FoE Europe - Youth!

Calendar of actions:

December 11th
We took all the messages to Poznan. Watch a movie of the action or read our press release!

The final big push for the 'Wrap Up' action in October and November has brought the total number of squares we have collected up to 1,500!

There have been very succesful and fun actions in Latvia, Kiev (Ukraine), Sweden, Turkey, Seville (Spain) and Cyprus (where they collected an amazing total of 480 messages!)

In Brussels, Belgium over 80 messages and lots of photographs were collected during a local festival.

Cyprus FoE collected 176 Wrap Up messages in Limassol main square on 30th August, and had the Mayor of Limassol and the Comissioner of the Environment of Europe take part.

At the YouPEC in the Netherlands this July, participants created over 60 Wrap Up Climate Change messages.

Malta FoE held their 'Wrap up Climate Change' action on the 22nd June

Friends of the Earth Gothenburg, Sweden collaborated with other young green organisations and collected 50 climate messages on World Environment Day ( 5th June)

Jongeren Milieu Actief in The Netherlands organised a climate festival where they collected climate messages on the 7th June. View images here!

Global 2000 Austria together with Young FoEE collected over 40 Wrap Up squares in Vienna on 8th June during the Young FoEE AGM

In Germany there have been Wrap Up actions in Kiel, where they met their environment minister and collected over 50 Wrap Up squares, and in Berlin where members of Bundjugend dressed up as penguins and ran a stall at the Jack Johnson concert

'Wrap up Climate Change'
European Action 2008

'Wrap up Climate Change' is a collective action that thousands of young people from all across Europe took part in in 2008, in the lead up to the UN climate talks in Poznan, Poland in December.

In total 2000 messages, on what we as young people demand must be done to stop climate change, were collected from actions in nearly 20 European countries, and were then presented to European leaders who were in Poznan for the UN Climate Talks. Present at the action were Enviroment Ministers and Government representatives from Norway, The UK, Germany, Austria, Malta, Lithuania and The Netherlands, as well as Stavros Dimas the European Commissioner of the Environment, and Jean Pascale van Ypersele, of the IPCC.

To 'wrap up' means to bring an end to something, and we demand that our International leaders end their long and innefficient discussions on climate change, and instead Act Now!

wrap up action

Get Involved
The action is easy and simple and a great way to get people thinking and learning about climate change in your local community. Although the action has finished for 2008, you can still take part. All you need is a group of volunteers, a space in your town or city, squares of fabric 25x25cm and paints and pens. We have prepared an action guide with tips on how to organise your action, and can help you with media and other communications for your action. Contact us to get involved!

Get Involved

Although the action has finished for 2008, you can still run a 'Wrap Up Climate Change' action in your town. We'd love to help you and put your stories and pictures on the website! Contact us for more info

What you'll need:

An action guide

25x25cm fabric squares

Paints and pens

A stall and volunteers

Flyers

wrap up mosaic from sweden Sweden, 5th June

Kiel, image taken by Bjorn Obmann

wrap up carbon footprint
Malta, 22nd June

Past Young FoEE Actions:

International Climate Action Day, Berlin, Dec 8th 2007