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18th December 2025

ATHARAKA (‘those of Tharaka’)

A new short film – out today – follows Kenyan clans reviving the ecological and cultural diversity of their ancestral lands. Watch it below, on YouTube, Vimeo, or with our… Read More

17th December 2025

Eco-Cultural Mapping in Zimbabwe

Two communities in Southeast Zimbabwe’s Bikita district came together to map their ancestral territory and seasonal calendar, in the first stage of a process learnt from the Colombian Amazon. When… Read More

3rd November 2025

The Law Lies in the Land: An Earth Jurisprudence Update

Every other month we collate Earth-centred inspiration from around the world; if you would like to receive updates like the below straight to your inbox, sign up here.   Greetings Friends,… Read More

Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner Method Gundidza credit Rory Sheldon
10th September 2025

Restoring Cultural Memory

Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner, Method Gundidza – a member of the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective alongside Gaia – is returning to his roots in rural Zimbabwe, where African worldviews are once… Read More

13th August 2025

Joanna Macy: Reweaving Life in an Unravelling World

A Mother Tree fell on 19 July 2025, at the age of 96. Joanna Macy was a scholar of deep ecology, systems thinking and Buddhist wisdom. She was an environmental… Read More

31st July 2025

Saplings and shoots of hope: An Earth Jurisprudence update

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Intergenerational learning is a core part of the process in Tharaka. Elijah Mutwiri is in Grade 9. His face is marked as part of the rite of passage for boys with a paint extracted from a sacred stone known as ira. Photo: Rory Sheldon
17th July 2025

Reviving Tradition for Future Abundance

Clans in Kenya are beginning to reclaim their biocultural wealth; Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner Simon Mitambo – a member of of the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective alongside Gaia – reveals the richness that… Read More

12th May 2025

Affirming life, seeding diversity, enhancing life systems: An Earth Jurisprudence Update

Every other month we collate Earth-centred inspiration from around the world; if you would like to receive updates like the below straight to your inbox, sign up here.     Greetings… Read More

14th April 2025

The Forest is Life

Restoring the forest is restoring the culture of Benin’s indigenous communities. Chief Atawé Akôyi – a member of of the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective alongside Gaia – shares his approach… Read More

8th March 2025

Empowering Women: the work of an Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner in South Africa

Mashudu Takalani returned to her ancestral village of Mazwimba as a widow with a young son. Despite the odds stacked against her by a patriarchal power structure, she instigated a… Read More