Young Friends of the Earth activist and steering group member Richard Sagar joined the anti-fracking demonstrations in Barton Moss, Manchester, in the United Kingdom. Here are some of his reflections, and a call to action. Help stop fracking in the UK. I have to be honest, waiting around in a car park on the outskirts …
Swedish environmental politics – not as good as it seems
Rebecka Hallencreutz, Chair person of Friends of the Earth Sweden, also active with Young Friends of the Earth Europe, reflects on the state of Swedish environmental politics. There is this picture of Sweden as a socialist paradise that is very progressive in many fields, particluary equality and the environment (it was the first country to …
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Join our food&agriculture working group in Vienna!
Hello everyone! We have great news: Another “YFoEE Food and Agriculture Working Group Meeting” will be happening soon. Yay! What is the Food and Agriculture Working Group? (FAWG) – Find out more about food and agricultural issues here: http://www.foeeurope.org/yfoee/food-agriculture For more information about the working group and how to join, go here! What …
Join our 2014 YFoEE Network Gathering
The Annual Network Gathering is Young Friends of the Earth Europe’s main decision making event, bringing up to 30 representatives from our member groups together to meet and discuss campaign plans and long term strategies for the whole Young Friends of the Earth Europe network. The gathering is also the place for groups to get …
The real people’s climate talks were in Durban
During the international climate talks in Warsaw we connected via a live link-up with the People’s climate camp in Durban, South Africa. From the alternative convergence space in Warsaw social and climate justice movements expressed solidarity with farmers in Durban, who are facing serious threats from land-grabbing. Here is a reflection on the camp written …
Romania: We need international help
Written by Maruska Mileta The village of Pungeşti in Romania has been the site of peaceful protests for more than two months. Villagers, mostly elderly farmers, have set up camp next to the fields where the American multinational energy corporation Chevron wants to drill for shale gas using a harmful method called hydraulic fracturing (known …
Special report: YFoEE at UN climate talks
A collection of articles, photos and outcomes from the Conference of Youth & UN climate talks in Warsaw, 7-23rd November 2013 We have put together this exciting special report from the two weeks that our Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) team spent at the Conference of Youth (7-10th November) and the UN climate …
Barroso: “Don’t cook the planet!”
Over the next months, the European Union will be discussing new emissions reductions targets and energy targets from 2020 until 2030. EU ambition is very low at the moment. During the UN climate negotiations in Warsaw we called on the EU to ‘stop going around in circles, and to lead the way’. We need to …
Polluters Talk, We Walk
PRESS RELEASE Warsaw, November 21 – One day before the scheduled conclusion of the international climate talks in Warsaw, hundreds of climate activists – including Young Friends of the Earth Europe– have walked out in protest at the lack of ambition at the talks, and in solidarity with people affected by climate change. The walkout …
Coalzilla Action: Keep Dirty Energy Out of the Climate Talks
Today, with Push Europe and Friends of the Earth International we gathered to construct a 10 metre tall inflatable dinosaur outside of the UN Climate Talks. Yet this no was ordinary T-Rex, this was the Dirty Carbon Dinosaur ‘Coal-Zilla’, a representative of the outdated and fossilised interests of transnational corporations, big energy investors, and many …
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