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Dunkind

Joined 16 February 2009
Friends of the Earth Europe
FocusHuman rights and Environment
Area served
Europe
Members
31 national member groups
Key people
Magda Stoczkiewicz (Director)
Websitehttp://www.foeeurope.org/


Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE)[1] unites more than 30 national organisations with thousands of local groups, and is the European branch of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)[2].


What does Friends of the Earth Europe do? edit

  • promotes environmentally sustainable societies on the local, national, regional and global levels
  • protects the earth against further deterioration and repair damage inflicted upon the environment by human activities and negligence
  • preserves the earth's ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity
  • increases public participation and democratic decision making. Greater democracy is both an end in itself and is vital to the protection of the environment and the sound management of natural resources
  • achieves environmental, social, economic and political justice and equal access to resources and opportunities for men and women on the local, national, regional and international levels


How do they do it? edit

  • influence European and EU policy and raises public awareness on environmental issues by providing institutions, media and the public with regular information via a wide range of campaigns, publications and events
  • support the network with representation, advice and coordination in European and EU policy making, and sharing of knowledge, skills, tools and resources
  • enable people to participate in its international campaigns through local activist groups and national organisations in more than 30 European countries


Core Values edit

  • Ecological and cultural diversity
  • Peoples' sovereignty, human and peoples' rights
  • Equity and environmental, social, economic and gender justice
  • The intrinsic value of nature and the inextricable link between nature and people
  • Participatory democracy and other forms of participatory decision making processes
  • Solidarity, responsibility and human dignity


Current Campaigns edit


Young Friends of the Earth Europe edit

Young FoEE[11] is new grassroots network that aims to bring together young people and youth organisations from all over Europe to work together on pressing environmental issues such as climate change in a European context. They attempt to give politicians, businesses and the general public the youth perspective on environmental issues.

Friends of the Earth Europe groups edit

The Friends of the Earth organisations in each country are themselves many-tiered networks reaching from grassroots activists up to the national pressure group which campaigns for environmentally progressive and sustainable policies. The groups and activists at all levels also carry out educational and research activities. Friends of the Earth groups are required to act independently of party political, religious or other influences; be open, democratic and non-discriminatory in their internal structures; and be willing to cooperate with other organisations who are working for the same goals. The national groups[12] work on the main issues affecting their own country and choose to participate in the European campaigns of FoEE and international campaigns of FOEI which are relevant to them. In turn, the local (grassroots) campaigners can work on local, national and/or international campaigns.


Member organisations edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/ FOEE Homepage
  2. ^ http://www.foei.org/ FOEI Homepage
  3. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/agrofuels/index.html Agrofuels campaign
  4. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/cars/index.html Car fuel efficiency campaign
  5. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/climate/index.htm Climate change and energy campaign
  6. ^ http://www.thebigask.eu/ the Big Ask campaign
  7. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/corporates/Index.htm Corporate accountability campaign
  8. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/billions/index.htm Extractive industries campaign
  9. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/GMOs/Index.htm GMOs, food and farming campaign
  10. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/trade/about.htm Trade and globablisation campaign
  11. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/youngfoee/index.htm Young FOEE homepage
  12. ^ http://www.foeeurope.org/members/list.htm Full members list

External links edit

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