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17th November 2018

“Why we need open pollinated seed” Seed Sovereignty programme in the Guardian

Originally featured in The Guardian on Saturday 17th November. Written by Alys Fowler. “If you examine my pockets you will always find, among the lint, some seed. It’s an absent-minded… Read More

8th November 2018

Guardians of Planet Earth: Protecting Biodiversity in Africa

Simon Mitambo is Executive Secretary of SALT-Kenya, a Thematic Coordinator of the African Biodiversity Network (ABN), a partner of Gaia and a graduate of Gaia’s first Earth Jurisprudence (EJ) course…. Read More

8th November 2018

The Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary of Uruguay Declared a Hope Spot in Support of Cetacean Conservation

Gaia is a partner with OCC (Organisation for Cetacean Conservation) in Uruguay, who are leading a campaign for healthy oceans (Oceanosanos), marine conservation, and putting a halt to the devastating… Read More

7th November 2018

Send an email to your MP: Put agroecology in the Agricultural Bill!

Following the Good Food March on 14th October, our allies The Land Workers Alliance need your help to push for amendments to the UK’s Agricultural Bill that will support agroecology… Read More

6th November 2018

Strategic Convening on Resilient Seed Systems

The following are updates and reflections from Neil Munro, coordinator of Gaia’s UK and Ireland Seed Sovereignty Programme, who recently participated in the Global Food Alliance’s Strategic Convening on Resilient… Read More

5th November 2018

Wh@t on Earth?! Join Gaia to explore the impacts of digital technology

Being more connected is good. So say Facebook, Google and any advert for a smartphone you’ve ever seen. But what are we being told to connect to? And is our… Read More

29th October 2018

Is the world you long for screen-based? An interview with Claire Milne

In this interview, Claire Milne, Inner Transition Coordinator for the Transition Network, discusses the addictive qualities of digital technologies, how we can make peace with them in our own lives,… Read More

29th October 2018

Landmark victory in South African Constitutional Court for mining-affected communities!

Today we are celebrating, alongside our friends and allies in South Africa, a landmark ruling in South Africa’s Constitutional Court that “will fundamentally shift the power dynamics between mining-affected communities… Read More

23rd October 2018

We Feed the World in Ethical Consumer Magazine

Originally published in Ethical Consumer on 23rd October. Rowan Phillimore, Deputy Director at The Gaia Foundation , talks about their stunning new photography exhibition, We Feed the World. For the last… Read More

22nd October 2018

Tharaka: Communities come together to map their ancestral past

This September, elders and youth, men and women, from Tharaka came together in the foothills of Mount Kenya to document their ancestral past in the form of eco-cultural maps and… Read More