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Climate Change and Women: a Conversation
February 12, 2014
Women’s Health In the North (WHIN), in partnership with Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA), and Friends of the Earth (FoE), will be holding their International Women’s Day event, Climate Change and Women –...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAlcoa misses it's chance to transition from polluting coal
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth has joined with other environmental organisations in condemning the announcement by Alcoa that it had reached an agreement to source its electricity from Loy Yang Power’s brown coal station for...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFerguson dumping election promises
February 12, 2014
Federal resources minister Martin Ferguson's announcement that he will pursue plans for a national nuclear waste dump at the Muckaty site, north of Tennant Creek in the NT, continues the shabby and unfair process...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRally for green jobs & deposit legislation
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth is working with the Boomerang Alliance to organise a campaign launch in support of recycling jobs this Wednesday February 24.
Read More Add your reaction ShareNational launch of the Transition Decade
February 11, 2014
The Transition Decade is a community-wide engagement campaign to achieve the structural changes to the economy and lifestyles that are needed to restore a safe climate. The campaign aims to help build greater collaboration...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLets get Reflex out of our native forests
February 11, 2014
On saturday February 27 we launched our new consumer awreness campaign at the Maryvale pulp mill. Victoria has some of the most magnificent and biodiverse forests in the world. But the majority of trees...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSea level rise walk - 'Port Phillip Rising' - November 2009
February 11, 2014
Port Phillip Rising was a walk along the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay, marking the one metre line above the current sea level to highlight the impacts of sea level rise on people,...
Read More Add your reaction Share"Save our Bush" Rally
February 11, 2014
The Rally aims to draw public attention to the destruction of our native bushland by the State Government's "growth-at-any-cost" policy of building freeways -- instead of promoting alternative modes of transport. Melbourne, Feb 24...
Read More Add your reaction ShareProtest against a Nuclear Dump at Muckaty Station, N.T
February 11, 2014
On Tuesday federal resources minister Martin Ferguson announced his plans to dump nuclear waste at Muckaty Station in the NT despite being fully aware of the opposition of many Ngapa and other Traditional Owners....
Read More Add your reaction ShareSustainable Living Festival is on this weekend.
February 11, 2014
The Sustainable Living Festival is on this weekend. The Sustainable Living Festival aims to inspire and empower everyday Australians to accelerate the uptake of sustainable living. Check here for details on FoE workshops at...
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