and supporting a number of member groups in our network. This April, we elected a new Steering Group at our Annual Network Gathering in …

Introducing our Steering GroupRead More

On 22-25 May 2014, people in 28 countries across Europe will get the chance to vote for their new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who will represent them in European Union decision making.  We at Young Friends of the Earth Europe believe that young people should be empowered to take action and make our …

Your choice, Your voiceRead More

This must be a bad joke. Europe’s current model of farming and food consumption is destroying the environment and threatening our health. You must be kidding us. 89 million tons of edible food gets thrown away every year in the EU, which is approximately 180 kg per person. This can’t be real? The decadent food …

Every European throws away 180 kilograms of food per yearRead More