Our vision is of an economy transformed. We want an economy that’s within Earth’s limits, that’s truly democratic, participative and public, where work and business are transformed, and that embodies the core values of sufficiency, care and empathy, equality and inclusiveness, and autonomy. This vision is set out in our paper 7 Sparks to Light …
The disease of over-consumption, and how to treat it
Climate crisis is the symptom, Overconsumption is the disease With the European Environmental Bureau and the European Youth Forum, we have launched a new animated scrolling webpage to raise awareness of, and pose concrete solutions to, systemic EU overconsumption. Overconsumption is a giant hole in the European Green Deal and the interrelated EU environmental and …
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Manifesto for a green, just and democratic European economy
More than 270 civil society organisations, think tanks, trade unions, academics and employers have come together to support this manifesto calling for fundamental reform of the EU’s fiscal rules. We need to scrap outdated rules that put a cap on public spending, and instead reform rules so that they help to fully achieve an environmentally …
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Young activists ready to stop mining facility to save Norwegian fjord
Norwegian environmentalists have stepped up their efforts to prevent dumping of mine waste in pristine Norwegian fjords. Young activists are ready for civil disobedience as Nordic Mining prepares to start construction by the Førdefjord in Sunnfjord, western Norway. Last week, activists from Naturvernforbundet / Friends of the Earth Norway, Natur og Ungdom / Young Friends …
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Solidarity with anti-mine struggle in Sweden
Friends of the Earth Europe expresses its support for Friends of the Earth Sweden and others opposing plans for a new iron ore mine in Gállok, Sweden. These plans would devastate the livelihoods of two Sámi villages, pollute clean water, and threaten Sweden’s environment and climate ambitions.
New year, new economy?
To start this new year, we’re introducing our vision for an economy transformed. We need an altogether new kind of economy, and we’ve developed 7 transformational ideas for Europe to bring about a life-sustaining economy within Earth’s limits. The economy is designed, and we can redesign it! We want to inspire action to wholly transform …
