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I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.
David R. Brower

Meaning of "Friends of the Earth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

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WHAT DOES FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth was founded in 1969 as an anti nuclear group by Robert O Anderson who contributed $200,000 in personal funds to launch FOTE with David Brower, Donald Aitken and Jerry Mander after Brower's split with the Sierra Club. FOTE main mission was to lock up and prevent further development of nuclear energy. Their first employee was Amory Lovins, who kicked off FOE in the UK. It became an international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from the U.S., Sweden, the UK and France. For further historical details see articles on the national FOE organizations. FoEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns. The executive committee of elected representatives from national groups set policy and oversee the work of the secretariat. In 2010 Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey was elected to serve as chair of Friends of the Earth International.

Definition of Friends of the Earth in the English dictionary

The definition of Friends of the Earth in the dictionary is an organization of environmentalists and conservationists whose aim is to promote the sustainable use of the earth's resources Abbreviations: FoE, FOE.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

Friendly Islands
friendly match
friendly society
friendship
frier
fries
Friese-Greene
Friesian
Friesland

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

alkaline earth
Barth
brown earth
come back to earth
cost the earth
dearth
down-to-earth
earth
garth
hearth
Hogarth
Mother Earth
move heaven and earth
on earth
planet Earth
rare earth
red earth
salt of the earth
swarth
unearth

Synonyms and antonyms of Friends of the Earth in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Friends of the Earth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

Find out the translation of Friends of the Earth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Friends of the Earth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Friends of the Earth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地球之友
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Amigos de la Tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

Friends of the Earth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पृथ्वी के मित्र
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أصدقاء الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Друзья Земли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Amigos da Terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃথিবীর বন্ধুরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Amis de la Terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakan Bumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Freunde der Erde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地球の友
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지구의 친구들 (Friends of the Earth)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanca saka Bumi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Bạn bè của Trái Đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூமியின் நண்பர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृथ्वीवरील मित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünyanın Dostları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Amici della Terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przyjaciele Ziemi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Друзі Землі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Friends of the Earth
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Φίλοι της Γης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Vriende van die Aarde
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Miljöförbundet Jordens Vänner
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Friends of the Earth
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIENDS OF THE EARTH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Friends of the Earth

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QUOTES WITH «FRIENDS OF THE EARTH»

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David R. Brower
I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIENDS OF THE EARTH»

Discover the use of Friends of the Earth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Friends of the Earth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
Presents the history of the development of our planet as evidenced by the earth's rocks and their formations, while explaining the general concepts, history, and philosophies of modern geology.
Marcia Bjornerud, 2006
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Friends of the Earth: A History of American Environmentalism ...
A History of American Environmentalism with 21 Activities Pat McCarthy. In the next 11 chapters, you'll meet 11 people who made a big difference in the environmentalist movement in the United States. These men and women dedicated their ...
Pat McCarthy, 2013
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Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics: The ...
A theoretical study of the politics of transnational environmental activist groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the World Wildlife Fund that argues that environmental activists practice world civic politics and play a ...
Paul Kevin Wapner, 1996
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Agility and Resilience: The Adaptive Capacity of Friends of ...
I focus on two TSMOs, Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) and Greenpeace.
Vanessa Timmer, 2007
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Dismantling Defunct Ships in the Uk,Eighteenth Report of ...
Wednesday 14 July 2004 Members present: Mr Michael Jack, in the Chair Mr Mark Lazarowicz Joan Ruddock Mr David Lepper Alan Simpson Mr Austin Mitchell Mr Bill Wiggin Memorandum submitted by Friends of the Earth DISMANTLING OF ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Michael Jack, 2004
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The A to Z of the Green Movement
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH. In 1969 David Brower, the executive director of the Sierra Club since 1952, parted company with this powerful organization and became the founder of Friends of the Earth. Although Brower had effectively been  ...
Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis, 2009
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What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?: How Money Really Does ...
This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (how birds protect fruit ...
Tony Juniper, 2013
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Labor and the Environmental Movement: The Quest for Common ...
Jane Perkins, a former union officer and president of the national environmental group Friends of the Earth, was appointed by Sweeney to the new executive position of environmental liaison. Perkins was introduced to the labor- environmental ...
Brian K. Obach
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of ...
Friends of the Earth International, also based in Amsterdam, has chapters in sixty -eight countries and approximately 1,200 full-time staff. Consumer-protection NGOs are a secondary partner in these international campaigns against GMOs.
Robert Paarlberg, 2009
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Environmental Politics in the International Arena: ...
At the forefront of this new assault was Friends of the Earth (FoE). David Brower, a renowned American naturalist, established the first FoE organization in San Francisco in 1969. Brower created the new organization after failing to convince the ...
Sheldon Kamieniecki, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIENDS OF THE EARTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Friends of the Earth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Friends of the Earth: House Leadership Pulls Interior, EPA Spending …
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. This morning House Republican leadership pulled HR 2822, The Interior, Environment, and ... «eNews Park Forest, Jul 15»
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Panel hears conflicting safety assessments for Diablo Canyon …
At that time the agency asked its Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider a related issue raised by Friends of the Earth – whether the ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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Shale gas tank will be biggest in Europe as work nears completion …
This promise has previously been condemned as a “a transparent attempt to bribe communities" by Friends of the Earth campaigners. «CommonSpace, Jul 15»
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5 ways companies are defending bees
In the past year, due to a campaign by Friends of the Earth and allies, more than 20 wholesale nurseries, landscaping companies and retailers ... «GreenBiz, Jul 15»
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Commentary: Healthy food choices and Friends of the Earth study
This past weekend on Independence Day, we celebrated America's freedoms including the First Amendment of the Constitution protecting the ... «agprofessional.com, Jul 15»
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Clinton emails may revive environmental group's lawsuit
Ben Schreiber, climate and energy program director at Friends of the Earth, said his group has weighed the option of relitigation in the weeks ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
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Friends of the Earth doesn't want to hear it
The Friends of the Earth illustrates this point in a news release headlined “Truth or Deception: New report exposes how industry front groups ... «The Packer, Jul 15»
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Green movement must escape its 'white, middle-class ghetto', says …
Mr Bennett suggested the UK's “huge Bangladeshi community” could provide activists for a Friends of the Earth Bangladeshi Group which ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Bill Heaney: Pope Francis and Rose Harvie are both friends of the
It has become clear that both Francis and Rose are friends of the earth. Francis has made his commitment to conservation and preservation of ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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Friends Of The Earth Food Waste Stunt Outside Birmingham Council
Waste-Launch Friends of the Earth (FOE) formally launched its new campaign “Waste Isn't Rubbish” with a stunt outside Birmingham Council ... «CIWM Journal Online, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Friends of the Earth [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/friends-of-the-earth>. Apr 2024 ».
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