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THIS SUMMER… Action Camp in Wietze: Farms instead of factories! Wietze in Lower Saxony is home to Europe’s largest chicken slaughter house. Subsidised with €6.5 million of taxpayers’ money, it aims to kill 430,000 chickens daily. It is a symbol of the kind of industrial farming that is destroying fair, green and local food and …

Farms not factories action camp | 29 August- 1 SeptemberRead More

A report from Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Irelands’ recent BASECAMP event for its local groups network, where Young Friends of the Earth was also participating. Written by Richard Sagar, Young Friends of the Earth EWNI. From the 12-14 of July committed Friends of the Earth activists from England, Wales and Northern …

Sunny days for Young Friends of the Earth at “Basecamp” UKRead More

The waters off Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja are unique, and hold great value in a world where increasing amounts of natural enviroments are destroyed. The marine life in the region is vastly rich, due to unique species and sustainable fishery resources, however at the same time, very vulnerable to threats. Oil drilling could destroy the …

Norway: Keep Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja oil-free!Read More

Today, the European Parliament was the latest to vote on reforms to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. Friends of the Earth Europe issued the following press release, highlighting the results and what they mean for green farming in Europe.  For more about the Common Agricultural Policy and the campaign for its reform, check out Young …

CAP reform: failure for environment and small farmersRead More

Written by Natascha Deininger, Young Friends of the Earth Flanders Today, the results from tests carried out by Friends of the Earth reveal that almost half of Europeans sampled contain traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine. Glyphosate, found in Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’, is the world’s best-selling herbicide, and is applied especially in connection …

Weed killer glyphosate found in peopleRead More

Marches against biotech giant Monsanto are being planned in over 250 cities across six continents this Saturday 25th May, to protest the corporate’s attempts to monopolise food systems, spread GMOs, and intimidate communities while lobbying politicians. A full list of events and demonstrations can be found here. Genetically modified crops – organisms with artificially altered …

March Against Monsanto! 25th MayRead More

Our friends at 350.org have put together the great new documentary “Do the Math”, being screened at house-parties and screenings around the world on 16th May. The Do the Math documentary is a 42-minute film about the rising movement in the United States to change the terrifying maths of the climate crisis and challenge the …

“Do the Math” Europe-wide screenings 16th MayRead More

After each of our events, we like to collect reflections from some of the participants on how the event was and what they experienced, to share these impressions with more people via our website. This time, Richard Sagar writes about his experience of our recent YFoEE network gatehring, which took place in Croatia from 11th- …

Impressions from our 2013 network gatheringRead More

Written by Anneke Rooth, Jongeren Milieu Actief (JMA)/ Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands, who represented Young Friends of the Earth Europe at a recent youth training on food sovereignty in Hungary, organised by Via Campesina. Two weeks ago I had a lecture about the social exclusion of peasants (small scale farmers) and the social …

Building links for food sovereigntyRead More

Three international participants were invited to join Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) at their Network Gathering meeting in Croatia (11th – 15th April 2013) to learn from the network, to share their group’s work and to make links towards strengthening solidarity between grassroots environmental groups across the globe. These are their reflections on …

Making friends across the worldRead More