Friends of the Earth (FoE) is mindful of the fact that hardly any environmental victories are the result of the actions of a single organisation; it is alliances and collaborations between different sectors and groups that brings about both short-term victories and long-term change.

Partners and alliances

FoEA places considerable emphasis on working in alliances with other progressive sectors of Australian society and is currently a member of the following networks and organisations:

• The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) http://www.acfid.asn.au/

• Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) http://www.aftinet.org.au/

• The Boomerang Alliance. The Alliance is made up of Australia's leading environment groups, is committed to work for zero waste in Australia. http://www.boomerangalliance.org/
  

• The Refugee Council of Australia http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/

• Australians for Just Refugee Programs http://www.ajustaustralia.com/home.php

• Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) http://www.cana.net.au/

• Fair Trade Association Australia & New Zealand http://www.fairtrade.org.nz/

• Mittagong Forum (a grouping of national and state-based environmental groups) http://www.environment.org.au/

• National Environment Consultative Forum (NECF) - the formal conduit between the federal government's Department of Environment and Heritage and peak green organisations
  

• The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition http://www.asoc.org/
  
• Inland Rivers Network (composed of the ACF, Nature Conservation Council of NSW, National Parks Association of NSW, Coast and Wetlands Society and FoEA) http://www.irnnsw.org.au/

• FoE acts as the secretariat for the Alliance Against Uranium. Further details at: http://www.foe.org.au/campaigns/indigenous/activities-and-projects/project-1
  

• We are a member of Commonground (an awareness raising and advocacy project in Australia set up to advance the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development)  http://www.commonground.org.au/
• We are a founding member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Australia. http://www.fsc.org/en/about
• with a number of other environmental groups, FoE is a signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding with The Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN). MLDRIN is a confederation of Indigenous Nations or traditional owners in the lower southern part of the Murray Darling Basin. http://www.mldrin.org.au/default.htm
  

• In 2006, FoE was a founding member of the NGO roundtable on climate change, which brings together development and environmental organisations on the shared issue of climate change http://www.ccdr.org.au/

• The Big Switch is a rapidly-growing coalition of Australian organisations, businesses and community groups established in mid 2007. Our goal is to raise awareness about climate change solutions. http://www.thebigswitch.com.au/

FoE works closely with the following organisations on a range of issues and projects:

• The Australian Conservation Foundation
• Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN)
• Australian Youth Climate Coalition
  
• Blue Wedges Coalition (VIC)
• Campaign Against Nuclear Dumping (SA)
• Carbon Equity Project (VIC) http://www.carbonequity.info/
  
• The Change Agency (QLD)
• Coalition for People’s Transport (VIC) (composed of Environment Victoria, Victorian Council of Social Service and Public Transport Users Association)
• Forest Action Trust (VIC)
• Goongerah Environment Centre - GECO (VIC)
• LinkUp transport coalition (VIC)
• Otway Ranges Environment Network (VIC)
• RMIT Globalism Institute (VIC)
• Yorta Yorta Nation (VIC)