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In 2013, Ellard, Job and Guus will be touring Europe and filming activists from the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network. To keep up to date with all their news and for special sneaky peak views of what they’re producing, be sure visit regularly their new website Portraying Young Friends of the Earth. For …

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Written by Jolanta Uktveryte, Žvejonė/Young Friends of the Earth Lithuania The shale gas explosion seen across Europe and the US is blasting in Lithuania too, a country which is desperate for its own energy independency. Recently, local communities from south western Lithuania approached the green movement after a scandal when agricultural land was acquired for …

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Written by Alejandro Gil, Young Friends of the Earth Europe Food & Agriculture working group member Our ReCAP meeting in Berlin had a lot of open slots to learn from each other and to have fun at the same time. One of those moments was the workshops that some of the participants facilitated themselves. Tamara …

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Every year the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network elects a new Steering Group whose role it is to work as a team and ensure the development and direction of YFoEE over the course of the coming year. The election of our new Steering Group will be taking place on Sunday 14th April at …

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Written by Matthew Keyes, YFoEE Food & Agriculture working group member During the ReCAP Berlin meeting, we had the opportunity to learn on the field how the people in Berlin are ReCAP-turing the food and the land (and also democracy) with a very successful initiative in the core of the city. We arrived at Prinzessinnengärten …

ReCAPturing your land and food! Prinzessinnengarten urban garden in BerlinRead More

We’ve put together this special report from Qatar in Brussels, a European youth convergence for climate justice organised by Young Friends of the Earth Europe in December 2012. This is what happened at Qatar in Brussels from the participants’ perspective. Edited by Tina Rumenovic, Design and layout by Juliana Okropiridse Read it and enjoy!  

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Written by Friederike Hanisch, Qatar in Brussels participant Somewhere in between numerous climate justice discussions, updates from Qatar and probably some of the best vegan meals ever cooked, I held a workshop on economic growth. More specifically, we looked at various issues that are wrong with our growth-addicted economic system ranging from ever increasing resource …

Changing the climate? Rather the systemRead More

Wirtten by Juliana Okropiridse, Global 2000Jugend We have a whole week – that is a lot of time. That’s what we thought. Well, it was not enough to include all of the sessions we wanted into Qatar in Brussels (QiB). Susi, the agenda-mistress, did her best to ensure we got the most from each day. …

Workshops, sessions, skill sharing…Read More

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 …

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Written by Natascha Deininger, Friends of the Earth Flanders and Brussel The year started with a bang on January 19, when 25,000 people gathered in Berlin to demand fundamental changes to our food and agricultural systems. The resounding message? We’ve Had Enough!…of industrial agriculture, animal abuse, unfair wages, and subsidies for the big and greedy. …

We’ve Had Enough!Read More