latest actions
Friends of the Earth groups and partners need your help - it only takes a minute or two to send an e-mail in support of one of the actions below. If you want to keep informed of our actions please join the cyberactivist network mailing list (you will typically get 1 or 2 e-mails each month).
stop the Costa Rican gold mine
Friends of the Earth Costa Rica /COECO-Ceiba urgently need your help.
stop the indonesian mud flow
On 28 May 2006 hydrogen sulfide gas leaked from a gas exploration rig in Sidoarjo, Java, Indonesia. Shortly after the leak hot mud and boiling water erupted from the ground close to the site at a rate of thousands of liters a minute. Within hours the mud was inundating nearby villages.
Indigenous communities under fire in Colombia
Police in Colombia have violently suppressed protests from indigenous groups by firing bullets and throwing tear gas.
help haiti's hurricane survivors
Up to a million people have been made homeless in Haiti and whole towns have been destroyed after an onslaught of tropical storms. Friends of the Earth Haiti (Haiti Lifeline) are assisting with the relief effort. Please help them by contributing to our Haiti solidarity fund.
Execution of Local Communities In the Name of Conservation
Hundreds of campaigners recently called on the Prime Minister of Swaziland to uphold the rights of local communities evicted from their land and intimidated in the name of conservation. We now await the government's response.
support guatemalan communities resisting mining
Indigenous communities all over Guatemala are fighting to protect their territories from harmful industries that pollute the environment and threaten their livelihoods. For example, the Kaqchiquel community close to the country's capital is protesting military acts related to a controversial foreign cement factory. Please support communities as they take peaceful action to stop polluting industries and help us denounce the repression that they are facing.
Demand the protection of Colombian environmentalists
Well-known Colombian environmentalist, Guillermo Castaño Arcilla, has again received death threats from a paramilitary group and urgently needs your help.
renewed request for action!
Please take a minute to demand an end to the increasing violence against indigenous leaders and communities in Guatemala. Just a few weeks ago we contacted you for your help in upholding the rights of these people who are resisting harmful mining and other extractive industries and protecting their territories from environmental threats.
take action on climate refugees
Friends of the Earth Australia is putting pressure on its new government to deliver on policies relating to the displacement of climate refugees in the Pacific. Pacific Island nations are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events, collapsing ecosystems and the contamination of their fresh water and crops with salt water. These detrimental impacts of climate change are already evident but are predicted to worsen.
