Sand dredging is killing Lough Neagh. Please sign this petition calling on Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins to introduce a moratorium on sand dredging in NI today @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/in...
We are looking for an experienced community organiser to join the Northern Ireland team at a very exciting time. Check this fantastic opportunity out:
jobs.friendsoftheearth.uk/vacancies/
3/3 Standing with @saveloughneagh.com concerned citizens, members of the fishing community and @riveractionuk.bsky.social outside the High Court, Belfast today.
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2/3 “For generations the lough and its communities have been betrayed by those in power. Yet again, taking this case shows the leadership to protect our life support systems is coming from our local communities.”
James Orr, Friends of the Earth
An Taisce has formally asked the European Commission to reconsider its decision to grant Ireland a nitrates derogation.
The derogation decision was meant to be based on the science. EPA data shows that our water quality is declining, and nitrogen went up 10% in 2025.
Make this make sense.
@antaisce.bsky.social asks the @ec.europa.eu to reconsider its decision to extend the Irish derogation from the Nitrates Directive manure spreading limit for a further three years
www.antaisce.org/news/water-q...
“Lough Neagh is dying and it is dying in plain sight.
“It is a sad indictment of the state of our environmental protection regime that it has taken a local fisherman to challenge government inaction through the Courts to protect the Lough....
#justiceforloughneagh
As Danes head to the polls today, the “pig election” puts factory farming front & centre 🐖
It's about people vs pollution for profit, and backing small, caring farmers over big agri. People are pushing back & it’s being heard 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu/news/why-hav...
📸Dyrenes Beskyttelse & @noah.dk
Standing in solidarity with communities and grassroots groups such as @saveloughneagh.com We are committed to seeking justice for Lough Neagh, whether that be inside our Courts or outside. #JusticeforLoughNeagh
Credits: Thought Boxes & @stephenjreid.bsky.social
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Belfast premiere of 'The Cost of Growth', a documentary that follows communities challenging Europe's growth story by resisting the violent extractive systems it relies on.
📆 Wednesday 18th March
⏰ 7-10pm
📍Sunflower Public House (Upstairs)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/costofgrowth...
We stood with fellow protectors, Save Our Sperrins, @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social @pilsni.bsky.social
To hand in 4000 signatures to the Planning Appeals Commission to demand they make the public inquiry into the proposed goldmine accessible to the public!
Training for Youth Practitioners
📆6 March 2026
🕰️10am - 3pm
📍Destined Cafe, 1 Foyle Rd, Derry
Come and join our youth workers and some of the young people we work with, to learn about how campaigning for environmental justice can be a core element of youth work practice.
✍️book now: bit.ly/YWTMarch
This Saturday, communities in Croatia are rising up against plans for a massive chicken mega-complex 🐔
One that would process 103 million chickens a year & flood the region with pollution.
✊ Solidarity with +120 groups that will take to the streets to demand clean air, water, a healthy life.
This isn't just about one place.
Across Europe, people are connecting to fight back. To challenge this destructive model of animal factories. To build local alternatives rooted in community and care.
From Spain to Denmark, France to Poland, we're saying loud & clear: #StopFactoryFarming
Friends of the Earth NI had a great meeting this morning in Dublin with @ejni.bsky.social @pilsni.bsky.social as they met with Astrid Puentes Riaño, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to a health environment. Thank you @astridpuentes.bsky.social for your time today.
🎉Another victory for #AsConchas!
Spain's Supreme Court upheld that failing to protect residents from industrial animal production pollution violates their fundamental rights: life, health, water, adequate housing.
Get inspired by their fight and others across Europe ✊ stopfactoryfarming.eu
Still, happy Christmas from #TheEarthsCorr and here's to a joyful 2026
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The deregulator wants to poison us
EU decisionmakers intent to scrap safety reviews for chemicals that are used for our food & drink
Chemicals that could cause cancer...🫥 So #BigBizz can market them more easily 🤯
Write to @ec.europa.eu! Stop the #FoodOmnibus
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
#stopfactoryfarming week of action across Europe.
On the bridge over the Clady River with @saveloughneagh.com
These waters have been impacted by agricultural pollution and we demand it must stop.
#stopfactoryfarming
stopfactoryfarming.eu
A quote from our statement in response to the
Office for Environmental Protection investigation into sewage discharges into Belfast Lough... read more: bit.ly/belfastlough...
✊🐷 It's the first ever European week of action against animal factories!
Communities from 7 European countries are joining forces to defend local, small-scale farming respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing
More about #StopFactoryFarmingEurope on our brand new website 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu
Please support the fundraising efforts of the Alternative A5 Alliance, as they return to court in the near future.
Thank you
www.crowdjustice.com/case/help-us...
💪 Communities across Europe are taking back power to defend local, small-scale farming that is respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing.
They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
EVENT: Free Lough Neagh
📅12 December 2025
⌚1-5pm
📍The MAC, Belfast
Towards a Just Settlement for Lough Neagh
We have some big questions to ask - will you join us for that conversation?
Booking is essential
bit.ly/freeloughneagh
EVENT: Free Lough Neagh
📅12 December 2025
⌚1-5pm
📍The MAC, Belfast
Towards a Just Settlement for Lough Neagh
We have some big questions to ask - will you join us for that conversation?
Booking is essential
bit.ly/freeloughneagh
Senior professionals have sounded the alarm.
Food industry commercial plans are in direct conflict with environmental, health & welfare goals.
Read the Insiders’ Guide to Meat & Dairy here: www.insidetrack.org.uk/meat-and-dairy
#MeatAndDairy
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Have your say about the Mobuoy Road dump in Derry, one of the largest dump sites in Europe.
Join the Community Inquiry.
@pilsni.bsky.social
@ejni.bsky.social
The Environmental Gathering
Committee on the Administration of Justice
This week Friends of the Earth NI declared Stormont a crime scene. Decisions made by the Executive have caused the death of Lough Neagh and we’ve had enough.
#ecocide #ProtectOurWaters #water #loughneagh
Today Friends of the Earth NI declared Stormont a crime scene. Decisions made by the Executive have caused the death of Lough Neagh and we’ve had enough. Give us an Environmental Protection Agency now!
#ecocide #ProtectOurWaters
Public Talk: Indigenousness and Place, 16 Oct 2025 in Belfast
Join us with: SaveOurSperrins @trocaire.bsky.social @antaisce.bsky.social and Love Our Lough
Talks from: The Xinka Parliament group, The Council of the Mayan People movement and SaveOurSperrins
Book now: bit.ly/indigenousne...
