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Welcome to Friends of the Earth Melbourne December news our state-wide monthly update.  Check out FoE’s policy platform, make the switch to Co-operative Power, support a legal challenge to Kimba nuclear waste dump, and much...

Friends of the Earth is concerned that an unspecified number of young male Strzelecki koalas will be soon on their way to South Australia "as part of a breeding program aimed at saving the...

We have made the switch to Cooperative Power! Will you join us? Cooperative Power is a collectively-owned ethical energy retailer that can help us take the power back from polluting and profiteering energy companies.

Snow Gums face a massive threat from the spread of dieback which is caused by a native beetle – and also super charged by climate change, and localised collapse of snow gum woodlands due...

Detailed new mapping has pinpointed the carbon-rich forests and peatlands that humanity cannot afford to destroy if climate catastrophe is to be avoided. The vast forests and peatlands of Russia, Canada and the US...

MEDIA RELEASE: 3 December 2021 Friends of the Earth response to the Australian Labor Party’s climate policy packageThe Australian Labor Party has released its long-awaited policy to tackle the climate crisis as the Parliamentary...

After many months of disruption, we are welcoming the summer with a new cooking calendar for 2022, volunteer opportunities and covid-safe guidelines for shoppers, and diners at the Friends of the Earth Food Co-op...

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT: Thursday 2 DecemberVictorian National Parks Association, Birdlife Australia, Environment Justice Australia, Environment Victoria, Friends of the Earth (Melbourne), The Wilderness Society.From Greater Gliders in native forests to Regent Honeyeaters in the...

It's our last update of 2021. It has been another epic year on the campaign trail and we can all be proud of our efforts under difficult conditions. Our network has remained strong and...

New research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, shows that climate change has driven a ‘significant increase’ in Australia’s forest fire activity over the last three decades. A lengthening of the fire season towards...