Reflexion of ‘Start with yourself’, 8-13th May, Cecina (Italy) By Miriam Candelas, EVS volunteer In a period where democracy is the more and more questioned and in risk with the increasing of extreme right-wing movements across Europe, IYNF...
Dear friends, dear Naturefriends, We would like to invite you to the IYNF General Assembly that will be organized on 12th May 2018 in a lovely Naturefriends house in Cecina, Italy, hosted by our Italian Member Organization GIAN-GIO. GENERAL...
‘Working with Migrants and Refugees – Guidelines, Tools and Methods’ is the outcome of the of the three events of the IYNF’s year of “Border-Free Solidarity”. During the second seminar “Be Border-free” in Frankfurt, Germany the met and interacted...
Background From 14 to 19 November 2017, a group of 31 young adults from 16 European countries came together in Heerlen, Netherlands, for the conference “Raise Your Voice”. It was organised by International Young Naturefriends (IYNF), a network...
Gian-giò is the young Italian Naturefriends group founded in 2013. The topic of their third national meeting, entitled “Borderless, like nature”, was chosen based on the experience of some of the Gian-giò members with IYNF’s topic of the year...
Live With Earth Last week, I was lucky to meet a very inspiring person, Rui Pessoa Vasques, and to get to know more about his vision, his work, and his organization, called “Live with Earth” During our meeting,...
The term “Greenwashing” has entered the public discourse, usually as an accusation against companies trying to make themselves appear sustainable or environmentally friendly. Simply put, “Greenwashing” is a form of marketing that creates the perception that a company’s products,...
Reflecting on “Raise Your Voice” By Valentina Varhelyi, IYNF volunteer More than ever, people need to come together and raise their voices on several issues, from social injustice to environment protection, political corruption and many more. These...
There are many side events during the COP23, UN Climate Change Conference 2017, and they all deal with climate change. Most of them though don´t take nature into account, even though healthy ecosystems and the protection of biodiversity is...
The Austrian Naturefriends organised a conference to discuss climate change, with a special focus on how it affects the Alps. We want to spread the outcomes and therefore translated it from German to English: The tempo of climate change...
