Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries.[3] The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with the Sierra Club[4] because of the latter's positive approach to nuclear energy. The founding donation of $500,000 (in 2019 USD) was provided by Robert Orville Anderson, the owner of Atlantic Richfield oil company.[5] It became an international network of organizations in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from four countries: U.S., Sweden, the UK and France.[6]
FoEI currently has a secretariat (based in Amsterdam, Netherlands) which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns.[7] The executive committee of elected representatives from national groups sets policy and oversees the work of the secretariat. In 2016, Uruguayan activist Karin Nansen was elected to serve as chair of the organization.[1]
Friends of the Earth (International) is an international membership organisation, with members spread across the world. Its advocacy programs focus on environmental issues, highlighting their social, political and human rights contexts. The international wing of Friends of the Earth is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for tax reasons.[8]
FOEI claims that it has been successful as it has eliminated billions in taxpayer subsidies to corporate polluters, reformed the World Bank to address environmental and human rights concerns, pushed the debate on global warming to pressure the U.S. to attempt the best legislation possible, stopped more than 150 destructive dams and water projects worldwide, pressed and won landmark regulations of strip mines and oil tankers and banned international whaling.[12] Its critics claim that the organization tries only to obtain media attention (as by releasing the song "Love Song to the Earth"), but does not stay with locals to actually solve complicated problems, and that it prevents development in developing countries. They have also been critical of its policy to accept high levels of funding from companies and charities related to oil and gas.[13]
Structure of the network
The member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language, e.g., Friends of the Earth (US), Friends of the Earth (EWNI) (England Wales and Northern Ireland), Amigos de la Tierra (Spain and Argentina). However, roughly half of the member groups work under their own names, sometimes reflecting an independent origin and subsequent accession to the network, such as Pro Natura (Switzerland), the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement, Environmental Rights Action (FOE Nigeria) and WALHI (FOE Indonesia).
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is supported by a secretariat based in Amsterdam, and an executive committee known as ExCom.[14] The ExCom is elected by all member groups at a general meeting held every two years, and it is the ExCom which employs the secretariat.[15] At the same general meeting, overall policies and priority activities are agreed.
In addition to work which is coordinated at the FoEI level, national member groups are free to carry out their own campaigns and to work bi- or multi-laterally as they see fit, as long as this does not go against agreed policy at the international level.
Publications
The Meat Atlas is an annual report on the methods and impact of industrial animal agriculture. The publication consists of 27 short essays and, with the help of graphs, visualises facts about the production and consumption of meat. The Meat Atlas is jointly published by Friends of the Earth and Heinrich Böll Foundation.[16]
Notable supporters
Rock musician George Harrison became associated with Friends of the Earth after attending their anti-nuclear demonstrations in London in 1980. He dedicated his 1989 greatest hits album, Best of Dark Horse, to Friends of the Earth, among other environmental organisations.[17]
Jay Kay, frontman of the funk/acid jazz group Jamiroquai, is known for donating a part of the profits earned from his album sales to Friends of the Earth and Oxfam, among other things.
Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, has publicly supported a number of Friends of the Earth campaigns.
A chorus of superstar voices on "Love Song to the Earth"—including Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Sean Paul, and Colbie Caillat—join forces on this inspirational pop anthem. All proceeds from each sale of the single will be donated to Friends of the Earth U.S. and the United Nations Foundation.
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^"Our work". www.friendsoftheearth.uk. Friends of the earth UK. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ ab. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^Meyer, Jan-Henrik (2014). ""Where do we go from Wyhl?" Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organizations in the 1970s". Historical Social Research. 39 (1): 212–235. doi:10.12759/hsr.39.2014.1.212-235. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^"United States of America - Friends of the Earth International". foei.org. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth hit back over 'out-of-touch' criticism". The Guardian. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^"International secretariat". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^Meat Atlas, Friends of the Earth, download Meat Atlas as pdf
^Harry, Bill (2003). The George Harrison Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. pp. 28, 85. ISBN978-0753508220.
^Radiohead's Thom Yorke to guest-edit Observer Magazine published March 20, 2008.
^"Big names back The Big Ask". Friends of the Earth. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^"Friends of the Earth Europe, We are fed up: 30,000 march in Berlin, 19 January 2014".
Bibliography
Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle, Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity. The Politics of Friends of the Earth International (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2013). doi:10.1057/9781137316714
Jan-Henrik Meyer, “'Where do we go from Wyhl?' Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s,” Historical Social Research 39: 1 (2014): 212–235. [3]
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friends of the Earth.
Official website
Article of Friends of the Earth France "Multinationals : Ecologists See Red"
Friends of the Earth International YouTube channel
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FoE redirects here For other uses see foe disambiguation Friends of the Earth International FoEI is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries 3 The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower s split with the Sierra Club 4 because of the latter s positive approach to nuclear energy The founding donation of 500 000 in 2019 USD was provided by Robert Orville Anderson the owner of Atlantic Richfield oil company 5 It became an international network of organizations in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from four countries U S Sweden the UK and France 6 Friends of EarthAbbreviationFoEIFormation1969 54 years ago 1969 FounderDonald Aitken David Brower Jerry Mander Gary SoucieFocusEnvironmentalism Human rightsArea servedGlobalMembers75 national member groupsKey peopleKarin Nansen chair 1 Jagoda Munic Hemantha Withanage Choony Kim Asad Rehman Godwin Uyi Ojo Kwami Dodzi Kpondzo Silvia Quiroa 2 VolunteersSome 5 000 local activist groupsWebsitewww wbr foei wbr orgFoEI currently has a secretariat based in Amsterdam Netherlands which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns 7 The executive committee of elected representatives from national groups sets policy and oversees the work of the secretariat In 2016 Uruguayan activist Karin Nansen was elected to serve as chair of the organization 1 Contents 1 Campaign issues 2 Structure of the network 3 Publications 4 Notable supporters 4 1 Support for The Big Ask 5 Member organizations 5 1 Asia 5 2 Europe 5 3 North America 5 4 Oceania 6 See also 7 Notes and references 8 Bibliography 9 External linksCampaign issues EditFriends of the Earth International is an international membership organisation with members spread across the world Its advocacy programs focus on environmental issues highlighting their social political and human rights contexts The international wing of Friends of the Earth is headquartered in Amsterdam Netherlands for tax reasons 8 As per its website the current campaign priorities of Friends of the Earth internationally are 9 economic justice and resisting neoliberalism forests and biodiversity food sovereignty and climate justice and energy The campaign priorities of FOEI are set at its bi annual general meeting Additionally FOEI also plans campaigns in other fields such as desertification Antarctica maritime mining and extractive industries and nuclear power 9 10 In 2016 FOEI also led a campaign on the consumption and intensive production of meat Meat Atlas 11 FOEI claims that it has been successful as it has eliminated billions in taxpayer subsidies to corporate polluters reformed the World Bank to address environmental and human rights concerns pushed the debate on global warming to pressure the U S to attempt the best legislation possible stopped more than 150 destructive dams and water projects worldwide pressed and won landmark regulations of strip mines and oil tankers and banned international whaling 12 Its critics claim that the organization tries only to obtain media attention as by releasing the song Love Song to the Earth but does not stay with locals to actually solve complicated problems and that it prevents development in developing countries They have also been critical of its policy to accept high levels of funding from companies and charities related to oil and gas 13 Structure of the network EditThe member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language e g Friends of the Earth US Friends of the Earth EWNI England Wales and Northern Ireland Amigos de la Tierra Spain and Argentina However roughly half of the member groups work under their own names sometimes reflecting an independent origin and subsequent accession to the network such as Pro Natura Switzerland the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement Environmental Rights Action FOE Nigeria and WALHI FOE Indonesia Friends of the Earth International FoEI is supported by a secretariat based in Amsterdam and an executive committee known as ExCom 14 The ExCom is elected by all member groups at a general meeting held every two years and it is the ExCom which employs the secretariat 15 At the same general meeting overall policies and priority activities are agreed In addition to work which is coordinated at the FoEI level national member groups are free to carry out their own campaigns and to work bi or multi laterally as they see fit as long as this does not go against agreed policy at the international level Publications EditThe Meat Atlas is an annual report on the methods and impact of industrial animal agriculture The publication consists of 27 short essays and with the help of graphs visualises facts about the production and consumption of meat The Meat Atlas is jointly published by Friends of the Earth and Heinrich Boll Foundation 16 Notable supporters EditRock musician George Harrison became associated with Friends of the Earth after attending their anti nuclear demonstrations in London in 1980 He dedicated his 1989 greatest hits album Best of Dark Horse to Friends of the Earth among other environmental organisations 17 Jay Kay frontman of the funk acid jazz group Jamiroquai is known for donating a part of the profits earned from his album sales to Friends of the Earth and Oxfam among other things Dominique Voynet who ran in the 1995 and 2007 French presidential elections in the les verts parti or Green Party is a member Thom Yorke lead singer of Radiohead has publicly supported a number of Friends of the Earth campaigns A chorus of superstar voices on Love Song to the Earth including Paul McCartney Jon Bon Jovi Sheryl Crow Fergie Sean Paul and Colbie Caillat join forces on this inspirational pop anthem All proceeds from each sale of the single will be donated to Friends of the Earth U S and the United Nations Foundation Support for The Big Ask Edit Among those present at the launch of Friends of the Earth EWNI s climate change campaign The Big Ask were Jude Law 18 Edith Bowman Sian Lloyd Ross Burden David Cameron David Miliband Thom Yorke Stephen Merchant Michael Eavis and Emily Eavis 19 Member organizations Edit We are fed up protests Friends of the Earth Germany is part of the coalition which organizes the demonstration 20 Asia Edit Friends of the Earth Japan ja Indonesian Forum for Environment Indonesia Korean Federation for Environmental Movement Friends of the Earth Middle East Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center Kasama sa Kalikasan Centre for Environmental Justice Sri Lanka Sahabat Alam MalaysiaEurope Edit Friends of the Earth Europe Brussels Young Friends of the Earth Europe Brussels Friends of the Earth France Friends of the Earth Scotland Pro Natura Switzerland Amigos de la tierra Spain Bund fur Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Germany Friends of the Earth EWNI England Wales and Northern Ireland Birmingham Friends of the Earth GLOBAL 2000 Austria Friends of the Earth Malta Friends of the Earth Finland Magyar Termeszetvedok Szovetsege Friends of the Earth Hungary Priatelia Zeme Slovensko Friends of the Earth Slovakia 1 Friends of the Earth EWNI England Wales and Northern Ireland Manchester Friends of the Earth Green Action Croatia Hnuti DUHA Czech Republic Milieudefensie Netherlands Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature Norway Friends of the Earth Malta NOAH founded in 1969 in Denmark national organisation of Foe since 1988 Denmark 2 North America Edit Friends of the Earth Canada Les AmiEs de la Terre de Quebec Canada Friends of the Earth US Oceania Edit Friends of the Earth AustraliaSee also EditFriends of the Earth Inc v Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc List of environmental organizations Friends of the Earth HK Notes and references Edit a b Karin Nansen new chair Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth International 2017 01 12 Retrieved 2017 02 15 Excom Friends of the Earth International April 2014 Retrieved 2017 02 15 About Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth International Archived from the original on 2009 05 04 Retrieved 2009 06 25 Thomson Jennifer 2017 Surviving the 1970s The Case of Friends of the Earth Environmental History Vol 22 2 p 235 Shellenberger Michael Why Renewables Advocates Protect Fossil Fuel Interests Not The Climate Forbes Retrieved 2019 06 18 History April 2014 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Friends of the Earth ticked off over claims in anti fracking leaflet The Guardian 4 January 2017 Retrieved 16 October 2018 Our work www friendsoftheearth uk Friends of the earth UK Retrieved 16 October 2018 a b Home Friends of the earth international Archived from the original on 25 March 2014 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Meyer Jan Henrik 2014 Where do we go from Wyhl Transnational Anti Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organizations in the 1970s Historical Social Research 39 1 212 235 doi 10 12759 hsr 39 2014 1 212 235 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Home Friends of the earth international Archived from the original on 7 March 2014 Retrieved 25 May 2016 United States of America Friends of the Earth International foei org 8 November 2013 Retrieved 18 January 2017 Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth hit back over out of touch criticism The Guardian 13 June 2011 Retrieved 16 October 2018 International secretariat Retrieved 25 May 2016 Home Friends of the earth international Archived from the original on 9 April 2010 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Meat Atlas Friends of the Earth download Meat Atlas as pdf Harry Bill 2003 The George Harrison Encyclopedia London Virgin Books pp 28 85 ISBN 978 0753508220 Radiohead s Thom Yorke to guest edit Observer Magazine published March 20 2008 Big names back The Big Ask Friends of the Earth Retrieved 25 May 2016 Friends of the Earth Europe We are fed up 30 000 march in Berlin 19 January 2014 Bibliography EditBrian Doherty and Timothy Doyle Environmentalism Resistance and Solidarity The Politics of Friends of the Earth International Basingstoke Palgrave 2013 doi 10 1057 9781137316714 Jan Henrik Meyer Where do we go from Wyhl Transnational Anti Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s Historical Social Research 39 1 2014 212 235 3 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friends of the Earth Official website Article of Friends of the Earth France Multinationals Ecologists See Red Friends of the Earth International YouTube channel Portal Environment Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Friends of the Earth amp oldid 1135894246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
