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Reviving ritual & building solidarity in Tharaka, Kenya
In this story, Gaia’s long-time partner, Simon Mitambo, describes how the Indigenous Tharakan People of central Kenya are reviving culture and ritual to build their resilience to COVID-19 and other… Read More
The African Earth Jurisprudence Collective: Navigating towards a Resilient Future
A new article, written for the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, explores the emergence of the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective and how this dynamic group of practitioners is helping African Indigenous… Read More
Learning, unlearning and relearning to nurture future African leadership
Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner Simon Mitambo describes the work and success of the Kithino Learning Centre. A school like no other where students are able to reconnect with and learn from… Read More
Interactive Story: Coming back to life in Tharaka, Kenya
“We are turning the tide on the history of loss in our own lands.” In the first instalment in Gaia’s global Stories of Resilience series, our Kenyan colleague Simon Mitambo… Read More
Conscious Lawyer: The Emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa
In this new article published by The Conscious Lawyer Magazine, Gaia’s Carlotta Byrne explores the emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa, Gaia’s role in it, and the deep connections between… Read More
Frontline Food – a new podcast
A new podcast that gives voice to the radical, grassroots stories of our food systems has just been launched – Frontline Food. Through interviews with leading food sovereignty activists, including… Read More
In Photos: Tharakans map their past, present and future
This photo story explores how indigenous Tharakan People from central Kenya are reviving their Earth-centred customary laws, sacred natural sites, indigenous seeds and the life of their territory in climate-changed… Read More
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
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
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
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