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Earth Jurisprudence

6th April 2020

Earth Jurisprudence: law for an animate Earth

How could a sea-change in our legal system, from a human to an Earth-centred approach, help re-balance the broken relationship many societies have with Nature? Carlotta Byrne, Gaia’s Earth Jurisprudence… Read More

3rd April 2020

The Ecologist: Reviving nature and culture in Uganda

The Bagungu People are reviving indigenous practices and ecosystems in one of Africa’s most biodiverse regions. Gaia’s Head of Communications, Hannibal Rhoades, explores more in this article for The Ecologist…. Read More

31st March 2020

Media Release: New film explores cultural and ecological revival in Uganda’s Great Lakes region

31st March 2020. Kampala | London – In the midst of climate emergency and a global coronavirus pandemic caused by ecological destruction, a Ugandan Indigenous community is demonstrating the vital… Read More

19th March 2020

Roque Roldán: tribute to a quiet champion of Indigenous rights

The story of Colombian lawyer Roque Roldán is one of remarkable commitment to territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (or ‘territories of life’). In his shy… Read More

18th March 2020

Navigating coronavirus: plant seeds, buy local, care for community

Any crisis brings out the best and the worst in humanity. Like many of you, we in the Gaia Team are talking about, thinking about and taking action in response… Read More

8th January 2020

Documentary: The Finnish village restoring climate-critical ecosystems

“Humans will only succeed by pulling together.” In a new 12-minute mini-documentary from BBC Newsnight, Tero Mustonen, from Gaia partner organisation the Snowchange Cooperative, shares how Finnish villagers from Selkie… Read More

18th December 2019

Chico Mendes Vive!

The 22nd of December marks 31 years since the assassination of Chico Mendes, the Amazonian rubber tapper who was killed for his tireless work to defend the rainforest that was his home,… Read More

21st October 2019

Water is Life: African Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners share their stories in webinar

In late September, three graduates from Gaia’s trainings for African Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners participated in a webinar on the theme ‘Water is Life’, hosted by the Global Alliance for the… Read More

15th October 2019

In Photos: Tharakans map their past, present and future

This photo story explores how indigenous Tharakan People from central Kenya are reviving their Earth-centred customary laws, sacred natural sites, indigenous seeds and the life of their territory in climate-changed… Read More

14th October 2019

We Adapt, We Restore, We Survive: Reviving Tahltan knowledge, governance and territory

Originally published by Gaia’s Finnish partners The Snowchange Cooperative, this article announces the launch of a new multimedia exploration of the Tahltan First Nation’s efforts to revive culture and nature… Read More