About Friends of the Earth Sydney

We meet regularly on Tuesday nights around 6:30pm in Newtown.  We welcome new members, ideas, initiatives and projects. Please get in touch for more details about our meetings!

Friends of the Earth Australia is a federation of independent local groups working for a socially equitable and environmentally sustainable future. Founded in 1974, FoEA has evolved into a diverse and vibrant network of groups that are working at the local, regional, national and international level over the last 34 years. Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is the world's largest federation of national environmental organisations. The network is now active in 71 countries, with more than 5,000 local branches.

Get Active! Be part of vibrant community movements for justice and change. Whatever your background or skills, there is a place for you. Become a member, sign up for the Friends of the Earth Australia national magazine Chain Reaction and come along to one of our community events or weekly meetings.

Contact foeysydney@gmail.com /

Acknowledgment of country

We are active on the lands of the Gadigal Eora people and on the lands of the Dharawal nation.

Sovereignty was never ceded.  We express solidarity and our continued commitment to working with indigenous people, on this continent and around the world, in ongoing struggles for land rights, self-determination, sovereignty and recognition of past injustices.

As we work for environmental and climate justice, we want to work with local Traditional Owners for land, economic and social justice.  Community campaigns around greenhouse pollution and coal are deeply linked with the struggles of Aboriginal peoples.  In some areas, coal mining began in the 1790s, and continues: community activism for a just transition away from coal goes hand in hand with local struggles for sovereignty.  We have a lot to learn about sustainable use of country, climate, water, forests, and other species.