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15th January 2014

Wake Up Call – Why the Tech Dream is becoming a Nightmare

Today we release Wake Up Call, a short animation unpacking the lifecycle of electronics, the system that drives this, and the impact that our grave modern addiction is having on Earth…. Read More

3rd December 2013

“Women in Mining” event challenged by “Women resisting Mining”

Earlier this month the Gaia team and a number of allies joined forces with the London Mining Network to demonstrate outside the ‘Mines and Money’ conference at the Business Design… Read More

28th February 2013

Precedent setting Rights of Nature case in Ecuador

Gaia and the African Biodiversity Network call on Judge in Ecuadorian court case to protect the Rights of Nature. Show your solidarity with the communities and organisations who are filing… Read More

26th February 2013

Colombia: ‘The impacts of mining are going to cost us’ says Robert Moran

La Colosa mine, Cajamarca, Colombia. Robert Moran talks to El Tiempo about no go areas for open pit mining, the long-term impacts on water, and the importance of regulation and accountability by… Read More

29th February 2012

Launch of the Pandora’s Box Report

Opening Pandora’s Box – A New Wave of Land Grabbing for the Extractive Industries and The Devastating Impact on Earth was launched in Westminster on Wednesday 29th February. The much anticipated… Read More

15th December 2011

Silent Protest against CoAL

Yesterday in Central London, Gaia joined a silent protest which took place outside the General Meeting of Shareholders of Australian mining company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL). The protest was… Read More

13th December 2011

CoAL out of Africa!

Civil society groups demand global corporations reconsider investment in Coal of Africa mining project, South Africa. Today, civil society groups and community members from the Limpopo Province of South Africa… Read More