Once upon a time in Galicia, a group of people decided to make a dream come true: to build a hostel where, combining environmental education and practical sustainable initiatives, they could demonstrate that another world is possible. As Corcerizas (the name of this dream) is not a fairy tale but the real world realisation of Amigos …
Summer Camp on Euronews TV
A short article on the 2013 Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp made it onto Euronews TV. Watch the clip here Young people protest against oil drilling in Norway’s arctic Hundreds of young people from around the world have gathered in the far north of Norway for a summer camp. They want to …
We are all in this together!
Written by Sarah Newton, Summer camp participant from the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition I’m feeling so inspired and enlightened by all of the amazing people I have met here at the Young Friends of the Earth Europe Summer Camp. The theme of the camp is climate change and we are all connecting the dots across …
Do not drill while the planet burns
Written by Babawale Obayanju, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, and participant in YFoEE summer camp 2013 Lofoten is one of the world’s most beautiful places, a home to the popular “OKPOROKO” and “KPANLA”, other names for cod or stockfish in Nigeria. The sights and sounds of Lofoten are breath-taking. It is a place …
Solidarity for Belarus civil society
During the 2013 Young Friends of the Earth Europe and Natur og Ungdom annual summer camps, 400 youth from across the globe showed their support to civil society in Belarus, as they take part in an international youth environmental camp in Lofoten, Norway. The youth made a video, saying the sentence “solidarity is stronger than …
Shell: clean up your mess in Nigeria
Today, Young Friends of the Earth Europe is supporting the launch of an international campaign calling on oil company Shell to clean up its mess in the oil-rich and heavily polluted Niger Delta in Nigeria. The launch of an international petition targeting Shell comes exactly two years after a United Nations report exposed oil-giant Shell’s …
A hundred people, twenty different languages and one main cause
International Youth Demands No Oil in the Norwegian Arctic
Our manifesto on Food & Agriculture
What challenges on food and agriculture do we have and how do we face them? Young Friends of the Earth Europe has developed a manifesto on Food & Agriculture, to show our opinions and solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our food and farming system. We believe that a transition from industrial agriculture …
Summer camp: Who’s coming and how to follow us
In just under one week’s time, Young Friends of the Earth Europe’s summer camp will be starting in Oslo, Norway then heading north to Lofoten in the Arctic circle. We’re really excited about what we’ve got planned for our seven days together in Norway, and want to share it with you all too! Participants We’ve …