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Friends of the Earth
Case Study
The History of Friends of the Earth
 Since 1971, Friends of the Earth have been working to find
solutions to environmental problems
 It is the most famous and influential environmental NGO in the
UK
 Friends of the Earth has 1 million supporters across five
continents with over 70 national organisations worldwide
 Friends of the Earth depends on donations from the public for
90% of its income
The issues it deals with
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Climate Change
Recycling
Energy efficient homes
The countryside
Pollution
Genetically Modified Food
Transport
How it addresses these issues
 Influencing Governments / Society to take
Climate Change seriously
 Campaigning for laws dealing with recycling
 Encouraging us to have energy efficient homes
 Protecting the countryside
 Persuading big companies to change their
practices that were harming the environment
 Campaigning against Genetically Modified Food
 Campaigning to reduce pollution through traffic
What can the individual, society
and government do?
 Individual – Campaigning; fundraising;
donating; buy local produce; Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle
 Society – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; campaign;
protest; fundraise
 Government – Can encourage people to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; can raise awareness
about the environment; make laws to improve
our environmental practices
Current Campaigns
FOE are currently campaigning:
 for Northern Ireland to have its own Climate
Change Laws
 against illegal landfill sites in Northern
Ireland
 to improve our sewage systems
 against factories that are polluting Northern
Ireland
 to encourage supermarkets to buy local
produce to reduce food miles
The Effectiveness of Friends of the
Earth
 Since 1971, Friends of the Earth has been
working to improve our environment
 They have raised awareness about reducing,
reusing and recycling waste
 They have spoken to politicians to affect change
in environment laws
 They continue to work to protect the earth for
future generations