Victor, Nadi and their son Jean Paul have been farming their land for about 40 years. With a farmhouse, greenhouses, and trees, they grow a little bit of everything – fennel, spinach, kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, celery, tomatoes, potatoes and parsley. However, Victor, Nadia and Jean Paul’s farm is threatened by the construction of a bypass. …
Young beekeepers in Malta
Jorge is an architect by profession but has found his passion in beekeeping seven years ago. He is a small scale beekeeper that focuses primarily on keeping healthy populations of the endemic Maltese honey bee and works with a community of other breeders that are part of the Breeds of Origin Conservancy. “Since Malta is …
What do young farmers want?
Cane has been farming for just over a year, and despite discouraging comments, he has taken the plunge and left his job to dedicate himself to farming full-time. Together with Cassandra, they have been on a journey to explore new possibilities in the world of agriculture in Malta. “I’m Cane from Biome Munch, a new …
Why we say no to EU-MERCOSUR
European supermarkets including Casino, Carrefour and Albert Heijn are selling meat products linked to deforestation and human rights violations to unwitting consumers, and the EU plans to increase the number of destructive products on supermarket shelves with the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, reveals a report released today by Repórter Brasil and our parent organisation: Friends of …
2nd Project Partners’ meeting
Mariza, Young FoE Cyprus On the 23rd-24th of February, 2021 we had our second Project Partners’ Meeting for System:Reset project. Noting here that the first one was the kick-off meeting of the project in February 2020 and this one was supposed to be held in Ireland. Despite the virtual nature of the meeting, the overall …
Guardians of the Water: communities against mining industry
On 20th of November 2020, we had the opportunity to participate to this special online event highlighting community struggles against the global gold-mining industry. The event was brought together by Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland, Social Change Initiative, Irish Research Council, NUI Galway and Young Friends of the Earth Europe. We had the chance …
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Join YFoEE’s 1st Volunteers Program!
You have always dreamed of getting active and fighting for climate justice at the European level? Then, read this article, this is for you! Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) launches the first edition of its Volunteers Program! All young activists of the network (or willing to join us!) are invited to apply for joining this …
Agri-activism 2021: Apply now!
Looking for some action in these COVID-19 times?The agri-activism volunteering programme is back! What is this programme about? We are looking for two volunteers to be active in a beautiful, community-supported organic farm in Wales. But this isn’t ordinary WWOOFing as this is in one of the farms of the Caerhys Organic Community Agriculture (COCA), …
Withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty!
The young generation requests EU policy-makers to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries! The treaty allows coal, oil, and gas corporations to obstruct the transition to a clean energy system. Disarm fossil fuel firms now, so they can no longer impede urgent climate action! We want Climate …
YFoEE at WSF 2021: System change, not climate change!
Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) was invited to take part in the 2021 World Social Forum (WSF) which was held online – due to obvious sanitary reasons. In the framework of the Climate, Ecology and Environmental, YFoEE participated on 29 January 2021 to the session ‘System change, not climate change!‘ together with other …
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