WORKSHOP: Earth Jurisprudence and Community Resilience - Learning from Africa

One-week course at Schumacher College to share experiences and learn how, in Africa and through a global alliance, community initiatives are building resilience and drawing out Earth Jurisprudence thinking.

21-25 September.
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WORKSHOP: Connect with Your Wild Side!

Gaia and UKELA (UK Environmental Law Assocation) invite you to a unique outdoor workshop, with inspirational speakers, to develop ideas on the role of Earth Jurisprudence and Wild Law in environmental protection.

25-27 September.
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Landmark Victory for Biowatch against GM crops

Biowatch opposes the spread of genetically modified (GM) crops in South African agriculture. A nine-year legal battle to highlight the health and environmental risks from this technology, involving agro-industry giant Monsanto, is finally resolved.
Download briefing on the case

African NGOs speak out on Global Crisis and Responsibility

The African Biodiversity Network, at a gathering near Mount Kenya, released a Declaration on the devastating impact of the food and financial crises - compounded by the impact of climate change - and their commitment towards healthy and resilient communites and ecosystems.
ABN Mount Kenya Declaration

REPORT: Tracking Biofuels Development in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, tens of thousands of hectares of land are being taken from local communities for the large-scale development of agrofuels (biofuels). A Rapid Assessment of Biofuels Development Status by MELCA Mahiber, includes proceedings from a national workshop supported by Gaia and the African Biodiversity Network.

REPORT: Agrofuels and the threat to "Marginal Lands"

Agrofuels & the Myth of the Marginal Lands - a critical look at proposals for agrofuel crops to be planted on lands that are considered "idle" or "wastelands". These "marginal lands'" are often vital for the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, pastoralists, women and indigenous peoples.

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Gaia Internship

6-month internship, including research and writing on Gaia-Earth systems science and climate change.
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In Memoriam:
Thomas Berry 1914-2009

The Universe is a communion of subjects not a collection of objects.

Theologian, scholar, eminent cultural historian, and a cherished Patron of the Gaia Foundation, Thomas Berry passed away on 1st June. He remains in our hearts, reminding us of the beauty of nature and of our role and responsibilities within the wider Earth community.

Learn more about our work to develop a new Earth Jurisprudence, inspired by Thomas Berry.

Gaia Learning Centre

Learning to live with ecological integrity.

2009 Programme of Gaia workshops and evening talks.

Earth Ethics - abstracts from Gaia Evenings. View all.

Podcasts - audio recordings from Gaia Events. View all.

Earth is Community - DVDs
A set of DVDs celebrating the vision and path of Thomas Berry.

More Ideas

Be informed or inspired, with some of Gaia's international network

Pig Business - shocking exposé of corporate pig farming, by Tracy Worcester, environmental activist and Gaia Trustee - on More 4, Tuesday 30 June, 10pm.

Cosmology of Convergence - with Brian Swimme, Sophia Center Summer Institute, 16-21 July.

Landscapes of the Mind -lectures, workshops and nature, The Eden Project, 25-27 September.

The Challenge for Africa and award-winning documentary Taking Root - about Gaia Associate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai.

Social Edge - for blogs and moving stories from social entrepreneurs, and a recent interview with Martín von Hildebrand, director of Fundación Gaia Amazonas.

Sacred Land Film Project - dedicated to protecting the Earth's sacred places through education and advocacy.