Written by Marika Schoenherr, Young Friends of the Earth Malta Organic farming, bathing suit and trekking shoes – what do they all share in common? Read this article to find out more! As part of the System:Reset Project Friends of the Earth Malta together with Generation (Change?) hosted a Youth Camp at the beautiful Majjistral Nature …
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From June 11 to 16, 2021, over 100 young people from all around Europe joined the hybrid convergence ERROR 404: [NAME] JUSTICE NOT FOUND to share their visions for a sustainable and just Europe. During six fruitful days, young people participated in activities to develop their own proposals for a European Green Deal and formulate …
Building bridges – BUNDjugend in the German Commission for the Future of Agriculture
By BUNDjugend/Young Friends of the Earth Germany In recent years, the topic of agriculture has been high on the political agenda – with emission cuts more important than ever and biodiversity on a sharp decline, the transformation of the current agricultural system dominated by industrial farming and agribusiness seems inevitable. At the same time, it …
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We demand a new youth visa between the EU and the UK
Since Brexit, there has been limited opportunity for cultural and educational exchange between youth from the EU and the UK. Young FoEE has joined forces with the ProYouthVisa Alliance, which has made a petition to demand a new EU-UK youth visa. Sign the petition here! Brexit has significantly changed youth’s exchange possibilities between the UK …
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Building bridges between countries: The Mediterranean Youth Forum
By Miguel from Friends of the Earth Spain A few weeks ago, the publication of the 6th IPCC report alerted us to the serious consequences that climate change will have for humans if we do nothing for the next four years. Months ago, IPBES described similar scenarios if we do not prevent the loss of …
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Climate Summer Camp for a real Green Deal for Europe
By NOAH/Young Friends of the Earth Denmark A four-day online and offline political summer camp kick-started the summer of 2021 for 60 young people from more than 19 different nationalities. Now, European politicians need to prepare themselves for a killer position paper challenging the existing European Green Deal. During the past one and a …
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How to make your story impossible to ignore
By Veronica from Colombia It’s difficult to know just how much time we spend reading news on a daily basis – it could be 30 minutes, it could be 3 hours, who knows! If you have a social media account, you’ll know what I mean: We’re bombarded every day with news from different sources, but …
YFoEE’s info pack: How to reach out to policy-makers
Communicating the Youth Proposal for a Just Green Deal for Europe and beyond Young Friends of the Earth Europe has prepared a simple guide on how to reach out to policy-makers as part of the SYSTEM:RESET project. Talking with policy-makers, and in particular Members of the European Parliament (MEP’s), is an important and fun part …
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SYSTEM: RESET at the 2021 Climate Camp Vienna
Judith Neumann, Young FoE Austria In this blog I would share my experiences as workshop leader within the Erasmus+ project System: Reset at the 2021 Climate Camp in Vienna I have been part of the Austrian System:Reset team since June 2020 and have co-organized a total of nine workshops. Most of the time, we design …
The European Green Deal through the eyes of a 17-year old woman
Andrea Miltiadous from Cyprus During 11/06 – 16/06 I had the opportunity to join YFoEE’s first Hybrid Summit “Error 404 [Name] Justice Not found”. This involved morning, afternoon and sometimes evening sessions revolving around the European Green Deal. Even being 17 years old without much experience in environmental and social justice activism, the European Green …
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