Real World Radio Europe

Friends of the Earth Europe

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A vibrant and protected civic space is an essential part of a healthy democracy - but its under attack. 16 Friends of the Earth member organisations have told us they are facing restrictions, intimidation, harassment and attacks - what we col
This time we’re joining Sandra (+some special guests) from Bosnia and Herzegovina on a journey to the mountain village Pecka. This famously magical place is currently becoming a solar energy community, thanks to a ground-breaking crowdfunding c
Over the last few months, climate protests have erupted across Europe and the world, forcing governments to pay attention - if not making them take action yet. We spoke to school and university students from across Europe who started organising
Many communities in the world are fighting for their right to live in a safe and natural environment. Some weeks ago, during Young Friends of the Earth Europe’s training in Ireland, we spoke with Lynda Sullivan and V’Cenza Cirefice about their
Our Friends of the Earth family has grown bigger! Focus Association for Sustainable Development has recently joined our wonderful network, and to celebrate it, we talked with Živa Kavka Gobbo about her organisation’s past, present and bright fu
#RefugeesWelcome - Voices of solidarity with refugees have recently been drowned out by hate speech or even systematically silenced through criminalisation. This happened in the Balkans, where hundreds of thousands of people in need have arrive
An ancient forest in the West of Germany was on the verge of destruction to expand a coal mine - until the hard work of activists from local communities and further afield paid off.
We follow the remarkable progress of the #fossilfree movement in Ireland. Ireland is one of Europe's climate change 'laggards', but a powerful grassroots campaign could be about to change that. In just a few short months, a well-organised group
This episode is about Brexit – the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.We explore what the decision means for the environment, and for our network, with interviews with representatives of Friends of the Earth member groups in d
What happens when a town strikes gas? 30 years after Shell and ExxonMobil opened up Europe's biggest gas field for drilling, the residents of Groningen are finding out – near-constant earthquakes are destroying people's homes, leaving them too
How can popular education methods help environmental and social justice activists? Friends of the Earth groups from Russia, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Latvia explain what these techniques are, how they work in practice, and what they've learned alo
The twisty-turny story of how a spectacular nature haven in southwestern Bulgaria, home to twice as many butterfly species as the whole of the UK and protected by EU nature laws, is under threat from an illegal EU-funded motorway from Sofia to
In September 2017, energy experts and activists from 20 countries gathered in Spain and explored how clean, renewable energy can remain in people's hands.Listen to Lavinia, Alexa, Dirk and Angel talk about energy efficiency, cooperatives, mobi
Special guest episode! Jöran from Friends of the Earth Sweden takes us behind the scenes at the climate camp they organised this summer...
To mark ten years of Young Friends of the Earth Europe, we gathered inspirational & funny stories from those who’ve been involved since it started in 2007.
Our director, Magda Stoczkiewicz, stepped down last month after ten years at the helm of our European network. We caught up with her in her last week at work to talk about her reflections on her time with us and the broader environmental moveme
This episode looks at feminism and how it relates to our work for environmental justice. We talked to four members of our network. Ivana brings us to Bosnia-Herzegovina where they started integrating the work for gender justice within their o
This episode introduces four stories from individuals – the people power behind the transition to the fossil fuel free future we need.We talk to people involved in three Friends of the Earth groups, on the potential for community-owned and man
This episode is a story that touches on giant bags of fake money, the actual mafia, and plans to clean up the capital of Croatia.While cities in Denmark and Cyprus enjoy the status of European Capitals of Culture in 2017, Zagreb has been bles
In Bosnia & Herzegovina, almost 300 dams are built, under construction or planned for the country's 244 rivers. Here's the story of how they're being resisted from the grassroots.
In this episode, we walk you through the different stages of the #StopCETA campaign. Going from Bratislava to Dublin, passing by Brussels and Luxembourg, the movement has had quite an intense autumn 2016. CETA might be signed, yet people still
We talk intersectionality – what it is, and how we can (practically!) make the environmental justice movement broader and more inclusive. Let’s not mince words: we mean less white, male, straight and middle-class.
Good news in the fight against dirty energy! Mary from Friends of the Earth Scotland joins us to explain what a recent ban on Underground Coal Gasification means, and how they're fighting for a fossil free future for the country.
How a $5bn dollar deal to buy some of the dirtiest mines in Europe brought together Friends of the Earth groups from Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic.
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