News & Press

21st November 2017 News

Press Release: Frontline defenders travel to London to counter Mines and Money conference between 25-30 November

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 21/11/17.  London Mining Network, War on Want, The Gaia Foundation.  From the mining frontline, human rights defenders from Uganda, Philippines and Colombia are gathering in London… Read More

17th November 2017 News

The Dark Side of Digitalization: Will Industry 4.0 Create New Raw Materials Demands?

The digitalisation of production and the ‘Internet of Things’, referred to as Industry 4.0 in Europe, is being sold with the promise of ‘clean’ economic growth and resource efficiency in… Read More

13th November 2017 News

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

31st October 2017 News

COP 23: Gaia and allies in action at the 2017 climate conference

From November 6th – 17th, the world’s nations will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 23rd UN climate conference (COP23) to try and increase the global ambition of action on… Read More

16th October 2017 News

On ‘Food Sovereignty Day’ La Via Campesina launches publication that calls for a massive change in the current agro-food systems

Harare, 16th October 2017: Today, on the International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and against Transnational corporations, La Via Campesina officially launches its new publication “Struggles of La… Read More

14th October 2017 News

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 News

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 News

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 News

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

9th October 2017 News

Revive, Decolonise, Transform: Meet Africa’s First Earth Jurisprudence Graduates

At a colourful ceremony blessed by elders from the Kikuyu, Maasai and Tharaka Tribes, Africa’s first ever group of Earth Jurisprudence (EJ) practitioners graduated this July. Comprised of lawyers, educators,… Read More

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