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Short talk by Davi Yanomami
Progress can Kill: A short talk by Davi Yanomani, a Yanomani Indian leader and shaman from the Brazilian Amazon and a winner of the UN Global 500 Award. More information available from http://www.survival-international.org/campaigns/progresscankill
Biofuel Hoax in India: Jatropha and Land Grab
Across the world agrofuels have however started to generate intense controversy by leading to land conflicts and rise in food prices. Read Navdanya's press release.
Chimoré, Cochabamba Declaration
The Cochabamba Declaration calls on states: to make food sovereignty the basis of national sovereignty where culture and place are respected and production and consumption are in balance; to reject plans for biofuel development that represent a risk to fo
Wilderswil Declaration on Livestock Diversity
The Wilderswil Declaration on Livestock Diversity was presented by pastoralists, indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and NGOs. It highlights civil society commitment to organizing themselves in order to defend livestock diversity, not as a matter of g
Big Food Companies Accused of Risking Climate Catastrophe
Many of the largest food and fuel companies risk climate change disaster by driving the demand for palm oil and biofuels grown on the world's greatest peat deposit.
GM Maize in Colombia (Spanish only)
A report by Grupo Semillas in Colombia on how government approval of growing GM maize is a threat to biodiversity and food soveriegnty.
Small scale sustainable farmers are cooling down the earth
Via Campesina Background Paper on Global Warming: a look at the role of small scale farming methods and local food consumption in restoring the ecosystems of the earth.
Melaku: A Defender of Africa's Farmers
Newspaper articles in Black Star News on Dr. Malaku Worede, one of Africa's pioneers in the conservation of native seed and his remarkable work in restoring food security in Ethiopia.
UNEP Champion of the Earth - Tewolde Gebre Egziabher
Statement on being awarded the 2006 UNEP "Champion of the Earth" - by Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher.
Colombia’s Forestry Law
How a controversial forestry bill is putting forests into the hands of commercial interests. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian populations in Colombia are joined by the environmental movement in an attempt to block the Government’s new Forestry Law.
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Gaia Learning Centre
2008 Programme of
Events.
A range of workshops and evenings,
to inspire and strengthen our relationship with the natural world and influence
the choices we make in our daily lives.
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Wild Law Workshop - 26-28 September
- with the Environmental Law Foundation and the UK Environmental Law Association.
Earth Ethics Series
Summaries from recent Gaia Evenings.
Zero Carbon
Britain - by Peter Harper
Restoring the Mythological
Paradigm - by Jules Cashford
The Colombian Amazon: An Indigenous Peoples' Journey - by Dr. Martín von Hildebrand
Changing America's
Environmental Laws - by Andrew Kimbrell.
Science's
Changing Myth - by Prof. Brian Goodwin.
Countdown:
Life on a Hotter Planet - by Mark Lynas.
A New
Relationship with the Living Earth - by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.
Get Involved
Other events and links to inspire you:
The Age of Stupid
- the unmissable new climate change documentary for the big screen. Documentary
footage, drama and cutting-edge animation asks "Why didn't we stop climate
change when we had the chance?"
Earth
is Community - DVDs
For anyone who was not able to make our Earth is Community event, celebrating
the vision and path of Thomas Berry. A set of DVDs with the main presentations,
now available.
Earth Community Network
Schumacher College and Bija
Vidyapeeth offer residential courses on Earth democracy and sustainable
living. Visit the Earth Community
Network for more opportunities in experiential learning - in Brazil, Kenya,
India, UK.