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Pathways to system change: Transforming a world in crisis into a sustainable and just future Why we talk about system change System change is a powerful idea, and a political struggle for a better world. Powerful because it’s about addressing the root causes of today’s ecological, economic and social crises. It is about creating deep,…
People changing the system Explore the map and discover how deep and lasting change starts at the grassroots, with communities and peoples who mobilise against oppression, fight for justice, and take practical action to make change happen. They are our allies and our movement: together we claim the power to shape the world for future…
Feminist struggles for system change
Feminist struggles are historical and Friends of the Earth International is a reflection of these struggles. To mark 8 March 2023, International Womens Rights’ Day, we produced this video with Real World Radio and Friends of the Earth Nigeria/ERA. In the video, we pay tribute to the women who paved the way for gender justice.…
Tackling the global food crisis through system change
We are in the midst of the third major food crisis in 15 years. This is no accident. It is the result of an unjust global food system that prioritises profits over peoples’ rights, lives and the environment. Worldwide hunger, malnutrition and rising food prices are a result of an unsustainable economic system. The answer…
Defending territories, Defending our lives: Protecting human rights and the environment in Asia Pacific through system change.
Human rights abuses against environmental and political activists and defenders of territories and peoples’ collective rights are committed daily around the world. These are just some of the experiences from the Asia Pacific region.
COVID-19 crisis is a wake up call for system change
Friends of the Earth expresses its deep concern and solidarity as the world faces the COVID-19 crisis, which is already impacting so many peoples globally, especially those affected by structural inequalities. The heavy toll on human lives is profoundly shocking, in a world that was unprepared for such a disaster. This is a crisis that…
System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity.
We are all experiencing deep interconnected systemic crises that threaten life on earth. These climate and biodiversity crises are the result of a system that privileges the profit of transnational corporations and disregards peoples’ rights and the environment. Transnational corporations continue to trample unabated over the planet, monopolizing lands, territories and waters, displacing peoples, destroying…
Dismantle patriarchy for system change
Our societies have mostly been organized to maximize capitalist accumulation for the benefit and privilege of elites and corporations, through the commodification of Nature and our territories, the control over women and their bodies and the appropriation of women’s and workers’ labour force. This historical and ongoing exploitation is possible through the reproduction of mutually…
The magnitude of the planetary crisis requires action of a similar size; the solution is system change
We are facing deep-rooted climate, social and environmental crises. The current dominant economic system cannot provide solutions. It is time for system change. For Friends of the Earth International this means creating societies based on peoples’ sovereignty and environmental, social, economic and gender justice. We must question and deconstruct the capitalist logic of accumulation. The…
We can feed the world and protect our forests – but it requires system change
Do we care more about people or forests? This seems to be the question implicit in much of the current debate that pits forest protection and nature conservation against food production. A debate that involves much political hand wringing over the limited supply of land to do both. But this is a false conundrum. Yes,…
