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Froxán: help defend one of Europe’s first legally recognised Commons communities
Nestled in Galicia’s fertile hills, the commons community of Froxán is engaged in a struggle to protect its territory and history from Spanish miner Sacyr’s plans to re-open the San Finx… Read More
The Dark Side of Digitalization: Will Industry 4.0 Create New Raw Materials Demands?
The digitalisation of production and the ‘Internet of Things’, referred to as Industry 4.0 in Europe, is being sold with the promise of ‘clean’ economic growth and resource efficiency in… Read More
Rise, Resist, Renew: Alternatives to Mines and Money
Join us in London for a week (25- 30th November) of events and creative actions led by Earth Defenders from around the planet. Together we’ll contest the annual Mines and… Read More
COP 23: Gaia and allies in action at the 2017 climate conference
From November 6th – 17th, the world’s nations will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 23rd UN climate conference (COP23) to try and increase the global ambition of action on… Read More
Podcast: How the myth of infinite growth and hyperconsumption are destroying Earth
In a new interview with Sputnik Radio Philippe Sibaud, Gaia trustee and author of our Short Circuit and Pandora’s Box reports, discusses how the global mania for electronic gadgets is destroying… Read More
Our Resistance, Our Hope: Unity statement from the International People’s Conference on Mining
At the recent International People’s Conference on Mining in Manila, Philippines, The Gaia Foundation and our Ghanaian partner CIKOD united with members of communities resisting mining, social movements, NGOs, academics,… Read More
We raise our voices on the Global Day Against Mega Mining
Every year on July 22nd groups and communities unite to demonstrate on the Global Day Against Mega Mining. Showing our support and solidarity, Gaia joined and supported actions happening planet-wide… Read More
Africa-UK Civil Society Send Strong Message to the Mining on Top Africa: London Summit
Today civil society groups from Africa and their allies in the UK submitted a powerful open letter to the organisers and delegates of the Mining on Top Africa: London Summit… Read More
African civil society speaks out against Chatham House conference on extractives in Africa
Earlier this week, as speakers and participants gathered at Chatham House in central London for a two-day conference entitled ‘Extractive Industries in Africa’, civil society from across Africa and beyond… Read More
Yaigojé Apaporis – traditional knowledge at the heart of protecting the Colombian Amazon
We are delighted to share a NEW SHORT FILM – Yaigoje Apaporis – produced by Gaia in collaboration with our partner Gaia Amazonas. The film documents the efforts of indigenous communities in Colombia’s Yaigoije Apaporis… Read More
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