GLOBAL
2000 also referred to as Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental
organizations in 74 countries. It was 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 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.
2000 also referred to as Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental
organizations in 74 countries. It was 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 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.
It
became an international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from
the U.S., Sweden,
the UK and France.
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.
became an international network in 1971 with a meeting of representatives from
the U.S., Sweden,
the UK and France.
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.
GLOBAL
2000 considers 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. Originally based
largely in North America and Europe,
its membership is now heavily weighted toward groups in the developing world.
2000 considers 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. Originally based
largely in North America and Europe,
its membership is now heavily weighted toward groups in the developing world.