sigrid rausing trust
We are grateful to Sigrid Rausing Trust for supporting the following projects in 2008:
argentina: attracting attention to water with art, music and stories
Today, one in six people lack access to safe, affordable water, and two in five lack access to adequate sanitation. The United Nations expects these numbers to rise. But in Argentina, as in many other countries, there is still very little information available about the importance of using water sustainably and democratically. There is also a lack of emphasis on the use of public spaces as places where people can enjoy themselves and meet their families, friends and others.
chile: building the movement for climate justice
Before 2008, climate change received only sporadic attention from the media in Chile, and few people beyond the technocrats that participate in UN negotiations and investors in carbon markets had any understanding of the issue. FoEI’s Climate Change program had not yet been able to reach out to civil society in the country, and was thus unable to benefit from debate with and the participation of Chilean people.
climate justice and energy program
Through our Climate Justice and Energy Program, we fight for justice for the communities affected by climate change and promote energy sovereignty, the right of communities to choose their own sustainable energy sources. (sigrid rausing trust)
community testimonies: where the people speak out
In 2008, Friends of the Earth International continued to give a voice to people around the world through our community testimonies project.
croatia: Setting up individual fundraising system in FoE Croatia
FoE Croatia is a leading environmental campaign group, active on local, national and global levels and well known for its engaging and imaginative public advocacy actions and campaigns.
cyprus: renewing its own campaign energy
Friends of the Earth Cyprus was established in the early 1980s, but twenty years on its profile had faded. The group needed to raise its profile once again to play an effective role in environmental campaigning in Cyprus and in Europe.
el salvador: building a movement to resist climate change
Climate change is severely affecting the environment and people’s livelihoods in Central America. Rainfall patterns are changing, storms, flooding and droughts are increasing, and crops are failing, pushing poor communities deeper into poverty.
georgia: communicating the dangers of gmos in four languages
Friends of the Earth Georgia is campaigning against the import and cultivation of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in the Caucasus region. However, building a network of concerned organizations and groups across the region is being hampered through lack of available information.
haiti: raising awareness of gmos and supporting local food
Friends of the Earth Haiti / Haïti Survie has been working since 2007 to raise awareness of the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and to promote food sovereignty.
honduras: pre-conference on the impacts of mining and climate change
Friends of the Earth International, Friends of the Earth Honduras, and local women community leaders organized a two-day pre-conference before the BGM.
nigeria: legal resistance to corporate abuse
Despite concerted efforts at combating the environmental and social problems created by the activities of transnational oil and gas corporations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, corporations continue to operate in a manner that falls far short of globally accepted best practices.
palestine: creative solution to environmental campaigning
Palestine faces a water crisis and other serious environmental difficulties, which will be exacerbated by global environmental problems such as climate change. Yet there is a serious lack of understanding about key environmental issues, even amongst well-educated people.
papua new guinea: holding corporations accountable
Papua New Guinea is home to some of the Asia Pacific region’s largest continuous tracts of ancient rainforest.
paraguay: sowing seeds for change
The Río de la Plata Basin, the estuary of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, which separates Uruguay and Argentina, is threatened by mega projects including pipelines, dams and highways.
philippines: organizational training with foe papua new guinea
FoE Papua New Guinea needed to improve its financial management and reporting. The group has had problems with fast turnover of finance staff in recent years, exacerbated by the lack of a Finance Manual detailing procedures to be followed.
slovakia: towards a powerful friends of the earth
The Slovakian government is not favorable to the NGO sector in general, so NGOs must work hard for their legitimacy and political independence. This means securing strong public support and stable funding.
uruguay: a website for children
Friends of the Earth International is committed to reaching people of all ages in every part of the world. Engaging with children is vital if we are to support them in their quest for answers to their concerns about social and environmental issues. If we are to build a fair and sustainable world, it is also fundamental to involve children from an early age in defending our environment and our rights.
Uruguay: we are surrounded
The expansion of soy monoculture and tree plantations in Uruguay has led to an increasing concentration of land in the hands of a just a few foreign corporations and big landowners. Both soy and trees are meant for export markets. The soybeans are exported without any kind of processing, and eucalyptus trees are either exported as logs, or transformed into cellulose paste.
