ETC Group is a small, international, research and action collective committed to social and environmental justice, human rights and the defence of just and ecological agri-food systems and the web of life. We are aligned with diverse popular and social movements and civil society organisations who share our values, particularly in the Global South.
About ETC

Mission of the ETC Group
...or Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Staff
Latin America Director Staff |
Asia Director Staff |
Finance Support Officer Staff |
Communications Coordinator staff |
Programme Manager Staff |
Programme Manager Staff |
Researcher Staff |
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Administrative and Finance Assistant Staff |
Bookkeeper Staff |
Finance & Administration Assistant Staff |
Board
Co-founder, Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project, USA; also Friends of ETC, USA |
General Coordinator, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) |
Executive Director, IT for Change, India |
What Next Forum, Sweden; ETC Group's President of Board of Trustees |
Africa Senior Advisor, Oil Change International; ETC Group Executive Committee Member |
Mexican college professor and Co-founder, National Assembly of Environmentally Affected Peoples, Mexico; ETC Group Executive Committee Member |
Director, Fossil Economy Program, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Germany |
Co-Manager, Inter Pares, Canada |
Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network, based in North America |
Support
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Research / Outreach |
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Founder |
Research and translation |
ETC Group: A Brief History
How we began: We began as a conversation about seeds in 1977. Four and a half decades later, we are still talking about seeds, but the world has grown infinitely more complex: new technologies have developed, economies have globalized, multinational companies have expanded their reach, and wealth and capital are concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer giant corporations. Life itself has been manipulated, picked apart, re-assembled – and then patented.