Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Mar. 5, 2013 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato, Nanotechnology
Friends of the Earth has released new testing results from the Australian Government’s National Measurement Institute , which has found that many popular sunscreen and cosmetic products are using potentially hazardous forms of a common ingre...
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Jun. 28, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
Rio+20 and the People’s Summit (attended by more than 50,000 people) both came to a close over the weekend. Much effort from many individuals was poured into relatively few days of meetings. Both events required months of preparation, with s...
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Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
In June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will play host to heads of state, UN agencies, and global stakeholders as they convene for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), commonly known as “Rio+20.” There’s a lot at st...
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Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Ian illuminato
Friends of the Earth U.S. has today united with the many organizations that form our Friends of the Earth International Federation in order to send a strong message to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We ask that you join us ...
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May. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
In just less than a month, social movements, civil society, Heads of State (accompanied by government delegations), the private sector, and many other groups and individuals from all around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In fact ...
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May. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
For those of us who are outdoor enthusiasts, the Memorial Day holiday will bring us outside to explore nature. Outdoor clothing and equipment are usually sold with shiny multi-page tags touting the superiority of the materials used to create them....
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Apr. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
Have you ever used toothpaste? What about deodorant or makeup? Do you wear sunscreen when you go outside? If you’ve answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you may want to read on. A few weeks ago the House of Representatives Energy ...
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Feb. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
I had the privilege of participating in the Thematic Social Forum this past week in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Porto Alegre was where the very first World Social Forum took place back in 2001. The difference between the World Social Forum and Thematic ...
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Jan. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology, Legal / Tags: Ian illuminato
What do you do if a government agency charged with protecting you from unsafe products refuses to do its job? Well...there are a good number of ways you can express your concerns. You can petition the agency, send the agency formal comments or you...
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Sep. 13, 2011 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology, Publications / Tags: Ian illuminato, Nanotechnology
For almost 100 years, we have waged a war on bacteria. In a new report by Friends of the Earth, we argue that this war, far from making people safer, may have a harmful impact on people’s health. In order to stave off these microscopic &lsq...
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