Unfortunately Young Friends of the Earth Europe will not be able to provide financial support for YFoEE activists travelling to Paris, or help pay for accomodation during the COP21. However, below is some practical information on how to travel to Paris in a cheap, environmentally-friendly way, and options for lower-cost accomodation. How to travel to …
COP21 timeline and key dates for action
If you can come to Paris for longer than a couple of days at the end of the talks for the big mobilisations on December 11th and 12th, here’s a run-down of the other activities planned for the two weeks in Paris. Meanwhile, if you can’t make it to Paris, keep an eye out for …
COP21 in Paris and beyond
This December will see the annual UN climate talks – the COP21 – in Paris, and Young Friends of the Earth Europe will be there to follow the negotiations and push for climate justice. The talks begin on November 30 and conclude on December 11, but there will be much, much more than policy negotiations …
Mobilising for climate justice at summer camp 2015
Climate justice was on the agenda at the Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp 2015 in Brittany, north-west France, as 100 European youth gathered to discuss action plans and environmental justice in the run-up to this december’s UN climate talks in Paris. With workshops on intersectionality and migration struggles, we worked on broadening …
For a sustainable food system – No TTIP!
TTIP stands for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. It is a trade agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and the US, and negotiators want to conclude the talks this year. This treaty represents a serious threat to food safety, human health and the environment. Some of the concerns are that it will decrease or …
Lima in Brussels – activism, mobilisation and climate justice
Activism, solidarity, movement-building: these are the abstract keywords we use to talk about what 50 European youth got up to in Brussels in parallel to the COP20 climate talks in Lima, but they don’t capture the spirit of the week. The excitement and fun of sharing knowledge and experiences, of planning and undertaking actions, the …
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Getting your hands dirty with worm composting
At the 2014 YFoEE summer camp in Bulgaria we had a great amount of interesting lectures and workshops, one of which was a very practically oriented workshop about worm composting. Red Californian worms produce worm castings, which is basically organic material that has been digested by worms. The final result is an excellent organic fertilizer: …
Food unplugged: what we learned at summer camp
The Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp 2014 in Bulgaria was all about ‘Food Unplugged‘ – our call for a radical shift in our food system that rejects industrialised food production and puts local, sustainable food first. Here, some of the participants who were at the camp reflect on what they learned and …
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Join the Balkan Youth Climate Movement gathering
Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia is organising a regional event this summer to bring youth activists in South-Eastern Europe together for climate justice. We are organising a regional event the Balkan Youth Climate Movement Gathering, to be held from July 23rd until July 28th 2014 in the Solar Academy on the Island of Šolta, …