The New Year which has just started has brought along new challenges for Alternattiva Demokratika Zghazagh. The first task for us this year was to get down to work and discussing and planning all projects, campaigns and activities. To achieve this we had a very fruitful and successful internal seminar. The seminar’s results will be…
Month: February 2004
News from Ireland
On the first week of February our society is holding a Green week in conjunction with the students union. we are hoping to have a mini expo with stands giving out information on different aspects of “being green” (vegetarianism, fair trade, energy efficiency, etc). As this is going to be in a central part of…
News from Germany
On the 16th of January GRUENE JUGEND celebrated its 10th birthday! Besides that we have a new office co-ordinator who some of you might know; it’s Jeroen (Kuiper) board member of FYEG. And we are starting with the European election campaign. Our candidate Ben von der Ahe was elected on the 14th place of the…
News from the Netherlands
A hot winter in the Netherlands: Politics can be great fun but it can be tough as well, as we learnt this December. For the first time ever (as far as I know), the Dutch green youth organisation DWARS was on the front page of a national Dutch newspaper, but we sure weren’t happy with…
News from France
This first part of 2003 was the occasion for Chiche ! eco-alternative youth to participate in two actions that we like. First the European car-free day in September and then the Buy nothing day, with actions on consumption in commercial areas. As editors our activity is very slow, but we now have several issues of…
News from Portugal
Ecolojovem “Os Verdes” is the Portuguese Green Party youth organisation which was officially established on the 25th of February 1989. Our main objective consists of promoting youth intervention, by encouraging and mobilising the young ones to participate in the creation of a more ecological society, socially fair and dynamic. Ecolojovem “Os Verdes” is member of…
Meet Maarten Coertjens
What are your most marked characteristics? I doubt everything, from the existence of god till what haircut I should get. What is your most treasured possession? My friends and my library Which of your character traits would you change if you could? My atheism, I think it is great to be able to completely and…
Meet la Souris Verte
La Souris Verte -Le Forum des Jeunes Verts ! ! was born in July 2001. Though it is still young, it has members all over France in almost every main city and in more rural zones. We are an association, not a political party. But we are more than that, we are the youth movement…
What is IGLYO?
IGLYO stands for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth and Student Organisation. It was created in 1984 as a reaction to the need for better cooperation among regional, local or national LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) youth and student organisations. Today the IGLYO network is an important LGBT youth meeting point in…
Maybe you already heard of the FYEG suitcase?
This suitcase belongs to our FYEG migration campaign ‘Destination Europe. Tear down the walls in your head.’ With this campaign, we want to make people aware of the problems migrants and refugees are faced with when they try to enter the fortress Europe. We protest against the fact that the conditions of refugees in the…