Australian Fires
Australia is facing an unprecedented bushfire crisis.
Please donate to the organisations working directly with affected communities and wildlife.
See here for organisations in need of your support.
GreenPrints
GreenPrints focuses on a critical question: how can we create governance and legal systems that help us live within our ecological limits and nurture the Earth community?
RONA2020
In October 2020, the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is hosting Rights of Nature Australia 2020 (RONA2020), a series of connected events that explore and promote the rights of nature to exist, thrive and evolve.
Education
AELA runs conferences, workshops, seminars and training opportunities for people around Australia to achieve the goal of increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth centred law, governance, economics and ethics.
Future Dreaming
Our program ‘Future Dreaming’ aims to offer a space for non-Indigenous and Indigenous people to work together, as equal partners, in a respectful spirit of cross cultural learning and sharing.
Australian Centre for the Rights of Nature
The Australian Centre for the Rights of Nature provides information about the international Rights of Nature movement and to work with communities in Australia, to explore how changing the legal status of nature can help people protect the ecosystems most precious to them.
Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights
The Australian Peoples’ Tribunal (APT) for Community and Nature’s Rights is a permanent civil society institution and unique forum for ecological and social justice in Australia.
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance acknowledges that the sovereignty of the First Nations People of the continent now known as Australia was never ceded by treaty nor in any other way.
AELA acknowledges and respects First Nations Peoples’ laws and ecologically sustainable custodianship of Australia over tens of thousands of years through land and sea management practices that continue today.
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Preview: 2019 Citizens’ Inquiry Report
The 2019 Citizens’ Inquiry into the Health of the Barka / Darling River and Menindee Lakes will be released in early 2020.
A preview of the report–containing the front matter and table of contents only–demonstrates the scope of the report, and is available to view via the following link:
Inspiring Earth Ethics: Linking Values and Action
Earth Ethics Australia – Volume 1
This publication is the first produced by the Australian Earth Laws Alliance’s “Earth Ethics Program”, which offers a space for people to explore ideas and actions that stem from our interconnectedness with, and dependence upon, the living world. Our ethical values are critically important; the way we think about ourselves and understand our world informs the governance systems that guide our societies, so our ethical world view is a critical part of the roots for larger change. Earth ethics orient people towards recognising the interconnected systems of life that we are part of, and in turn help us reflect, make decisions and act in a way that nurtures rather than destroys the living world.
Media Release: First Rights of Nature bill introduced in Australia
Diane Evers, a Member of the Western Australian Parliament, has introduced a Bill to recognise the Rights of Nature and Future Generations. This is the first time that legislation aiming to recognise the rights of nature has been introduced in an Australian Parliament.
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is working with communities and organizations in Australia, to advance the Rights of Nature. AELA assisted with legal and drafting advice for the legislation and congratulates MP Evers for introducing the Bill.
Peace and Stability Dialogue Series
The Peace and Stability Dialogue Series brings Indigenous knowledge and leadership together with non-Indigenous academic research and social change projects, to offer a unique space for dialogue in Australian society.
AELA Earth Arts 2020
In 2020, the Earth Arts Collective will be hosting workshops, talks and discussions, and preparing for our biennial Rights of Nature arts exhibitions and events – RONA2020.
To stay up to date with developments, please sign up to our Earth Arts newsletter and visit our Earth Arts website.
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