Friends of the Earth

**Campaign Issues:**
– FOEI focuses on economic justice, resisting neoliberalism, forests and biodiversity, food sovereignty, and climate justice and energy.
– FOEI campaigns include waste and overconsumption, international financial institutions, ecological debt, mining, and opposition to nuclear power.
– FOEI successfully eliminated billions in taxpayer subsidies to corporate polluters and pushed for landmark regulations and bans worldwide.
– FOEI’s recent Shell Case led to a court ruling requiring Shell to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030, aligning with the Paris Agreement.

**Organizational Structure:**
– FOEI member groups may use the Friends of the Earth name or their own, reflecting independent origins.
– FOEI is supported by a secretariat in Amsterdam and an elected executive committee.
– The ExCom is elected every two years and sets policies and priority activities.
– National member groups can conduct their campaigns as long as they align with international policies.
– FOEI allows bilateral or multilateral collaborations among member groups.

**Publications and Notable Supporters:**
– The annual Meat Atlas report visualizes facts about industrial animal agriculture and is jointly published by FOEI and Heinrich Böll Foundation.
– Rock musician George Harrison and Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay supported FOEI financially.
– Thom Yorke of Radiohead backed FOEI campaigns that influenced UK government decisions.
– Proceeds from the song ‘Love Song to the Earth’ supported FOEI and the United Nations Foundation.

**Member Organizations:**
– Friends of the Earth Germany participated in the ‘We are fed up!’ protests.
– NOAH in Denmark has been a national FOEI organization since 1988.
– Friends of the Earth Canada, Friends of the Earth Australia, and Les AmiEs de la Terre de Québec are part of the FOEI network.

**Historical Research and Media Coverage:**
– ‘Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity’ by Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle
– ‘Where do we go from Wyhl? Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s’ by Jan-Henrik Meyer
– Friends of the Earth International’s involvement in anti-nuclear protests
– Article by Oliver Milman on the unintended consequences of nuclear plant closures
– The Guardian publication
– Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth response to criticism
– Friends of the Earth Europe march in Berlin with 30,000 participants

**Organizational Information and External Resources:**
– Friends of the Earth USA’s contributions to environmental causes
– Meat Atlas publication by Friends of the Earth
– International secretariat details and archives
– Friends of the Earth’s impact on global environmental movements
– Wikimedia Commons with media related to Friends of the Earth
– Links to Friends of the Earth websites
– Additional resources on anti-nuclear protests
– Information on environmental activism and solidarity