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Everywhere the
same struggle:

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603 member organisations
from 24 European countries:


New members:

Ireland: Westmeath, Midlands
Lakelands Windfarm Information Group
member #603

Ireland: East Cork
Ardglass Wind Turbine Action Awareness Group
member #602

Belgique: Soignies, Hainaut, Wallonie
Comité de la Coulbrie
member #601

Danmark: Ringkøbing-Skjern, Western Jutland
Knaplund/Hoven Gruppen
member #600

UK: Dorset, England
Stop Navitus Bay
member #599

Deutschland: Saarland
BI gegen Windkraft in Lautenbach
member #598

Belgique: Hainaut, Wallonie
Ventderaison Grandrieu(B)-Hestrud(F)-Leugnies(B)
member #597

France: Somme, Picardie
Association pour la Sauvegarde de l’Environnement Fourcigny Beaurepaire
member #596

UK: Scotland
Scotland Against Spin
member #595

Deutschland: Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
Wind mit Vernunft
member #594

See the 603 members

Honorary members:

Save the Eagles International (STEI)
In recognition of services rendered to our common cause. A million thanks to his president, Mark Duchamp, cofounder of EPAW, who has been helping with its administration since inception in 2008. He became its Executive Director in 2011.
www.savetheeaglesinternational.org

Mouvement citoyen pour la protection de nos territoires envahis par l'éolien industriel
They came all the way from Canada, with their flags, to help us save Mont-Saint-Michel. Many thanks to our friends from Quebec! See the pictures


Read the messages of support

STOP THE USELESS & DESTRUCTIVE
WIND FARM PROGRAMME

With us, demand a moratorium on European
wind energy projects

EPAW's objectives

The European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) was founded on October 4th 2008 by a small number of federations, associations and other groups from four EU countries. It now has 603 member organisations, from 24 countries. It is based in Ireland: see address below, before the list of officers.

The aim of EPAW is to defend the interests of its members which are either:

  • opposing one or more wind farm proposals;
  • or questioning the effectiveness of wind farms as a tool for solving the problems of man and the planet;
  • or defending the flora, fauna and landscapes from damage caused by wind farms, directly or through environmental degradation such as erosion, water contamination and bush fires;
  • or generally fighting against the damaging effects of wind farms on tourism, the economy, people's quality of life, the value of their properties and, increasingly often, their health;
  • or a combination of the above.

Join EPAW

European associations, federations, or groups of citizens sharing one or more of the above interests may join EPAW. It is entirely free of charge. When accepted*, members will be added to our mailing list, and their names and email addresses** will appear on our webpage when clicking the appropriate country flag.

* We reserve the right to accept or decline requests to join, at our sole discretion, with or without explanations about the motives of our decisions. Memberships may also be cancelled in a similar way.

** These addresses are written in such a way that they cannot be picked-up by cyber "engines" to be used for spamming.

Request for a moratorium

We have complained to the European institutions, requesting the declaration of a moratorium on the approval of new wind farm projects, and on the construction of those which have been approved. The European Commission replied negatively, but we shall keep pressing until we achieve this goal.

Take action now

There is strength in numbers. EPAW represents over 550 associations, federations and groups from across Europe. Their details may be found on our homepage by clicking the various country flags. Membership is entirely free of charge.

Make EPAW work for you: if you belong to an organisation, it may apply for membership by sending the following message to contact@epaw.org

We wish to become members of EPAW.

  • Name of the organisation:
  • Nature of the organisation (association, platform, citizen's group, etc.):
  • Approximate number of people represented:
  • Country:
  • Region:
  • Email of the organisation:
  • Webpage, if any:
  • Attached logo, if any:

Signed:
Title (must be the head of the organisation):

Thank you.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Mailing address

European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW),

c/o Val Martin,
Drumsallagh,
Kingscourt,
Co. Cavan,
Republic of Ireland.

Management - List of officers and spokespersons

  • Chairman
    Jean-Louis Butré (President of the national federation Fédération Environnement Durable (FED), France)

    contact@epaw.org
    +33 680 993 808
  • Vice-Chairman
    Ferdinand Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (President of the national federation Bundesverband Landschaftsschutz, Germany)
  • Executive Director
    Mark Duchamp (President of the international platform Save the Eagles International (STEI), Spain)

    save.the.eagles@gmail.com
    +34 693 643 736
  • Delegate-General
    Luc Rivet (Spokesman of the platform Vent de Raison, Belgium)

    luc.rivet@skynet.be
  • Secretary-General
    Dominique Mette (France)

    dmette@epaw.org
  • Technical and Legal Adviser
    Pat Swords (BE CEng FIChemE CEnv MIEMA, Ireland)

    pat.swords.chemeng@gmail.com
    +35 314 434 831
  • Research Manager
    Pat O'Brien (Senior Environmental Consultant, Ireland)

    patobrien18@gmail.com
  • Spokesman for Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) plus Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
    Peter Skeel Hjorth (journalist, former editor-in-chief, Sweden)

    peter@skeelhjorth.dk
  • Spokeswoman for Germany
    Jutta Reichardt (founder of the regional federation Für Mensch und Natur - Gegenwind Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

    jutta.reichardt@windwahn.de
  • Spokesman for the Republic of Ireland
    Val Martin (Spokesman and Vice-Chairman of Kingscourt Residents against wind farming, Ireland)

    valamhic@gmail.com
  • Spokeswoman for Switzerland
    Fabienne Chapuis Hini (President of Les Travers du Vent, Switzerland)

    lestraversduvent@hotmail.com
    +41 328 611 535
  • Spokeswoman for the UK
    Susan Crosthwaite (former chair of CATS – Communities Against Turbines Scotland, and tourism specialist, UK)

    susanmcoss@gmail.com
    +44 7436 810 013