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5 unusual facts about Friends of the Earth


Big Green Gathering

In 2005 the event featured former Environment Minister Michael Meacher, Bruce Kent from CND and Tony Juniper from Friends of the Earth.

CSRWire Canada

CSRWire.ca distributes text and photo media releases on behalf of corporations (Banrock Station), municipal (The City of Hamilton, Ontario) and provincial government agencies (Ontario Power Authority) in Canada, non-profits (Friends of the Earth Canada) and associations.

Hugh Montefiore

He was a Friends of the Earth trustee for two decades, but was forced to resign in 2004 after expressing support for nuclear power as a means to achieve climate change mitigation.

Swietenia

International environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Rainforest Action Network have focused on Swietenia so as to expose illegal traffic in the wood, notably from Brazil.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

RBS was challenged over its financing of oil and coal mining by charities such as Platform London and Friends of the Earth.


Active Citizens Transform

Active Citizens Transform was founded in 2004 by Charles Secrett, former Executive Director of the environmental organization Friends of the Earth, and Ron Bailey as a new non-party political movement in the United Kingdom.

Barnstaple Western Bypass

Friends of the Earth campaigner and Green Party candidate Anthony Bown claimed it would disturb large numbers of seabirds on the Taw and Torridge Estuary, along with the habitat of endangered otters.

Citizens Trade Campaign

Some of the early activists creating the coalition include Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch, Brent Blackwelder of Friends of the Earth, and former Indiana Congressman Jim Jontz.

Governance Initiative for Rights and Accountability in Forest Management

The Governance Initiative for Rights & Accountability in Forest Management (GIRAF) is a project executed in Ghana with funds from the European Union (EU) and its partners CARE Denmark, CIVIC Response, Friends of the Earth-Ghana and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge.

Heinrich Böll Foundation

The Meat Atlas is an annual report on meat consumption and the meat industry published in cooperation with BUND, Friends of the Earth and Le Monde diplomatique.

John Large

Presently (2013) Large is engaged by Friends of the Earth advising on the engineering and technical aspects of the Southern California Edison San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station at which Units 2 and 3 are presently shut down because of faults in the steam generators.

Multilateral Agreement on Investment

A strong campaign was led by Lori Wallach of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, and a coordinated network ("50 Years is Enough') including Friends of the Earth, the Alliance for Democracy, Witness for Peace, the Sierra Club, the Preamble Center, the Democratic Socialists of America and other groups.

South Carolina Highway 31

Two lobbying groups, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth, both argued against the need for the road from economic and environmental perspectives.

The Great Warming

It is also the anchor for a broad, pro-active coalition ranging from Friends of the Earth to Union of Concerned Scientists to Churches of Christ.

Valle Verde, Quintana Roo

The village was the scene of a dispute in September 2003 between two groups one composed of activists from Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) wishing give away food to promote genetically modified crops and the other activists who were members of Friends of the Earth to discourage them.


see also

FERN

Hence, in March 1995 Saskia Ozinga (formerly working for Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands) and Sian Pettman (formerly working for the European Commission) created the organisation FERN with a mandate to monitor EU activities in relation to forests, inform and educate the Forest Movement Europe about these activities and facilitate joint advocacy work towards the different EU institutions.

Klappan Coalbed Methane Project

In September, Friends of the Earth International, Greenpeace and other Non-governmental organizations ran advertisements in the Financial Times with the headline "This Time It's Canada" and a photo of the Tahltan road blockade.

NNV

Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature (Norwegian: Norges Naturvernforbund), also known as Friends of the Earth Norway and commonly abbreviated "NNV," the largest Norwegian environmental organization