A position paper from IYNF to the Romanian government, who holds the EU Presidency until June 2019. We urge the government to protect virgin forest areas in Romania within the time of its presidency. Stop illegal logging in Romanian...
Do you need a change from your daily routine or just finished your studies and don’t know yet what to do? Do you love traveling, connecting with new people and share your skills and knowledge? Then join our young, international team in the...
By Miriam Candelas, EVS volunteer This has been one of the best activities I ever attended with IYNF. During a week, theory became practice. After addressing concepts such as inclusion, migration and solidarity last year and part of this,...
By Olga Adhikari We go on in our lives, seemingly aware of the privileges we possess but not quite. As we go on, one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time continues to roll on, thousands of children...
Sustainable development is a phrase we hear thrown around from time to time in order to underline our ideal vision of the future – rid of all the problems that the inhabitants of the Earth tackle today. Depletion of...
By Janinka Lutze (NFJD) & Youssoupha Traore (Young Naturefriends Senegal) In September 2017, a group of Young Naturefriends from Senegal travelled to Germany for a two-week exchange hosted by the German Young Naturefriends. The meeting was organized under the...
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...
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...
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,...