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Earth Jurisprudence

19th December 2023

Completing an Earth Jurisprudence Training Cycle

We sit on a rising bank, just beyond reeds that hang with weaver bird nests. In front of us, a pond where dragonflies nip and swallows dip, lily pads brim… Read More

Simon Mitambo on BBC News World Service
13th December 2023

BBC Documentary: A Man Without Bees

A new documentary, from BBC World Service, follows Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner Simon Mitambo in his efforts to restore bees to Kenya.     Simon is from Tharaka, meaning ‘The Land… Read More

27th September 2023

Celebrating community life through seed

Gaia’s Sara Davies brings us along on her recent trip to Bikita’s Seed Fair in Zimbabwe… The minibus eases its way carefully across the rocks and onto the uneven ground… Read More

Illustration from Mashudu Takalani's story of decolonisation credit Tim Hawkins
8th June 2023

Rhythm of Reconnection

Meet Mashudu, who is reconnecting knowledgeable elders with young people to animate their ancestral wisdom, culture and confidence. A new story of decolonisation from the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective, told… Read More

Appolinaire OSSOU LIO - Rooting for the Future - a story of decolonisation from the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective
10th January 2023

Rooting for the Future

Appolinaire OUSSOU LIO is working with communities to restore the sacred forest groves that once rooted people to place. Marking today’s annual celebration of Vodun (Voodoo) culture in Benin, we… Read More

21st December 2022

In memory of Margret Kagole Byarufu (1968 – 2022)

Farmer, leader, custodian of sacred natural sites and seed: Kagole’s calling in life was clear from birth. She was named after her father’s aunt, a custodian of the Wandyeka sacred… Read More

9th November 2022

A New Story for the Earth

How a moment in a meadow seeded a global movement: Earth Jurisprudence explained On the anniversary of Thomas Berry’s birthday, we share an animation and interactive story reflecting on how… Read More

Earth Jurisprudence
11th October 2022

Trainings for Transformation: Rewilding our Worldview

This summer, we brought together Earth Jurisprudence practitioners from Cameroon, Benin, Uganda and Zimbabwe for a virtual weeklong retreat. Earth Jurisprudence recognises our living planet as the primary source of… Read More

1st June 2022

Honouring Thomas Berry – The Founding Father of Earth Jurisprudence

Today we honour Thomas Berry and mark the 13th anniversary of his passing. A luminary of ecological thinking and the father of Earth Jurisprudence, his work has rippled across the… Read More

9th March 2022

Respecting the rights of nature is the only way out of climate chaos and biodiversity collapse

Originally published in The Daily Maverick (07/03/2022) by Gaia’s long term partner, Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner Method Gundidza. Earth Jurisprudence is a foundational systemic alternative for transformation towards healing our relationship… Read More