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13th November 2017

Rise, Resist, Renew: Alternatives to Mines and Money

Join us in London for a week (25- 30th November) of events and creative actions led by Earth Defenders from around the planet. Together we’ll contest the annual Mines and… Read More

14th October 2017

Winter talks with George Monbiot, Shaun Chamberlin, Peter & Annabelle Macfadyen and Susanna Rustin

“Inside the word “emergency” is “emerge”; from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters”, writes activist-author Rebecca Solnit in her… Read More

12th October 2017

Gaia stands in solidarity with Amah Mutsun’s campaign to protect Place of the Big Head

  Gaia has written a letter of concern in solidarity with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band’s campaign to prevent quarrying in their most sacred site, Juristac, meaning Place of the Big… Read More

11th October 2017

Tree conference invites citizen-led initiatives for Global Reforestation, The Ecologist

The conference brings together world class speakers with leading-edge information about tree science, tree function and global reforestation strategies. Gaia is proud to be a partner of the conference. Article… Read More

10th October 2017

Gaia joins nearly 100 Organisations Condemning UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans

Gaia has joined 96 NGOs condemning the UN’s aviation agency’s plans to use biofuels in planes, a move that will lead to the expansion of palm oil, deforestation and human… Read More

1st June 2017

Gaia takes message of SOLIDARITY from the wild coast of South Africa to the Northumberland coast of the UK. Save Druridge Bay!

Solidarity flowed between UK and South African communities resisting coal mining this week at a rally to reject the Druridge Bay coal mine. If the mine is stopped, it could… Read More

20th April 2017

Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee…how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts

Originally published in The Ecologist. Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write Tero Mustonen from Snowchange and Hannibal Rhoades from The… Read More

13th March 2017

Gaia & the Global Coordinators of Yes to Life, No to Mining meet for the first time in Galicia, Spain

5th October 2016

Coalition of environmental and human rights organizations calls on the Pope to protect environmental defenders

Gaia joins environmental defenders from around the world to ask the pope to take action. VATICAN, 5 OCTOBER 2016 – Out of concern for the increasing violence against environmental defenders,… Read More

14th September 2016

Victory! Historic Measure to Protect Indigenous Sacred Natural Sites and Territories passed in Hawaii

We are delighted to share the news that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has passed a landmark resolution (Motion 26) urging governments and businesses to respect… Read More