Name: Jemila Rushton
Position: Fundraising Coordinator
Email: jemila.rushton@foe.org.au
Website: www.melbourne.foe.org.au
312 Smith St
Collingwood VIC 3065
Our Mission / Objective
Our vision is of a world where everyone’s needs are met in a way which safeguards the future of the environment. We campaign for a world where environmental protection, social justice and economic welfare for all people, go hand in hand. Through our local, national and international networks, we work with the community to communicate, raise awareness, put forward alternatives and take action.
The alternative we seek to implement is a sustainable society. This involves a reliance on the use of renewable resources which are equitably distributed. It involves the recognition that there is an inextricable link between people and the environment. FoE recognises that organised resistance and action are necessary catalysts for environmental, economic and social change. Such action is essential if we are to achieve a sustainable society based on the equitable distribution of resources and power and recognition of the rights of all people. Friends of the Earth Australia seeks to develop strong relations with environmental and social justice movements in all parts of the world and is committed to a set of objectives which guide our activities.
strong>FoE Australia Objectives
The objectives of FoE Australia shall be:
To assist other people and organisations interested in these objectives to carry out their tasks through the maintenance of resource centres, newsletters, magazines and communication with like-minded national and international bodies.
Projects in Progress
Friends of the Earth works in many areas of social and environmental justice.
We work around:
Land & Water
Food & Technology
Economics for the Earth
Indigenous Land & Rights
Our People
Leadership Team
Friends of the Earth is a flat, non-hierarchical organisation which uses consensus decision making processes. This means there are no bosses – and everyone gets a say in how the organisation is run and the strategic direction our campaigns take. Whilst this means whilst we don’t have a CEO, we do have a board of management as required by law.
Names of Board Members
Chloe Aldenhoven (FoE Melbourne) Convenor (chair)
Louise Sales (FoE National) Co-Convenor
Louise has coordinated Friends of The Earth’s Emerging Tech Project since 2012 and is the Treasurer of Hobart City Farm. She has over 10 years of campaigning experience, working for a range of NGOs – including Greenpeace, Environment Victoria and Corporate Watch in the UK. She has an Honours degree in Biology and a Masters degree in Biodiversity and Conservation.
Franklin Bruinstroop (FoE Brisbane) Treasurer
Sam Castro (FoE Melbourne) Secretary
Sam Castro is the operations coordinator of Friends of the Earth Melbourne and the Secretary of Friends of the Earth Australia. Sam has a Masters in Communication and worked in media before moving to the NGO sector in 2008. Sam previously worked in the International Aid and Development sector before moving to work for Friends of the Earth in 2011. Sam is a spokesperson for Friends on the Earth Australia on the TPP and trade, an issue she has been campaigning on since 2011.
Jim Green (FoE National)
Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner and is the editor of Friends of the Earth’s national magazine Chain Reaction, editor of the Nuclear Monitor newsletter produced by the World Information Service on Energy (WISE), and a member of the Nuclear Consulting Group.
Jon Gleu (Far North Queensland)
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Our Mission / Objective
Our vision is of a world where everyone’s needs are met in a way which safeguards the future of the environment. We campaign for a world where environmental protection, social justice and economic welfare for all people, go hand in hand. Through our local, national and international networks, we work with the community to communicate, raise awareness, put forward alternatives and take action.
The alternative we seek to implement is a sustainable society. This involves a reliance on the use of renewable resources which are equitably distributed. It involves the recognition that there is an inextricable link between people and the environment. FoE recognises that organised resistance and action are necessary catalysts for environmental, economic and social change. Such action is essential if we are to achieve a sustainable society based on the equitable distribution of resources and power and recognition of the rights of all people. Friends of the Earth Australia seeks to develop strong relations with environmental and social justice movements in all parts of the world and is committed to a set of objectives which guide our activities.
strong>FoE Australia Objectives
The objectives of FoE Australia shall be:
To assist other people and organisations interested in these objectives to carry out their tasks through the maintenance of resource centres, newsletters, magazines and communication with like-minded national and international bodies.
Projects in Progress
Friends of the Earth works in many areas of social and environmental justice.
We work around:
Land & Water
Food & Technology
Economics for the Earth
Indigenous Land & Rights
Our People
Leadership Team
Friends of the Earth is a flat, non-hierarchical organisation which uses consensus decision making processes. This means there are no bosses – and everyone gets a say in how the organisation is run and the strategic direction our campaigns take. Whilst this means whilst we don’t have a CEO, we do have a board of management as required by law.
Names of Board Members
Chloe Aldenhoven (FoE Melbourne) Convenor (chair)
Louise Sales (FoE National) Co-Convenor
Louise has coordinated Friends of The Earth’s Emerging Tech Project since 2012 and is the Treasurer of Hobart City Farm. She has over 10 years of campaigning experience, working for a range of NGOs – including Greenpeace, Environment Victoria and Corporate Watch in the UK. She has an Honours degree in Biology and a Masters degree in Biodiversity and Conservation.
Franklin Bruinstroop (FoE Brisbane) Treasurer
Sam Castro (FoE Melbourne) Secretary
Sam Castro is the operations coordinator of Friends of the Earth Melbourne and the Secretary of Friends of the Earth Australia. Sam has a Masters in Communication and worked in media before moving to the NGO sector in 2008. Sam previously worked in the International Aid and Development sector before moving to work for Friends of the Earth in 2011. Sam is a spokesperson for Friends on the Earth Australia on the TPP and trade, an issue she has been campaigning on since 2011.
Jim Green (FoE National)
Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner and is the editor of Friends of the Earth’s national magazine Chain Reaction, editor of the Nuclear Monitor newsletter produced by the World Information Service on Energy (WISE), and a member of the Nuclear Consulting Group.
Jon Gleu (Far North Queensland)
