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29th January 2014

The Year in Review – Gaia’s 2013 Highlights

2013 was another exciting year for Gaia and our partners. In particular, we built the momentum of two key areas of work – exposing the true story of seed and… Read More

28th January 2014

Severe Oil Contamination Found in the Largest National Reserve in Peru

Last week Peruvian governmental authorities released test results that prove alarming levels of contamination in Peru’s largest national reserve, Pacaya Samiria. The park has been declared a “wetland of international… Read More

15th January 2014

Wake Up Call – Why the Tech Dream is becoming a Nightmare

Today we release Wake Up Call, a short animation unpacking the lifecycle of electronics, the system that drives this, and the impact that our grave modern addiction is having on Earth…. Read More

13th January 2014

Global Rights of Nature Summit and Tribunal in Ecuador

This week (13-17th January) the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature is holding its first international summit on the Rights of Nature in Ecuador. Around 50 Rights of Nature advocates and practitioners… Read More

3rd December 2013

“Women in Mining” event challenged by “Women resisting Mining”

Earlier this month the Gaia team and a number of allies joined forces with the London Mining Network to demonstrate outside the ‘Mines and Money’ conference at the Business Design… Read More

29th November 2013

New Film – Seeds of Sovereignty

As the world’s agriculture and food systems face a crisis of disappearing seed diversity, a new short film offers a compelling insight into the ways in which African farming communities… Read More

18th November 2013

Agriculture unable to adapt due to financial freeze in Warsaw, say developing countries

Press release from the Gaia Foundation. Monday 18 November 2013 [Warsaw, Poland] Adaptation in agriculture cannot happen without financial support, is the bleak message from developing countries at the UN… Read More

26th October 2013

Seed Diversity Key to Weathering the Storms Ahead

Originally featured on the Thomson Reuters website, Gaia’s Teresa Anderson explains why seed diversity is critical for all that lies ahead. If the now-daily incidences of extreme weather events around the… Read More

24th October 2013

News “No Go Areas” for Extractives & Greater Protection for Sacred Natural Sites – the call from WILD10

Gaia was joined by international groups and indigenous leaders at WILD10, the 10th World Wilderness Congress (WWC), in calling for wilderness and conservation areas to be respected as No Go… Read More

18th October 2013

GM agriculture is not the answer to seed diversity – It’s part of the problem

GM agriculture is not the answer to seed diversity – It’s part of the problem We need policies and practices that ensure farmers’ seed-saving knowledge is passed down to future… Read More