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Friends of the Earth International ( FoEI) is an international network of grassroots environmental organizations in 73 countries. About half of the member groups call themselves "Friends of the Earth" in their own languages; the others use other names. [2] The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and ...
Tom Burke, 2010. Burke has been a professional environmentalist for 50 years and was formerly Executive Director of Friends of the Earth. [1] and of The Green Alliance. He was a Special Advisor to three Secretaries of State for the Environment from 1991-97. He has been a senior advisor for a number of major companies including Rio Tinto, BP ...
David Ross Brower (/ ˈ b r aʊ. ər /; July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth Conferences.
Friends of the Earth U.S. is a non-governmental environmental organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., founded in 1969 by environmentalist David Brower. Friends of the Earth U.S. campaigns on issues including climate change, pollution, nuclear technology, genetic engineering, deforestation, pesticides, food and agriculture and economic ...
Tony Juniper. Anthony Juniper CBE (born 24 September 1960) is a British campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser and environmentalist who served as Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. He was Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International from 2000 to 2008.
The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature ( Norwegian: Norges Naturvernforbund, NNV ), also known as Friends of the Earth Norway, is one of the largest Norwegian environmental organisations with approximately 24,000 members. The organisation is based on a volunteer work among the members, constituting work both at local and national ...
Friends of the Earth Europe ( FoEE) is the European branch of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI). It includes 33 national organizations and thousands of local groups. [1] The Friends of the Earth Europe office in Brussels fulfills a number of functions.
Friends of the EarthEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland (also known as FoE EWNI) is one of 75 national groups around the world which make up the Friends of the Earth network of environmental organisations. It is usually referred to as just 'Friends of the Earth' within its home countries.