Friends Of The Earth

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I used to be swamped with stuff from FoE, they used to be everywhere. They were the campaigning group of the day, certainly one of my go to's. Perhaps it is the circles I now move in, I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anything from them.
The need for groups like them is more important now than ever yet they appear quieter than ever. I had to check their website to check they are still going.
Given how quiet they are, I am not even sure I want to join them again or donate to them.

 

[cupid_stunt]

At some point Greenpeace over took them as the main campaigning group in the media, but you don't even hear much from them nowadays.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Can't help but think of

 

[hash tag]

Was never a great supporter of Greenpeace.

 

[PTK]

Was never a great supporter of Greenpeace.

What did you not like about Greenpeace?

 

[hash tag]

What did you not like about Greenpeace?

Too much global campaigning and little or no local campaigning.

 

[PTK]

Yes. I thought a lot of the stunts pulled by Greenpeace were not useful.

 

[hash tag]

Yes. I thought a lot of the stunts pulled by Greenpeace were not useful.

The anti nuclear submarine and anti whaling campaigns spring to mind. Great publicity for Greenpeace

 

[marty21]

They are the only campaigning organisation I have a direct debit with, £6 a month , probably for 25 years or so. They haven't sent me much lately tbf.

 

[RiderOnTheStorm]

...whatever happened to CND?

 

[cupid_stunt]

...whatever happened to CND?

People grew up.

 

[PTK]

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[stavros]

Have FoE and others been slightly displaced in the media eye by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion?

 

[hash tag]

Have FoE and others been slightly displaced in the media eye by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion?

I guess so, but is that because FoE are so low profile.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

 

[Saul Goodman]

I used to be swamped with stuff from FoE, they used to be everywhere. They were the campaigning group of the day, certainly one of my go to's. Perhaps it is the circles I now move in, I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anything from them.
The need for groups like them is more important now than ever yet they appear quieter than ever. I had to check their website to check they are still going.
Given how quiet they are, I am not even sure I want to join them again or donate to them.

There's only a finite amount of fucks, and it seems they've been exhausted on the loudest people throwing soup at things and glueing themselves to loft insulation.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Look to earth first for genuine tactics.
When I was in the business of writing crisis management tests it was their tactics I chose to replicate to enact the changes I wanted.

 

[Flavour]

Those groups are all fucked. Young people won't get involved in them. Aging donor base. Extinction Rebellion and similar groups swallow up the young activist zeal nowadays

 

[JimW]

I was a splitter in Mates of the Moon.

 

[PTK]

I was a splitter in Mates of the Moon.

I formed Enemies of Venus.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I formed Enemies of Venus.

Is this an incel movement?

 

[Saul Goodman]

I was a splitter in Mates of the Moon.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I used to be swamped with stuff from FoE, they used to be everywhere. They were the campaigning group of the day, certainly one of my go to's. Perhaps it is the circles I now move in, I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anything from them.
The need for groups like them is more important now than ever yet they appear quieter than ever. I had to check their website to check they are still going.
Given how quiet they are, I am not even sure I want to join them again or donate to them.

I was a state officer for several years in the mid- to late-80s. Back then the founding generation fought like cats and dogs and tried to drag the newer generation on their "side." It was mostly infighting that made me leave the organization. Since then, my impression is that they've become an organization concerned with money. I don't know if it's the case, but a lot of the old order environmental groups have been subject to corporate capture. Once large corporations start donating money or making deals, then it's all over as a viable organization.

 

[Flavour]

I was a state officer for several years in the mid- to late-80s. Back then the founding generation fought like cats and dogs and tried to drag the newer generation on their "side." It was mostly infighting the made me leave the organization. Since then, my impression is that they've mostly become an organization concerned with money. I don't know if it's the case, but a lot of the old order environmental groups have been subject to corporate capture. Once large corporations start donating money or making deals, then it's all over as a viable organization.

This is very true and I've seen it in plenty of NGos