FOTEI was formed as a result of the efforts of David Brower, who was the founder of Friends of the Earth, which he founded in 1969, (Suter, 2002). Friends of the Earth was extensively involved in various initiatives and campaigns aimed at protecting the environment from unsustainable exploitation for economic benefits (Suter, 2002), largely attributable to the wave of globalization of the time. Due to the outcomes of globalization, concerns have arisen regarding the state of the Earth and the direction of the globalization trend (Suter,