Friends of the Earth defend the rights of people and the environment.  We do this by grass roots organising with people affected by threats in their communities:  rural farming communities fighting Coal Seam Gas (CSG) and coal mining, indigenous people opposed to the destruction of their traditional homelands for nuclear waste dumps or mines, urban communities concerned about pollution and new technologies (such as food irradiation and nanotechnologies),  and where voracious development and economic priorities are allowed to override the basic rights of communities to clean, safe environments and protected areas.  Our activities include on-the ground protests and civil disobedience, community organising and training, lobbying and research.  We also start alternative projects to demonstrate better ways of producing the goods and services that communities need, which are not socially and environmentally damaging.  In Brisbane we have been behind the now self-sufficient businesses Bicycle Revolution (who repair and renew old bikes and offer a bike workshop); Food Connect (out of our Community supported Agriculture Project, FC has now expanded to Sydney as a model); and Reverse Garbage (reclaiming clean industrial waste for reuse) who we live with at 20 Burke St, Woolloongabba.  We try to lobby for change while creating that change through practical initiatives based on sound evidence.

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