Nature and Youth Sweden

Nature and Youth Sweden
Fältbiologerna
Formation 1947 (1947)
Type Environmental organization
Legal status Active
Purpose Educate and inspire children and young adults about environmental issues
Location
  • Sweden
Membership (2016)
about 3,000
Chairman
 Sara Vikström Olsson (2014– )
Parent organization
 Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Website www.faltbiologerna.se

Nature and Youth Sweden (Swedish: Fältbiologerna, literally "The Field Biologists") is a Swedish organisation for youth interested in nature studies and environmental protection started in 1947[1] associated with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.[2][3] The organisation has around 3,000 members in the ages 6–25 organized in 30 subsections all over Sweden.[4]

Leaders sometimes encourage young members to avoid factory farmed food,[5] and young members have been involved in protests.[6] The organisation has published important texts on topics such as forestry preservation.[7]

The organization publish a magazine, Fältbiologen, focusing on topics about nature, research and environmental issues.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Om Linné levt idag hade han varit fältbiolog!" [If Linnaeus had lived today, he would have been a "field biologist"!]. www.linnaeus.se. Swedish Linnaeus Society. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Lundström, Tommy; Wijkström, Filip (1997). The nonprofit sector in Sweden. Johns Hopkins nonprofit sector series, 99-2355111-3 ; 11. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5125-8. LIBRIS 8302469.
  3. ↑ Sundström, Göran; Soneryd, Linda; Furusten, Staffan (2010). Organizing democracy: the construction of agency in practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84844-428-7. LIBRIS 11729265.
  4. ↑ Falk, Linnea (9 June 2014). "Full fart framåt" [Full speed ahead]. www.naturskyddsforeningen.se. Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmidt, Folke Fredrik (2008). Scandinavian studies in law. 53. Stockholm: Stockholms universitet. Juridiska fakulteten. LIBRIS 8259325.
  6. ↑ Rootes, Chris, ed. (2003). Environmental protest in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 0-19-925206-8. LIBRIS 9070590.
  7. ↑ Elliott, Chris (2000). Forest certification: a policy perspective. CIFOR thesis series. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research. p. 180. LIBRIS 11786446.


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