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Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE) 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).

What does Friends of the Earth Europe do?

 * 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?

 * 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

 * 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

 * Agrofuels
 * Car fuel efficiency
 * Climate change & energy, including the European Big Ask campaign
 * Corporate accountability
 * Lobbying transparency
 * Extractive industries
 * EU Funds
 * GMOs, Food and Farming
 * Trade & globalisation

Young Friends of the Earth Europe
Young FoEE 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
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 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

 * Global 2000, Austria
 * Les Amis de la Terre, Belgium (Wallony)
 * Friends of the Earth Vlaanderen & Brussel, Belgium (Flanders & Brussels)
 * Ecoglasnost, Bulgaria
 * Green Action, Croatia
 * Friends of the Earth, Cyprus
 * Rainbow Movement, Czech Republic
 * NOAH, Denmark
 * Eesti Roheline Liikumine, Estonia
 * Friends of the Earth, Finland
 * Les Amis de la Terre, France
 * Sakhartvelos Mtsvaneta Modzraoba, Georgia
 * Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, Germany
 * Friends of the Earth (EWNI), England, Wales and Northern Ireland
 * National Society of Conservationists, Hungary
 * Friends of the Earth, Ireland
 * Amici della Terra, Italy
 * Zemes Draugi, Latvia
 * Lithuanian Green Movement, Lithuania
 * Mouvement Ecologique, Luxembourg
 * Dvizhenje na Ekologistite na Makedonija, Macedonia
 * Friends of the Earth Malta.
 * Amigu di Tera, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
 * Milieudefensie, Netherlands
 * Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature, Norway
 * Polski Klub Ekologiczny, Poland
 * Friends of the Earth Scotland
 * Priatelia Zeme - Slovensko, Slovakia
 * Amigos de la tierra, Spain
 * Friends of the Earth, Sweden
 * Pro Natura, Switzerland
 * Zelenyi Svit, Ukraine