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Register for the first Online Youth Gathering for Climate and Social Justice!

25 August 2020

Young Friends of the Earth (YFoEE), the project SYSTEM:RESET, ULEX, European Youth For Action (EYFA) and Gastivists are very happy to invite youths from Europe and beyond to the 1st Online Youth Gathering for Climate Justice and Social Justice! The event includes over 30 online sessions*, between 3rd and 13th September. There is definitely something for you!

4 August 2020

How a European Green Deal should look like

Sofie from YFoE Norway

Hey everybody! I’m excited to join the YFoEE’s #SYSTEM:RESET Project and training to help amplify underrepresented voices in the fight against climate change. The #SYSTEM:RESET online training sessions gave me tools to understand – and further communicate through activism – how including social intersections in democratizing our commons is essential to ensure an inclusive and just transition to a green way of life.

22 July 2020

How the commons can be reclaimed by communities

Marija from YFOE Macedonia

As a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network for some time now, it has always been a pleasure to attend trainings and events with some amazing participants from the network. However, this year things were a bit different, as we couldn't see each other face-to-face and share an experience familiar to us.

6 July 2020

Collecting visions for food sovereignty in Austria

With the goal of achieving more food sovereignty in Austria, 22 young people came together to learn about the problems with out current food and farming system and to develop their own visions for a better agricultural and food system in Austria.

Over the course of two zoom meetings, they discussed the problems of our current system and how it should be transformed. Among the outcomes of the meetings are several ideas about what we can do as individuals to support change.

12 June 2020

Bringing food sovereignty online

Young Friends of the Earth Europe brought together over 40 young people from across Europe for an online training on food sovereignty.

3 June 2020

Livestreaming farm visits in Denmark

We've said before that the best way to learn how to fix our food and farming system is to get your hands dirty.

But with coronavirus travel restrictions in place in Denmark, NOAH/Friends of the Earth Denmark set up the next best thing – interactive online farm visits where young people can learn about sustainable farming.