News & Press

31st March 2020 News

News flash: Gaia and allies launch new film ‘Custodians of Life’

Dear Friends, In these troubled times we are delighted to bring you a story of hope, courage and restoration from our global network. Released today, our new film, Custodians of Life- reviving culture and… Read More

24th March 2020 News

How to share… Custodians of Life

This document provides guidance and suggested social media posts for those wishing to share the new film from The Gaia Foundation and partners – Custodians of Life: Reviving Culture and… Read More

19th March 2020 News

Coronavirus, Rewilding and Oat Quest – Gaia’s Equinox Newsletter

Dear Friends, Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere. But while the blossom and leaves are emerging, many of us are staying in to try and halt the global spread… Read More

19th March 2020 News

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 News

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

1st March 2020 News

Snowchange: Training the next generation of ice fishermen

In a new interactive story, Gaia’s Finnish partner organisation the Snowchange Cooperative share their efforts to train young people in Finland’s ancient ice-fishing traditions, as the impacts of climate change… Read More

28th February 2020 Gaia in the press

BBC takes up our ‘Oat Quest’

Gaia’s Wales Seed Sovereignty Coordinator, Katie Hastings, and growers across Wales are on a quest to find small-scale, low-tech ways of processing the rare welsh oat varieties being revived by… Read More

19th February 2020 Gaia in the press

PRESS RELEASE: New report names top British companies responsible for toxic mining legacies

Mining companies are trying to reinvent themselves as the deliverers of clean, green, sustainable minerals and metals needed in the renewable transition. But a new report from London Mining Network,… Read More

18th February 2020 Gaia in the press

In Defence of Life: the story of Cajamarca, Colombia

Deep in the embrace of the Colombian Andes Mountains Earth defenders from Cajamarca have stopped a vast gold mine, re-valued the ‘true treasures’ in their territory and begun to develop… Read More

8th January 2020 News

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

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