In solidarity with majority world farmers who are fighting for  sovereignty against multinational control of their land and patented seed  monopoly, we will rally outside the Hilton hotel on Thursday 18th February at 7 am to say “No! Monsanto !”

Join Friends of the Earth and other groups as we defend the rights of farmers and make our voices heard.

Victoria has some of the most magnificent and biodiverse forests in the world. But 80% of trees logged in Victoria's water catchments in the Central Highlands end up at the Maryvale Mill to be woodchipped for paper products. Come to the campaign launch of the 'Kick Reflex out of our forests' initiative. February 27.

The Rally aims to draw public attention to the destruction of our native bushland by the State Government's "growth-at-any-cost" policy of building freeways -- instead of promoting alternative modes of transport. Melbourne, Feb 24 at midday.

The climate change negotiations held in Copenhagen were a disaster for the world's poor. This forum, being held in Belgrave on thursday the 18th of February will address the question of where we could be going on climate campaigning in 2010.

A position is available for an  experienced  journalist  or  communications  expert  to  raise  the  profile  of  environmental  issues  and campaigns  for  a coalition  of  leading  conservation  organisations:   Environment  Victoria, Friends  of  the  Earth,  the  Wilderness  Society  and  the Victorian  National  Parks  Association.  

The state government has announced that it intends to bring water through the pipeline as soon as next month, in spite of the fact we have sufficient reserves in our existing water catchments.

Melbourne has other ways to meet its water needs. The inland river systems, which would otherwise get much of the 'new' water intended for the pipeline, do not.

The Transition Decade is a community-wide engagement campaign to achieve the structural changes to the economy and lifestyles that are needed to restore a safe climate.  The campaign aims to help build greater collaboration among groups and individuals who are deeply concerned about the growing climate crisis.  
Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday 14th February.

We are looking for a skilled researcher to examine the threats and opportunities posed by the development of biosequestration initiatives for the environment, traditional owners and the local non-Indigenous communities in the Murray-Darling Basin. Applications due 1st February 2010.

Friends of the Earth is hosting the annual Radioactive Exposure Tour from May 14-23, 2010.

Register your interest soon as places always fill fast! Since the 1980s, these tours have exposed thousands of people first-hand to the realities of 'radioactive racism' and to the environmental impacts of the nuclear industry.

Sunscreen is an important part of millions of Australians' summer holidays.

But the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has taken no action to stop use in sunscreens of high risk nanoparticles, more than a year after these ingredients were identified by BlueScope Steel researchers.