News & Press

11th April 2019 News

Reviving Eco-Literacy: Gaia celebrates Mother Earth Day

“Our relationship with the Earth involves something more than pragmatic use, academic understanding, or aesthetic appreciation. A truly human intimacy with the earth and with the entire natural world is… Read More

5th April 2019 News

It’s time to go ‘Beyond Extractivism’

New UN research has revealed that resource extraction is responsible for 80% of biodiversity loss and 50% of the world’s carbon emissions. Here, in a short article written for Friends… Read More

3rd April 2019 News

Red en Defensa del Maíz – Network in Defense of Maize – Takes Place in Mexico

Gaia’s Tom Takezoe writes from the National Assembly for the Red en Defensa del Maíz (Network in Defense of Maize), held in Campeche, Mexico, March 21st – 24th   Crammed… Read More

2nd April 2019 News

Rights of Nature gain ground in Uganda’s Legal System

In an exciting new precedent, Nature’s fundamental rights to be, to habitat, to evolve and regenerate are now formally recognised in Uganda’s new National Environmental Act (2019)! This huge achievement… Read More

2nd April 2019 News

Join the Gaia team as our Earth Jurisprudence Coordinator!

We’re pleased to announce a new vacancy within our small, dedicated team. Gaia has been at the forefront of the Earth Jurisprudence movement for over two decades, accompanied by the… Read More

22nd March 2019 News

‘Water is Life’ Toolkit- New online platform to support water defenders resisting mining

Media Release. 22/03/2019 – World Water Day 2019   “You cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land.” – Lynn Noel. On World Water Day 2019,… Read More

18th March 2019 News

We’re Celebrating Seed Week 18 – 22 March

From Monday 18th March, small-scale seed producers across the UK and Ireland will be celebrating Seed Week to raise awareness of the benefits of buying locally grown and adapted, organic seed. Seed… Read More

13th March 2019 News

Time, Space and Mining

We find ourselves living in a time of complex, multi-dimensional crises. These are moving fast and slow. Their effects are intensely localised but are global in scope. They challenge all… Read More

7th March 2019 News

Liz Hosken: Becoming ecocentric

On International Women’s Day 2019, read this a new article written for Ecological Citizen Journal by Gaia’s founding Director Liz Hosken. In it Liz discusses her youth in South Africa,… Read More

12th February 2019 News

What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

This new article from Eye on the Arctic explores how a Skolt Saami-led project in Arctic Finland, supported by out partners the Snowchange Cooperative, is bringing together science and indigenous… Read More

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