This living library holds some of the materials on Earth Jurisprudence/Earth Law, and interrelated knowledge systems including Laws of Origin, Wild Law, Community Ecological Governance, Gaia Science and Resilience, and Future Generations.

Thank you to all those contributing to the revival and practice of Earth Jurisprudence/Earth Law for sharing your wisdom and work.

Please do contact the Gaia Foundation to recommend additional materials for this Living Library.

Earth Jurisprudence

*Berry, T. The Dream of the Earth, Sierra Club, 1988.

*Berry, T. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, Three Rivers Press, 2000.

*Berry, T., Evening Thoughts Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community, (Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2006).

Bell, M., Thomas Berry and an Earth Jurisprudence, 2002.

Bell, M., Why we need an Earth Jurisprudence system in the comox valley, a Presentation to the Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship, February 15, 2009.

Berry, T. (2003) Every Being Has Rights (23rd Annual Schumacher Lecture).

Berry, T. The Universe Story, HarperOne, 1994.

Burdon, Peter, 'Wild Law: The philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence' 35/2 Alternative Law Journal (2010).

Cashford, J., Dedication to Thomas Berry, in Peter Burdon (ed) Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011).

Centre for Earth Jurisprudence, Groundswell, Spring 2010 vol 3(1).

Cullinan, C., 'A History of Wild Law' in in Peter Burdon (ed) Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011).

Gaia Foundation, Earth Ethics Series, edited by Stephen Frank, 2007-2009.

Goodwin, B., How the Leopard Changed its Spots: Evolution of Complexity, Pheonix, 1997.

Goodwin, B., Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture, Floris Books, 2007.

Greene, H., 'How We Get to an Ecozoic Society: Ecological Imagination/Common Sense', Center for Ecozoic Studies (2007).

Harding S., 'Earthly Rights', The Guardian (London 3 April 2007).

Higgins, P., 'Towards a Garden of Eden' in Peter Burdon (ed) Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence, (Wakefield Press, 2011).

Hosken, L., 'Reflections on an Intercultural Journey Into Earth Jurisprudence' in Peter Burdon (ed) Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011).

Koons, J., 'Earth Jurisprudence: The Future of Law and The Planet', The Young Lawyer (July 2008).

Leopold, A., A Sand County Almanac with Essays on Conservation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Mason, I., 'Earth Jurisprudence', 247 Resurgence, March/April 2008, 26-27.

Mason, I., 'One In All: Principles and Characteristics of Earth Jurisprudence' in in Peter Burdon (ed) Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press, 2011).

Munson, M. and Schaab, G. 'The Intrinsic Value of Nature', Resonances: Soundings from Law and Theology, Toward an Earth-Centered Jurisprudence, 2009.

Naess, A., 'The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement', 1/4 Inquiry 16 95 (1973).

Resurgence, 'Earth Democracy and Earth Justice', (214, September/October, 2002).

Shiva, V., Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace (London: Zed Books Ltd, 2005).

Shiva, V., Earth Democracy Living Democracy, Resurgence Magazine, (No. 222, 2004)

Siemen, P. (2009) 'Earth Jurisprudence: Nexus of Law and Earth Literacy'.

Stone C. D., Should Trees Have Standing? And Other Essays on Law, Morals and the Environment (New York, Oceana Publications, 1996).

Swimme, Brian. The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story, Bear & Company, 1987.

Tucker, M. E., 'Thomas Berry and the New Story: An Introduction to the Work of Thomas Berry', (2009).

Webb, C., 'The Mystique of the Earth: The Vision of Thomas Berry for an Earth Democracy', 59 Caduceus Magazine (April 2003).

Multimedia

Andrew Kimbrell, Nature's Law: Reinventing Environmental Jurisprudence (18 September 2007).

Centre for Earth Jurisprudence and Barry Law Review Symposium, 'Framing An Earth Jurisprudence For a Planet in Peril' (29 February 2008).

Earth Jurisprudence in the African Context, with Ng'ang'a Thiong'o (24 September 2007).

Earth Jurisprudence on Wikipedia.

Gaia Evening on Earth Ethics and Governance featuring Pat Siemen, Ng'ang'a Thiong'o, Jorge Ishizawa, Gurdial Singh Nijar, Carlos Mares and Silvia Gomez, 2 October 2009.

Ian Mason, The Principles of Earth Jurisprudence (24 September 2008).

Short interviews on Earth Jurisprudence, Schumacher College (Featuring Mphathelini Makaulule, Roger Chennels, Richard Grossman and Mike Bell) (September 2009).

Thomas Berry, Earth is Community, DVD, Conference organised by Gaia Foundation and Green Spirit Books, September 2007.

Laws of Origin

Almashev, C., 'Cultural Crossroads', 255 Resurgence (July/August 2009).

Berry, T. and Swimme B., The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era - a Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1994).

Campbell, C., 'Creation Story', 255 Resurgence (July/August 2009).

Cashford, J., Gaia - From Story of Origin to Universe Story, Gaia Foundation (2011).

Cashford, J., The Moon: Myth and Image, Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.

Cashford, J., and Baring, A., The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image, Penguin, 1993.

Gomez, S. and Ortiz, N.,'Laws of Origin', 255 Resurgence (July/August 2009).

Goodwin, B. (2007) Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture, Floris Books.

Gunn, A., & Thornton, C., Gaia report on 'Sacred Sites: An Overview' (2007).

Hosken, L., 'The Language of Nature', 247 Resurgence 24 (March-April 2008).

Hosken, L., 'Potent Places', 255 Resurgence (July/August 2009).

Lutzenberger, L., 'Closer to the Sky', 255 Resurgence (July/August 2009).

Maldonado, J. M., 'Law of the Mother', 250 Resurgence (September/October 2008).

Narby, J., Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, Phoenix, 1999.

Reichel-Dolmatoff, G., The Forest within: World-view of the Tukano Amazonian Indians, Themis Books, 1996.

Verschuuren, B., Wild, R., McNeely J. and Oviedo G. (eds.), 'Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture', Earthscan (2010).

Multimedia

Saving Sacred Lands: on US Radio show A World of Possibilities. Featuring interviews with Gathuru Mburu, Silvia Gomez, Liz Hosken and Toby McLeod about sacred sites and local communities/guardians of these sites at the International Conference of Ethnobiology in Tofino 2010.

Earth Law Principles

See Guiding Principles for more information and attachments.

Wild Law

Wild Law is the implementation of Earth Law principles in law.

*Cullinan, C., Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice, (Green Books, Totnes, 2002). The 2nd edition (2011) includes a new preface, postscript and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth 2010.

Barlow M., Bassey N., Biggs S., Cullinan C., Galleano E, Goldtooth T., Shiva V., Tutu D., The Rights of Nature: The case for a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth (2011).

Boyle, S., 'On Thin Ice', The Guardian, Wednesday November 8, 2006.

Brenan, T., 'Wild Law: Recognising the Rights of Nature', Permaculture, 2011.

Burdon, P., 'The Rights of Nature: Reconsidered', 49 Australian Humanities Review 69 (2010).

Burdon, Peter D. 'Towards an Earth-friendly legal system' June 29, 2009.

Council of Canadians, Fundacion Pachamama and Global Alliance, 'Does Nature Have Rights: Transforming Grassroots Organizing to Protect the People and the Planet' 2010.

Cullinan, C. 'Taking Climate Change Seriously' 20 ELM 2008, 58-63.

Cullinan, C., 'Wild Law and the Challenge of Climate Change', 37 Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture 116 (2007).

Cullinan, C. and Oroza, Pablo, 'We Must Support a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth', The Huffington Post, 29 December 2009.

Davies, Ben. 'Does it make sense for the law to confer rights on the environment', 23 ELM 2011, 122-127.

Environmental Law & Management (ELM) special issues: 20 ELM 2008, March- April 2007 and 18 ELM 2006.

Ferracioli, C., 'Reassessing Nature's Role in International Environmental Law: A Case for Weak-Ecocentrism', Masters dissertation, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Faculty of Law (2010).

Filgueira, B., and Mason, I. 'Wild Law: Is Earth Jurisprudence a practical philosophy of law?' 21(5) ELM 2009, 260-269.

Filguera, B. and Mason, I., 'Wild Side of the Law', The Guardian 4^th May 2009.

Gaia Foundation and UKELA international research report: "Wild law: Is there any evidence of Earth Jurisprudence in existing law and practice?"

Guth, J., 'Law for the Ecological Age', 9 Vermont Journal Of Environmental Law 431 (2008).

Higgins, P., Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Stop the Destruction of the Planet, Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, 2010. (Winner of the Peoples' Book Prize 2011).

Kimbrell, A., 'Halting the Global Meltdown, can Environmental Law play a role?' 20 ELM 2008, 64-70.

Mason, I. 'Earth, Rights and insects: an holistic approach to environmental law', 19 ELM 2007.

Mason, I. Straws in the wind of legal revolution, The Environmentalist, Issue 83, 7 September 2009.

Munson, M., Legal Expression of Indigenous Peoples' Worldviews: An Analysis of the Proposed Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth, IUCN Policy Matters 66 (2010).

Presentations from Australian Earth Jurisprudence Conferences 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Rivers, Liz., 'Creative Regulation: How Wild Law Can Rehabilitate Governance and Regulation' (2007) 19 ELM 84-86.

Rivers, L., 'How to be a Wild Lawyer', Environmental Law & Management, issue 18 (2006).

Rivers, L. 'Wild Law Spreads like Wildfire!' Report on first Australian Earth Jurisprudence Conference, 2009

Southern Cross University Law Review's 2011 Special Edition on Earth Jurisprudence.

Strickland, M., 'Fighting for Earth Justice: The First Wild Law Mock Trial', 20 ELM 2008, 76-80.

Stutzin, G., 'Nature's Rights', 210 Resurgence (2002).

Submissions to the United Nations' Rio +20 Summit calling for Earth-centred governance by the Alliance for Future Generations, Earth Law Centre, Global Alliance for Rights of Nature, Wild Law UK, Planetary Boundaries Initiative.

Multimedia

Andrew Kimbrell, Natural Law: An Interview (24 September 2007).

BBC Radio 4 Law in Action. Exploration of the rights of ecosystems.

BBC Radio 4's Unreliable Evidence programme, 27th May 2009. A debate on Wild Law and climate change.

Cormac Cullinan, Wild Law A Manifesto for Earth Justice (14 April 2004).

Costing the Earth- Can Lawyers Save the World. Interviews including Gaia Foundation, Climate 9 and Polly Higgins.

Ecocide mock trial in UK Supreme Court, organised by Polly Higgins and Hamilton Group. See trailer and film.

Nnimmo Bassey, 'Justice for the Earth Community: Defending the Rights of Nature and Holding Corporations to Account', short film at Gaia Foundation, September 2011.

Nnimmo Bassey, 'Justice for the Earth Community: Defending the Rights of Nature and Holding Corporations to Account', podcast, September 2011.

Resonance FM 104.4 - Deep Fried Planet. Interviews including with Climate 9 and Gaia Foundation about climate change, direct action and Earth Jurisprudence.

Trees Have Rights Too. Global social movement for a Universal Declaration on Planetary Rights.

Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth - a short film.

Wild Frontiers. Online community forum set up by Comac Cullinan to share wisdom and experience on Wild Law.

Wild Law Facebook group.

Gaia Science and Resilience

Armitage, D., F.Berkes and N.Doubleday, Adaptive Co-Management: Collaboration, Learning and Multi-Level Governance (UBC Press: Vancouver, 2007).

Carson, R., Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 1962).

Chapin, F.S., Kofinas, G.P. and C.Folke, Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World (Springer: New York, 2009).

Cork, S. (ed.) (on behalf of Australia21) Resilience and Transformation (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne, 2010).

Edwards, C., Resilient Nation, (Demos, 2009).

Goodwin, B., 'Gaian Renaissance', 247 Resurgence 30 (March/April 2008).

Goodwin, B., 'Resilience', 250 Resurgence (September/October 2008).

Gunderson, L.H. and C.S. Holling, Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems (Island Press: Washington, 2002).

Harding, Stephan. Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia, Green Books, 2009.

Lovelock, J., Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979).

Lovelock, J., Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine (London, GAIA Books, 1991).

Lovelock, J., The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back - and How We Can Still Save Humanity (Santa Barbara, CA: Allen Lane 2006).

Meadows, D.H., Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, 2008).

Norberg, J., Wilson, J., Walker, B., Ostrom, E., 'Diversity and resilience of social-ecological systems', in Norberg, J. & Cummings, G. (eds.) Complexity theory for a sustainable future (Columbia University press: New York, 2008).

Roderick, P., The Feasibility of Environmental Limits Legislation, A discussion paper for WWF-UK, 2001 . Note also the Declaration on Planetary Boundaries.

Walker, B. and Salt, D., Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World (Island Press, Washington, 2006).

Multimedia

Stephan Harding, Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia (6 December 2006).

Community Ecological Governance

Bell, M., 'What We Have Learned From Our Elders', (Toward the Development of the Nunavut Economic Strategy). A Discussion Paper (2003).

Berry, T., 'The Creative Role of Elders in the Human Community', 1/3 Second Journey 1 (2001).

Damtie, M., 'Practicing Wild Law: The Ethiopian Experience', September 2008.

Hopkins, R., The Transition Town Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience (Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008).

Mahiber, M., 'Communal Forest Ownership: An Option to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Ethiopia?', Proceeding of a workshop held at Chilimo Forest and Ghion Hotel (25-27 November 2008).

NEF, The Great Transition: A Tale of How It Turned Out Right (London, 19 October 2009).

Ng'ang'a, Thiong'o, 'Earth Jurisprudence - making the law work for Nature: EJ in an African context', presentation transcript at Schumacher College course, September 2008.

Thuku, K. 'The Sacred Footprint, A Story of the Karima Sacred Forest', 2008.

Multimedia

ABN, CEG Global Alliance and Gaia Foundation, Changing the Ethics of Our Governance Systems From the Ground Up - Experiences from Africa, Asia and the Americas (2 October 2009).

Colin Campbell, African Lore and Climate Resilience (24 April 2009).

Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, 'Democracy Matters'.

Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis and Yolngu tribe, 'Our Generation' trailer.

Future Generations

Brand, S., The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility - The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer, (Basic Books, 2000)

Crompton, T., Common Cause: A Case for Working with our Cultural Values, (WWF, 2010)

Griffith, J., Pip-Pip: A Sideways Look at Time, (Flamingo, 2000)

Ipsos MORI opinion poll on the British public in November 2011, commissioned by the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development and Intergenerational Foundation, found a majority of people placed the needs of future generations of all people living on Earth above future generations of their own family, and over a fifth of people place the needs of future generations of all "plants and animals living on Earth" first.

Roderick P., 'Taking the Long View: UK Governance Options for a Finite Planet' (2010).

The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, 'Models for Protecting the Environment for Future Generations', Science and Environmental Health Network (October 2008).

Ward, H., 'Learning from the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations' UKELA's Electronic Journal, E-law, (November 2009).

Multimedia

Gaia Evening in collaboration with Alliance for Future Generations, 'Our Legacy, Our Future: UK Governance Options for a Finite Planet', with Peter Roderick, Halina Ward, Dr Janos Zlinszky and Philippe Sands QC, June 2011 - a short film.

Ministry for Future Generations.

See Earth Law Network to connect with organisations and communities promoting and practising Earth Jurisprudence/ Earth Law.

A New Relationship with the Living Earth, Summary from a Gaia Evening talk by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. [Earth Ethics - Issue 3, 2007].

Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture. Enjoy an audio recording from this Gaia Evening with Brian