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Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries.[1] It is structured as a confederation, each member organization being autonomous. In turn the national groups are composed of grassroots local groups working in their own areas. This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. ...
A confederation is an association of sovereign states or communities, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. ...
The groups which make up Friends of the Earth conduct their own campaigns and coordinate their activities through the umbrella body Friends of the Earth International (FOEI).
Campaign Issues
Friends of the Earth considers environmental issues in their social, political and human rights contexts. Their campaigns stretch beyond the traditional arena of the conservation movement and seek to address the economic and development aspects of sustainability. Originally based largely in North America and Europe, its membership is now heavily weighted toward groups in the developing world. The conservation movement is a political and social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future. ...
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Economic development is the development of economic wealth of countries or regions for the well-being of their inhabitants. ...
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The current campaign priorities of Friends of the Earth internationally are:[2]
The campaign priorities are set at the bi-annual general meeting of Friends of the Earth International. Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 450,000 years For current global climate change, see Global warming. ...
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In addition to the priority campaign areas Friends of the Earth International has a number of other campaign areas which are active internationally, they include:[3]
All FoE International campaigns incorporate elements of three core themes which are:[4] Ship stranded by the retreat of the Aral Sea Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various climatic variations, but primarily from human activities. ...
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- protecting human & environmental rights
- protecting the planet's disappearing biodiversity
- the repayment of ecological debt owed by rich countries to those they have exploited.
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Friends of the Earth groups The Friends of the Earth organizations 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. A grassroots political movement is one driven by the constituents of a community. ...
Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ...
Friends of the Earth groups are required to act independently of party political, religious or other influences; be open, democratic and non-discrimatory in their internal structures; and be willing to cooperate with other organizations who are working for the same goals.[5] These are conditions of remaining a member of FOEI. [6] Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ...
The national groups work on the main issues affecting their own country and choose to participate in the international campaigns of FOEI which are relevant to them. In turn, the local (grassroots) campaigners can work on local, national and/or international campaigns.
Structure of the network The member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language, e.g., Friends of the Earth (US), Friends of the Earth (EWNI) (England Wales and Northern Ireland), Amigos de la Tierra Argentina. However, roughly half of the member groups work under their own names, sometimes reflecting an independent origin and subsequent accession to the network, such as ERA (FOE Nigeria) and WALHI (FOE Indonesia). Friends of the Earth (US) is an environmental organization that lobbies for protection of the environment and champions a healthy and just world. ...
Usually referred to just as Friends of the Earth within its home countries, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) is one of 70 national groups around the world which make up the Friends of the Earth network of environmental organizations. ...
WALHI (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia, or The Indonesian Forum for Environment) is an Indonesian environmental non-governmental organization, which is part of the Friends of the Earth network. ...
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is supported by a secretariat based in Amsterdam, and an executive committee known as ExCom.[7] The ExCom is elected by all member groups at a general meeting held every two years, and it is the ExCom which employs the secretariat.[8] At the same general meeting, overall policies and priority activities are agreed. Secretariat may refer to: A racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973, see Secretariat (horse) In a Communist Party, a Secretariat is a key body that controls the central administration of the party, and if it is a ruling party, the country. ...
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In addition to work which is coordinated at the FoEI level, national member groups are free to carry out their own campaigns and to work bi- or multi-laterally as they see fit, as long as this does not go against agreed policy at the international level.
History Friends of the Earth was founded in 1969 in the United States by David Brower after his split with the Sierra Club based in part on their reluctance to challenge the construction of nuclear power plants. It became an international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from the USA, Sweden, the UK and France.[9] For further historical details see articles on the national FOE organizations. David Ross Brower (July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was the founder of many environmentalist organizations including the Sierra Club Foundation, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth (1969), the League of Conservation Voters, Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of...
The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. ...
Notable supporters of Friends Of The Earth Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, well known for his political engagement, is a supporter and member of Friends Of The Earth. He has played a benefit concert in support of the organization and was preparing to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair on the organization's behalf, though this meeting fell through. [10] Also, Dominique Voynet, who ran in the 1995 and 2007 French presidential elections in the "les verts" parti, or Green Party. Radiohead are an English rock band. ...
Thomas Edward Yorke (born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Radiohead. ...
For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...
Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958 in Montbéliard, Doubs département, France) is a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, and a member of the The Greens. ...
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The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term. ...
Les Verts (or The Greens) are an ecologist political party to the left of the political spectrum in France. ...
Member organisations Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND: League for the environment and nature conservation, Germany) is the German Branch of Friends of the Earth (FOE) and was founded 1975 as a federation of pre-existing regional groups. ...
Milieudefensie (Dutch for environmental defense) is a Dutch environmental organisation, founded on 6 january 1971 by a group of scientists in response to the report of the Club of Rome. ...
Friends of the Earth Scotland is an independent Scottish charity. ...
References - ^ FOEI Who we are
- ^ FOEI Campaigns
- ^ FOEI Campaigns
- ^ FOEI Campaigns
- ^ FOEI Membership Criteria
- ^ FOEI Membership Criteria
- ^ FoEI Secretariat
- ^ FoEI Structure
- ^ FOEI History
- ^ BBC News article on Thom Yorke and Friends of the Earth.
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