Friends of the Earth (EWNI) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) is one of 70 national groups around the world which make up the Friends of the Earth network of environmental organizations. It is usually referred to just as Friends of the Earth within its home countries.
Friends of the Earth Scotland operates separately, so there is no single Friends of the Earth (UK).
Since July 2008, Andy Atkins has been the executive director. Under Atkins' leadership, Friends of the Earth will continue to push for political action to tackle global environmental challenges.
In November 2006, the Big Ask Campaign was widely credited with forcing the Government to include the Climate Change Bill in their legislative programme, set out in "the Queen's Speech". The Climate Change Bill became law on 26 November 2008.
FoE EWNI is part of the 30 national organisations that Friends of the Earth Europe represents and unites at the European level.
Read more about Friends Of The Earth (EWNI): History, Structure and Funding, Local Groups, Campaigns, Festivals
Famous quotes containing the words friends and/or earth:
“They’re two good old friends of mine. I call them Constitution and The Bill of Rights. A most dependable team for long journeys. Then I’ve got another one called Missouri Compromise. And a Supreme Court—a fine, dignified horse, though you have to push him on every now and then.”
—Dan Totheroh (1895–1976)
“He had killed and put to earth so many that his sword broke in two. At length he thought to himself that that was enough massacring and killing for one day, and that the rest should be allowed to escape in order to spread the news.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)