Young Friends of the Earth Europe Summer Camp 2012 Every year Young Friends of the Earth Europe organises our summer camp to bring together activists from local and national Young Friends of the Earth groups from across Europe. This year we’re excited to announce that it will be taking place from 14-19th August at the …
Youth Convergence on Climate Justice, Brussels, Belgium
Last year in December, during the 16th UN climate conference in Cancun, youth from all over Europe met during the two weeks in Brussels for the climate justice convergence Cancun in Brussels. We followed the negotiations, learnt and discussed about the different climate justice topics and we did actions in the city of Brussels to …
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Training for campaigns, in Copenhagen
The four-day training on how to plan and run effective and strategic campaigns has just come to an end. A group of young activists from the YFoEE network, visited our great hosts and friends NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark) in Copenhagen. A total of 18 participants from 11 countries took part in the training, …
Face to face in Belgium
Young Friends of the Earth Europe’s steering group met face to face this week for the first time since their election in March 2011. We spent three intensive days discussing how we would organise the upcoming Durban in Brussels event and our training event in Denmark, how we could improve the steering groups’ internal work …
One cent for a climate-friendly future
A delegation of young climate activists gathered in front of the Environment Council today, to hand their demands to the ministers and representatives of the Polish and Austrian environment ministry. The activists pushed youth, disguised as politicians, towards more ambitious climate targets with a giant Cent coin. If you’re still interested in taking part in …
Push Europe with just One Cent
One cent alone is not very much. But if thousands of cents are transferred to the account of your national treasury it becomes a powerful sign of protest. Each cent has to be properly managed and cannot just be ignored. That turns the account statement of your government into a long petition for a different …
The Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp 2011
This year’s summer camp took place in the little town of Ónod in north west Hungary, hosted by our Young Friends of the Earth group in Hungary. 50 people from the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network came representing 20 different countries and spent five days together learning and sharing the campaigning work we …
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Thousands of European youth push Europe to raise its ambition
Luxembourg, Monday October 10th , 2011 – European environment ministers met today to discuss this year’s international climate talks in Durban. Youth activists from across Europe pushed a giant one-Eurocent coin to the entrance of the Environment Council symbolising their demands for investment in climate protection and higher European climate targets. They handed over the …
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The Act Now handbook
This handbook was created by a group of young people from all over Europe to help you know more about what was happening in Copenhagen. But the content remains as relevant today as it did then – ideas, opportunities and means to get yourself involved. Download our free Act Now handbook for a choice of …
Durban in Brussels
During the second week of the COP17 UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, Young Friends of the Earth Europe hosted ‘Durban in Brussels’, an event that brought together more than 50 young activists to demand climate justice. For more than a week we ran workshops, discussions, actions, followed the negotiations, made live link ups …