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A Legacy Imbued in the Seed © Andy Pilsbury
4th October 2022

A Legacy Imbued in the Seed

A new film from The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty series celebrates The Leakey Bean Collection. This is a story of seed as a source of connection to the plants and… Read More

Beanfeast gathering for the northern network of The Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty Programme © Kev Howard
30th September 2022

Beanfeast: The Best Bits

In September the Seed Sovereignty Programme‘s northern network held a Beanfeast. Communities would, traditionally, band together during harvest season for intense work as well as celebration: bringing in crops, saving… 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

31st January 2022

Seed Week 5: our highlights

In this blog we cast our eyes back over our fifth annual Seed Week and share our top 5 highlights – from a beguiling new film to the launch of… Read More

26th January 2022

Media Release: London’s seed savers mount a quiet revolution

Londoners are rising to the challenges of climate change, food poverty, entrenched inequality and our nation’s mental and physical health crises by reviving one of the oldest human activities of… Read More

26th January 2022

A Quiet Revolution: interactive story

Across the UK and Ireland, a quiet revolution is underway. It’s sprouting where you might least expect it. In old baths and window boxes. In reclaimed parking lots and allotment… Read More

24th January 2022

Support the Seed Packet Pledge

By donating £2.50 per month – that’s the average price of a packet of seeds! – you can help sow the Seed Revolution, supporting Gaia’s Seed Sovereignty UK and Ireland Programme…. Read More

20th January 2022

What’s coming up for Seed Week 2022

Our 5th annual Seed Week is almost upon us, and it would be fair to say we have a cornucopia of seed goodness in store for you over the next… Read More

18th November 2021

Cornucopia: gathering seeds of hope post-COP26

As the nights draw in here in the northern hemisphere we have a bumper bundle of news to share with you- a cornucopia of ideas, stories and films to lift… Read More

3rd November 2021

Climate Justice Now: Gaia at COP26

The eyes of the world are on the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. We are all looking for signs of hope. But not everyone is looking in the same place. For… Read More