GLOBAL
2000 is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries
founded in 1969 as an anti-nuclear group by Robert
O Anderson who contributed $200,000 in personal funds with David Brower,
Donald Aitken and Jerry Mander after Brower’s split with the Sierra Club.
The organization is also known as also referred to as Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). It became an
international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from the U.S., Sweden, the UK and France.
2000 is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries
founded in 1969 as an anti-nuclear group by Robert
O Anderson who contributed $200,000 in personal funds with David Brower,
Donald Aitken and Jerry Mander after Brower’s split with the Sierra Club.
The organization is also known as also referred to as Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). It became an
international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from the U.S., Sweden, the UK and France.
The
main mission was to lock up and prevent further development of nuclear energy.
The organization is funded by Ford Foundation, V. Kann Rasmussen
Foundation and the Wallace Global Fund.
main mission was to lock up and prevent further development of nuclear energy.
The organization is funded by Ford Foundation, V. Kann Rasmussen
Foundation and the Wallace Global Fund.
Originally
based largely in North America
and Europe, its membership is now heavily weighted toward
groups in the developing world.
GLOBAL 2000 consider environmental issues in their social, political and human
rights contexts. Their campaigns stretch beyond the traditional arena of the conservation
movement and seek to address the economic
and development
aspects of sustainability.
based largely in North America
and Europe, its membership is now heavily weighted toward
groups in the developing world.
GLOBAL 2000 consider environmental issues in their social, political and human
rights contexts. Their campaigns stretch beyond the traditional arena of the conservation
movement and seek to address the economic
and development
aspects of sustainability.
GLOBAL 2000 has its secretariat in Amsterdam, Netherlands
which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns. The
executive committee of elected representatives from national groups sets policy
and oversees the work of the secretariat. In 2010, Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey
was elected to serve as chair of Friends of the Earth International.
which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns. The
executive committee of elected representatives from national groups sets policy
and oversees the work of the secretariat. In 2010, Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey
was elected to serve as chair of Friends of the Earth International.