It’s Seed Week!
Seeds lie at the heart of our food systems and much of life on Earth. If we want to enjoy nutritious, healthy food for all in a climate-changed world, we… Read More
APPLY NOW: Finance and Administration Assistant
Gaia is looking for a new Finance and Administration Assistant to join our small team from January 2020. Initially on a 12-month fixed term maternity cover, with the potential for a permanent… Read More
Water is Life: African Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners share their stories in webinar
In late September, three graduates from Gaia’s trainings for African Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners participated in a webinar on the theme ‘Water is Life’, hosted by the Global Alliance for the… Read More
In Photos: Tharakans map their past, present and future
This photo story explores how indigenous Tharakan People from central Kenya are reviving their Earth-centred customary laws, sacred natural sites, indigenous seeds and the life of their territory in climate-changed… Read More
We Adapt, We Restore, We Survive: Reviving Tahltan knowledge, governance and territory
Originally published by Gaia’s Finnish partners The Snowchange Cooperative, this article announces the launch of a new multimedia exploration of the Tahltan First Nation’s efforts to revive culture and nature… Read More
Zimbabwe: Bringing Bikita’s seed diversity to Harare’s Good Food Festival
Accompanied by our partners EarthLore, small-scale farmers in Bikita, Zimbabwe, are reviving their seed diversity and traditional technology. They are building their food sovereignty and resilience to the drought-and-flood cycles… Read More
Flourishing Diversity Series: a Celebration of Indigenous Wisdom in the Heart of London
Originally published by the ICCA Consortium. By Carlotta Byrne, Earth Jurisprudence Programme Coordinator at the Gaia Foundation, Member of ICCA Consortium. From 7-11th September, representatives from seventeen Indigenous wisdom traditions converged in… Read More
A Just Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition: Learning from frontline communities
All around our living planet communities are standing on the frontlines of pitched battles to protect sacred lands and waters from destruction by the mining industry- the most deadly* source… Read More
Yes to Life, No to Mining launches new ‘Emblematic Cases’ from frontline communities
A new collection of interactive case studies from the Yes to Life, No to Mining Network shares the stories of communities resisting mining, restoring damaged ecosystems and protecting and developing… Read More
Flourishing Diversity: learn from Indigenous Knowledge Holders
The Flourishing Diversity Series invites you to a unique opportunity to listen, dialogue, and participate with Indigenous leaders from across the world. Wisdom traditions hold many of the answers to… Read More
We live in a time of multiple, complex crises. There are no easy answers. Working to uphold the health and diversity of our living planet is always rewarding, but we think you’ll agree it can sometimes feel like swimming against the stream. And yet like salmon we leap, and more often than you might expect, we make it. We invite you to make the next leap with us by making a donation of any size. Thank you for your solidarity.