What do people solutions look like? Cover: Friends of the Earth Uruguay/REDES Tab 1: Josette Matoto, Friends of the Earth US Tab 2: Luka Tomac Tab 3: Real World Radio Tab 4: Luka Tomac Tab 5: Luka Tomac Tab 6: Jason Taylor How do we transform the energy system? Cover: Hussein Zohor, Friends of the…

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In the face of deepening climate disruption, rising hunger, the creeping corporate takeover of democracy, and overlapping social crises, the global Food Sovereignty movement launches a call for collaboration with peoples’ movements worldwide. This call – towards the Nyéléni Global Forum in 2025 – honours the peoples, who strive for fairer food systems, and unites…

TRANSFORM! A visual journey towards system change Join us on a journey towards system change. Let these images and the people in them inspire you to transform our future. Each image in this gallery depicts people who are changing the system from the grassroots, people who believe in their power to rewrite the rules and…

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 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.…

Farmer in Mozambique- tackling the food crisis with agroecology

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…

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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…

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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…

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