BBC takes up our ‘Oat Quest’
Gaia’s Wales Seed Sovereignty Coordinator, Katie Hastings, and growers across Wales are on a quest to find small-scale, low-tech ways of processing the rare welsh oat varieties being revived by… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New report names top British companies responsible for toxic mining legacies
Mining companies are trying to reinvent themselves as the deliverers of clean, green, sustainable minerals and metals needed in the renewable transition. But a new report from London Mining Network,… Read More
In Defence of Life: the story of Cajamarca, Colombia
Deep in the embrace of the Colombian Andes Mountains Earth defenders from Cajamarca have stopped a vast gold mine, re-valued the ‘true treasures’ in their territory and begun to develop… Read More
Documentary: The Finnish village restoring climate-critical ecosystems
“Humans will only succeed by pulling together.” In a new 12-minute mini-documentary from BBC Newsnight, Tero Mustonen, from Gaia partner organisation the Snowchange Cooperative, shares how Finnish villagers from Selkie… Read More
Our Rare Welsh Oats: reviving heritage grain in Wales
Originally published by The A Team Foundation By Katie Hastings, Seed Sovereignty Programme Regional Coordinator for Wales at the Gaia Foundation. On a sharp day on the cliffs of the… Read More
Chico Mendes Vive!
The 22nd of December marks 31 years since the assassination of Chico Mendes, the Amazonian rubber tapper who was killed for his tireless work to defend the rainforest that was his home,… Read More
Rewilding Finland after mining
Originally published by REDweb and The Ecologist, this story from Gaia’s Finnish partner organisation the Snowchange Cooperative explores how the community of Selkie is leading the restoration of rivers, lakes… Read More
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
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
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