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 …
“Do the Math” Europe-wide screenings 16th May
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 …
Impressions from our 2013 network gathering
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- …
Building links for food sovereignty
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 …
Making friends across the world
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 …
Springtime- It’s seedbombing time
Fancy a bit of fun recapturing waste lands in your city? From the Young Friends of the Earth Food & Agriculture Working Group we encourage you to take action against the deterioration of our public spaces, by throwing seedbombs in the context of the 1st may Guerrilla Gardening action day. Guerrilla gardening is a non …
Youth empowerment for sustainable energy solutions | 2-9th June, Vienna
The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) is organizing an Energy Campaigning Training from the 2nd to the 9th of June in Vienna! Young Friends of the Earth Europe as partners in the project have the possibility to send 3-4 participants from our network to take part. The training will bring young people from across …
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Welcoming our new Steering Group 2013-14
We’re very happy to introduce you to the new Steering Group of Young Friends of the Earth Europe, elected at this years Network Gathering in Croatia on 15th April. Each year participants at our annual meeting have the chance to stand and be elected to join a team of volunteers whose role it is to …
Green recipies for a grey winter
By distributing recipes in front of Vienna’s major supermarkets, the Global 2000 youth group alerts customers to the fact that cooking with seasonal and regional organic products is easier than most people believe. Written by Timothy Bidwell, Global 2000 Jugend In the era of globalisation, we have to face crucial decisions every day if we’re …
CAP proposals still too weak to save nature or farmers
As you know, Young Friends of the Earth Europe has been following the negotiations of the new Common Agriculture Policy as part of our reCAP campaign. Friends of the Earth Europe has just issued a press release following the vote of our Members of European Parliament in Strasbourg. ***PRESS RELEASEFriends of the Earth Europe *** …
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