Over 150,000 volunteers participated in this year’s “Let’s Do It 2011” action, for the fourth year running. What began in 2008 in Estonia, has now became a wide spread environmental and community building campaign not only in Lithuania, but around the globe (India, Romania, Slovenia, etc.).The aim of the action is to encourage people to …
Interview: Zsuzsa Földes, YFoEE member
She is young, responsible and a friend of the Earth. I met her at YFoEE Summer Camp 2011 in Hungary where she was helping the FoE Hungary team to organise the summer camp. Besides her wonderful help, she created an amazing movie of the summer camp in Ónod! This time we get to know Zsuzsa …
Interview: Mario la Rosa, YFoEE food and agriculture activist
“What do you feel when you buy food?” – was what Mario la Rosa (29), from Sicily, Italy, asked me. I have known him for several years and I am still impressed by his devotion to the topic of food and agriculture in his everyday life and the changes he creates by his work everyday. …
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A word from the treetops
My name’s Laura and I’m currently living in a treehouse I built, 17m high in a pine tree. Along with a small group of other wonderfully passionate people, we are occupying the forest which is the site of a future airport near Notre-Dame-des-Landes, France. We are building a campaign to stop the Grand Ouest airport– …
Climate justice: more than words
“Come to the party this December in Durban where the EU will commit to 40% emission reductions domestically by 2020.” This is how activists discussed with UN delegates in front of the UNFCCC climate talks in Bonn. With music, singing, dancing and a 40-percent cake, young people celebrated the announcement of the EU’s critical pledge …
Young Friends of the Earth Scotland join Push Europe
Over the summer, Young FoE Scotland worked hard to spread the word by attending many festivals to do outreach, and when back in the office to produce the Scottish version of the ‘One Cent’ part of the Push Europe Campaign. This is particularly significant for us as it is the first campaign that YFoE Scotland …
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Young Friends of the Earth Switzerland open day
Pro Natura Youth (Young Friends of the Earth Switzerland) manages 44 local groups across the entire country. Lead by voluntary counsellors, these local groups offer thematic outings in nature and camps for young adults and children. Today, the first forest-themed open day took place, across Switzerland, with the participation of 24 groups from 15 Swiss …
Young Friends of the Earth UK’s Push Europe action camp
When you see the lush green rolling hills of the English countryside, hear the river right next to you and meet the inspiring people from all across the country – you know that you’re in the right place: the Push Europe UK camp. We at Young Friends of the Earth joined forces in the UK …
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Food sovereignty NOW!
“Nyeleni” is the name of a woman who showed how farming with respect for the land and the traditions can be a way to get out of poverty and modern slavery. With her job she found freedom for her family and inspired her whole village. “Food sovereignty” is the idea that people should be free …
At the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Bonn
In June, where else would Young Friends of the Earth Europe be than in Bonn? Since 2009, YFoEE activists have been attending the two week mid-year round of UNFCCC climate negotiations in Bonn, always in preparation for the big UN climate change conferences at the end of the year. In December 2011, this big meeting …