Brand audit clean-up: holding companies accountable
By combining people power with scientific data evidence, brand audits are a great tool for pressuring companies over their role in plastic pollution By...
Friends of the Earth
Local environmentalists add voice to European campaign to stop gas projects
Friends of the Earth Cyprus (FoECY) is taking part in an international effort to stop 30 EU-backed gas projects from moving forward. Protestors claim the...
Creating renewable energy communities in Cyprus
Residents, local authorities and entrepreneurs can combine forces to invest, produce and sell renewable energy By Natasa Ioannou In Sifnos, an island in Cyclades in...
Friends of the Earth complains of carnival litter
Limassol carnival is probably the dirtiest in the world, Friends of the Earth has said after the parade on Sunday. Participants at the carnival left...
Volunteers collect three tonnes of recyclables after carnival (v)
Almost three tonnes of recyclable materials were collected by volunteers after the carnival parade in Limassol according to Friends of the Earth of Cyprus, organisers...
EC closes infringement case on Limni project
The European Commission infringement case against Cyprus over the controversial Limni bay project was closed on Thursday, officially giving the green light for the development...
MPs accused of ‘pandering to poachers’
Changes to the hunting law that are due to be discussed at the House on Wednesday have been described by critics as “pandering to poachers”....
Thousands of spray cans picked up after carnival parade
Around 15,000 empty spray cans were collected by volunteers at the Limassol carnival parade, it was announced on Tuesday. According to an announcement, the volunteers...
Under pressure, Juncker keeps EU birdlife protection intact
A hugely successful campaign to leave the popular EU Birds and Habitats directives in place forced Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to abandon an overhaul of...
Bringing life back to Solea
By Annette Chrysostomou Restoring a forest after a massive fire entails much more than merely planting trees. Take the huge Soleas fire which in June...
