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George Monbiot Live: What Australia Should do to Stop the Planet Burning
George Monbiot: Live via climate friendly video-conference. In Melbourne, 6.30 - 8.30pm, Tuesday 3rd July 2007 at Law GM15 Theatre, Law Building, Melbourne University Parkville campus on corner of Leicester and Pelham Streets.
The Economy of Happiness Food and culture in a Globalised World
An Evening with Helena Norberg Hodge, 7pm Thursday 19th April 2007, Hawthorn, Victoria. Starting with the importance of food re-localisation and sustainable farming, Helena will discuss how recovering culture and improving well-being can enrich our lives and communities.
Tom Athanasiou - Climate Change - Greenhouse Development Rights
Download an audio file from our recent public meeting on Greenhouse Development Rights with Tom Athanasiou.
new guide to environmental copy paper
A new guide that outlines which office papers to buy, ways to reduce our paper impacts on forests and climate, and an explanation of paper brandings.
Environmentalists Call for the Greening of the World’s Ports and Merchant Fleet
Bigger and Faster Container and Cruise Ships Pollute the Ocean and Add to Climate Change With global shipping trade on track to double by 2030 or earlier and mega-cruise ships calling on protected waters such as the Great Barrier Reef, ocean pollution and global warming emissions from ships and ports are growing at an alarming rate.
Amazonian dam project threatens Bolivian biodiversity
The Brazilian government is planning two huge dams on the Madeira River, principal tributary of the Amazon, and a region of mega-biodiversity, with 750 fish and 800 bird species.
EXXON exposed for twisting facts
Friends of the Earth Europe has launched an animation and online action against ExxonMobil's greenwashing.
Shell ordered to withdraw advert
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) in the UK has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers.
Join the Campaign to put out the Gas Flares!!!
The Nigerian Government has fixed January 1st, 2008, as the deadline for oil companies to put out their gas flares throughout the Niger Delta.
Join the Campaign to put out the Gas Flares!!!
The Nigerian Government has fixed January 1st, 2008, as the deadline for oil companies to put out their gas flares throughout the Niger Delta.
'Sustainable palm oil' advert false, says watchdog
Friends of the Earth International has welcomed a ruling by the UK advertising watchdog that rules that describing palm oil as “sustainably produced” is false advertising.
European Union fueling human rights disaster in Indonesia
Palm oil production for food and biofuels is resulting in wide spread human rights abuses in Indonesia according to a report released today by a coalition of international environmental groups. In Losing Ground Friends of the Earth, Sawit Watch, and LifeMosaic expose the huge social problems being fueled by EU targets to increase the use of biofuels in transport.
help stop the Great Korea canal project
Environmentalists in South Korea need urgent support to protect river ecosystems in Korea. New President Lee Myung-bak, inaugurated on February 25th, is making a strong attempt to construct the disastrous Great Korea Canal Project.
Oil industry accused of undermining emissions reduction efforts
Oil companies have the potential to achieve more than 10 per cent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 without using agrofuels, reveals a report launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
palm oil campaign
Demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil present in 1 in 10 supermarket products, is the most significant cause of rainforest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia. Palm oil plantations destroy biodiversity and are associated with human rights violations and worker exploitation. In Indonesia, the area of land occupied by palm oil plantations has doubled in the last 10 years. This habitat destruction threatens endangered species like the orangutan and Sumatran tiger with extinction. This Palm Oil campaign is a collaboration between FoE, Rainforest Information Centre, Australian Orangutan Project and Borneo Orangutan Project.
