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Earth Jurisprudence

29th May 2019

Simon Mitambo: Decolonisation, Climate Change and Earth Jurisprudence in Kenya

On this Madaraka (Independence) Day – let us embrace the urgency, and commit to restoring our ecosystems, defending them against destructive projects and policies and support and learn from those… Read More

8th May 2019

Happy Birthday to Gaia elder Joanna Macy

Gaia’s Director, Liz Hosken, celebrates the 90th birthday of one of Gaia’s great elders; educator and Earth defender Joanna Macy. She reflects on how Joanna’s ‘Work that Reconnects’ is helping… Read More

8th May 2019

Sacred River, Sacred Land: a community goes ‘back to roots’ in Kenya

Simon Mitambo and his childhood community of Tharaka, Kenya, are working together to revive and enhance their Earth-centred culture and traditions. Theirs is a story of going ‘back to roots’… Read More

27th April 2019

Celebrating Polly Higgins and her work to end Ecocide

It is with great sadness that Gaia mourns the loss of legal visionary and Earth Protector, Polly Higgins, who passed away on Easter Sunday. But it is with joy that… Read More

11th April 2019

Reviving Eco-Literacy: Gaia celebrates Mother Earth Day

“Our relationship with the Earth involves something more than pragmatic use, academic understanding, or aesthetic appreciation. A truly human intimacy with the earth and with the entire natural world is… Read More

2nd April 2019

Rights of Nature gain ground in Uganda’s Legal System

In an exciting new precedent, Nature’s fundamental rights to be, to habitat, to evolve and regenerate are now formally recognised in Uganda’s new National Environmental Act (2019)! This huge achievement… Read More

2nd April 2019

Join the Gaia team as our Earth Jurisprudence Coordinator!

We’re pleased to announce a new vacancy within our small, dedicated team. Gaia has been at the forefront of the Earth Jurisprudence movement for over two decades, accompanied by the… Read More

7th March 2019

Liz Hosken: Becoming ecocentric

On International Women’s Day 2019, read this a new article written for Ecological Citizen Journal by Gaia’s founding Director Liz Hosken. In it Liz discusses her youth in South Africa,… Read More

12th February 2019

What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

This new article from Eye on the Arctic explores how a Skolt Saami-led project in Arctic Finland, supported by out partners the Snowchange Cooperative, is bringing together science and indigenous… Read More

28th January 2019

TIPNIS: International Commission criticizes Bolivian Government over plan to bulldoze through national park

22/01/2019. Written by Gaia’s Fiona Wilton. Published by Intercontinental Cry An investigation conducted by The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), has exposed repeated violations of the Rights… Read More