- Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA)
- Co-Founder and Director, Future Dreaming Australia
- Co-Founder and Director, New Economy Network Australia (NENA)
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Law Futures Centre, Griffith University
- Associate, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER)
- Member, Blue Mountains Planetary Health Advisory Committee
Other Affiliations
- Coordinating Hub, Regenerative Songlines Australia
- Steering Group, International Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA)
- Advisory Council, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)
- Steering Group, Global Ecocentric Network for Implementing Eco-Democracy (GENIE)
- Board of Management, RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Social Solidarity Economy)
- Members Group, Wellbeing Economy Alliance (We-All)
- Member, Taskforce on Earth System Law
- Member, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
- Member, UN Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network
- Former Executive Committee Member, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) 2012-2020
- Former Chairperson, Environmental Defenders Office Queensland (EDO Qld) 2013-2017
SUMMARY OF MICHELLE'S BACKGROUND
Michelle is an Earth-centred human with a passionate love of the living world. A descendant of Irish people who were part of the colonisation of the continent of Australia, Michelle grew up in a little country town in outback Queensland, obtained a western education in law, politics and governance and then embarked on a life-long journey of learning, unlearning and decolonising much of the knowledge she learned at school and university. All of Michelle's work is focussed on creating systems change, in order to shift industrialised societies towards an Earth centred culture and governance system.
Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and History) and Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University and a PhD in Law from Griffith University. She has more than 30 years experience designing and managing climate change, sustainability and ecocentric projects in Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and the USA. This includes working in solidarity with Indigenous colleagues in Central Queensland, South East Queensland and many other regions, on a range of community building, sustainability and cultural heritage projects.
Michelle met and fell in love with Earth jurisprudence and Earth Laws in 2009 and since 2011 has been working to promote the understanding and practical implementation of Earth centred governance in Australia, through her work with AELA. Michelle's system change work connects with law, economics, ethics, education, the arts, fostering cross-cultural understanding and decolonising knowledge systems.
Michelle is a lively, entertaining and informative public speaker and enjoys connecting with people through her public speaking, workshops and other events.
MICHELLE'S WORK WITH AELA AND OUR SISTER ORGANISATIONS
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is Michelle's primary platform for working across a range of multi-disciplinary projects and networks.
As Co-Founder and National Convenor of AELA, Michelle manages the strategic direction and governance of the organisation, including the extensive partnerships and networks that AELA has with legal, Indigenous, academic and environmental advocacy communities. Michelle manages and facilitates events, including community workshops, conferences, webinars and the Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights (the APT), and coordinates the work of more than 25 fantastic multi-disciplinary professional volunteers and student interns around Australia. Michelle also leads a range of community education and support initiatives carried out by AELA's Australian Earth Laws Centre.
Michelle also works with a range of Indigenous colleagues and partner organisations, to assist connections between Western lawyers/western education, with Indigenous law and knowledge holders, and to support cross-cultural understanding and the decolonisation of western knowledge and practices in Australia.
Michelle's work includes:
- acting as a co-manager of AELA's sister organisation Future Dreaming
- supporting the coordination of Regenerative Songlines Australia, following the leadership of Indigenous Elders and leaders, and other regenerative practitioners
- coordinating the work of the New Economy Network Australia , in collaboration with other Directors, Hub Coordinators, members and networks
- participating in a range of international and national groups and networks (listed above, in 'other affiliations')
CURRENT RESEARCH
Michelle is passionate about researching and disseminating information about how we can create legal and governance structures to help us live within our ecological limits and nurture the living world. She has edited three books and written numerous articles, chapters, blogs and opinion pieces about Earth centred governance.
Michelle is currently working on:
- "Future Law: How Indigenous First Laws, the Relationist Ethos and Ecological Governance can be a foundation for our future", which is a book being co-authored with Adjunct Associate Professor Mary Graham, University of Queensland & Kombumerri person. The book will be available in 2022.
- Writing a book for Edward Elgar Publishing, titled "Critical Reflections on the Rights of Nature", due out in early 2022.
- A Handbook for Bioregional Governance, as part of AELA's 'Greenprints' project, which will be available in late 2021.
PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS
Please click on the links below, to read about Michelle's publications, conference papers, media interviews, podcasts and public speaking events.
- Teaching
- Current Research
- Recent Podcasts and Interviews
- Publications
- Media
- Public Lectures and Talks
- Speaker - Conferences, Webinars & Panel Discussions
- Selected Greenprints Workshops and Training Events
- Selected AELA Workshops
- Conference/Symposia Organisation
- Collaborative Arts Events
Michelle is committed to education that enables people to care about life on Earth, and create Earth centred governance systems. Michelle has been creating and hosting community education workshops for AELA since 2012. In 2015 she taught Earth jurisprudence for a semester at the Center for Earth Jurisprudence, at Barry University, Florida USA.
Michelle created Australia's first university level course on Earth laws, which was taught at Griffith University Law School in Brisbane, in December 2016. Michelle now teaches the subject as an annual, one week intensive at Griffith Law School. Michelle introduced Earth laws and Earth centred governance lectures and workshops into Queensland high schools in 2018, and now gives guest lectures and workshops in a number of high schools on a regular basis.
Courses and Teaching in 2021
- "Earth Centred Futures" - 8 week AELA course, July-August 2021. Please visit our AELA Education webpage for more details.
- UNSW Masters Course – Guest Lecturer 4 June & 13 August 2021
- Kids in Action - Michelle will be running workshops for primary school children as part of the highly successful 'Kids in Action' program sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Council
- Michelle will be teaching into a range of courses run by AELA Partner Organisations - including Wild Mountain, Koalas on the Green and several other partner organisations.
- Michelle created and facilitated the New Economy Network Australia's (NENA) first short course on the new economy: "Building a Wellbeing Economy: Foundations for Learning and Practice", in partnership with The Yunus Centre, Griffith University, 28 October to 16 December 2020. Plans are now underway to offer a similar course in 2021. For more details, please visit: www.neweconomy.org.au
Michelle is passionate about researching and disseminating information about how we can create legal and governance structures to help us live within our ecological limits and nurture the living world. She has edited three books and written numerous articles, chapters, blogs and opinion pieces about Earth centred governance.
Michelle is currently working on:
- "Future Law: How Indigenous First Laws, the Relationist Ethos and Ecological Governance can be a foundation for our future", which is a book being co-authored with Adjunct Associate Professor Mary Graham, University of Queensland & Kombumerri person. The book will be available in 2022.
- Writing a book for Edward Elgar Publishing, titled "Critical Reflections on the Rights of Nature", due out in early 2022.
- A Handbook for Bioregional Governance, as part of AELA's 'Greenprints' project, which will be available in late 2021.
- ‘Does nature have rights?’, Cosmos Magazine, 7 July 2021
- ‘Earth laws and the work of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance,’ Mind Waves Radio Show, 7 June 2021
- Episode 35: Earth Laws Warrior with Michelle Maloney and Morag Gamble, Permaculture Education Institute podcast, 30 March 2021
- 'Systems Change for a Sustainable Economy', podcast with Andrew Nicholson, HOPE, 2 October 2020
- 'Greenprints and AELA's vision for future governance', interview with Andrew Ward, Ethical Fields, as part of their 'Common Wealth Building' Series, 26 August 2020
- 'Beyond Crisis - creating systems change', "The Sustainability Hour", 18 August 2020
- 'Degrowth and Earth centred economies', interview with Michael Bayliss, Post Growth Australia, 4 August 2020
- 'Rights of Nature developments in Australia', presentation and interview with Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) - also featuring Diane Evers, WA Member of Parliament, 10 July 2020
- 'Rights of Nature and Earth jurisprudence - an introduction', Online "Couch Chat" with Cate Faehrmann, NSW Member of Parliament, 17 April 2020
- Earth jurisprudence and the Great Work, Thresholds Podcast, Rahamim Ecology Centre, interview with Sally Neaves, 3 March 2020
AELA and Australian Peoples' Tribunal Reports
- Editor and co-author - Final Report & Recommendations: 2019 Citizens' Inquiry into the Health of the Barka/Darling River and Menindee Lakes, co-authored with Gill Boehringer, Gwynn MacCarrick, Manav Satija, Mary Graham and oss Williams (Final Report: 30 September 2020)
- Co-Author - AELA Submission to the EPBC Act Review, March 2020
- Editor - Earth Ethics Online Journal, "Inspiring Earth Ethics: Linking Values and Action",
- Co-Author - Submission to the Product Stewardship Act Review, 2018
- Editor - Earth Arts Catalogues - RONA2016, RONA2018
Books
- ‘From Environmental to Ecological Law’, co-edited with Kirsten Anker, Peter Burdon, Geoffrey Garver and Carla Sbert, Series: Explorations in Environmental Studies, Routledge, 2021
- Law as if Earth Really Mattered: The Wild Law Judgements Project’, May 2017, Routledge Press, (Law, Justice and Ecology Series), co-edited with Dr Nicole Rogers
- ‘Wild Law in Practice’, (2014) Routledge Press, (Law, Justice and Ecology Series), April, co-edited with Dr Peter Burdon
Book Chapters
- ‘Practical pathways to Ecological Law: Greenprints and bioregional governance”, in ‘From Environmental to Ecological Law’, Eds Kirsten Anker, Peter Burdon, Geoffrey Garver, Michelle Maloney and Carla Sbert; Routledge, 2021
- 'Introduction: The emergence of ecocentric law and ideas for the future of environmental law", in 'Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law - A Guide for Practitioners', Edited by Anthony Zelle, Grant Wilson, Rachelle Adam & Herman Greene; Wolters Kluer, 2021
- 'Greenprints and bioregional governance: ecological economics in practice?' in 'Ecological Economics: Solutions for the Future', edited by Haydn Washington, 2020
- 'Caring for Country and Rights of Nature: A conversation Between Earth jurisprudence and Aboriginal Law and Ethics', with Mary Graham, in Cameron La Follette and Chris Maser, Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice; CRC Press 2019
- 'Re-imagining the Common Law: Rights of Nature Tribunals and the Wild Law Judgements Project', with Nicole Rogers, Brendan Mackey, Greta Bird and Jo Bird in 'Representations and Rights of the Environment: Conceptual Foundations', edited by Sandy Lamalle and Peter Stoett; Earth System Governance Series, MIT/Cambridge UP, 2019
- 'The Wild Law Judgments Project', in Nicole Rogers and Michelle Maloney (ed) 'Law as if the Earth Really Mattered: The Wild Law Judgments Project'; Routledge Press, 2017
- 'Greenprints: an Earth-centred governance approach for living within our ecological limits and creating a steady state economy', in Haydn Washington (ed) 'Positive Steps towards a Steady State', published by CASSE NSW, 2017
Journal Articles
- 'Rights of Nature: Perspectives for Global Ocean Stewardship', with Harriet Harden-Davies, Fran Humphries, Glen Wright, Christina Gjerde and Marjo Vierras, Marine Policy 122 (2020) May
- 'The Need for Ecological Ethics in a New Ecological Economics ', with Haydn Washington, Ecological Economics, Volume 169, March 2020
- 'Recognising the Rights of the Great Barrier Reef Could Help Defeat Destructive Coal Mine', with Mari Margil, Earth Island Journal, 5 August 2019
- 'Rights of Nature, Earth democracy and the Future of Environmental Governance,' in Rebalancing Rights: Communities, Corporations and Nature, Green Institute, March 2019
- 'Changing the Legal Status of Nature: Recent Developments and Future Possibilities', NSW Law Society Journal, Issue 49, October 2018, pp 78-79
- Earth Centred Governance, Dumbo Feather, 30 July 2018
- 'The New Economy Network Australia', Australian Environment Review (2017), co-authored with Professor Bronwen Morgan, UNSW
- 'Eucalyptus flavoured ecofeminism and other ecocentric adventures', Special Collection, The Ecological Citizen, July 2017
- 'The UN Harmony with Nature Initiative: why it matters and what it might achieve', The Ecological Citizen, March 2017
- 'Building an Alternative Jurisprudence for the Earth: the International Rights of Nature Tribunal', (2016) Vermont Law Review, Vol 41:129
- 'What does the global Earth laws movement mean for Australian law?', (2015) Australian Environment Review, Vol 30 No.4&5
- ‘Responding to the Great Work: the role of Earth jurisprudence in the 21st Century', (2015) Environmental and Earth Laws Journal, Vol 5 Issue 1, with Pat Siemen
- ‘Finally Being Heard: The Great Barrier Reef and the International Rights of Nature Tribunal’, (2015) Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, Vol 3 Issue 1
- ‘The Australian Wild Law Judgements Project’, (2014) Alternative Law Journal, Vol 39 Issue 3, with Nicole Rogers
- ‘Environmental Justice Network – Where to From Here?’, (2014) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, Vol 17
- 'Ecological Limits, Planetary Boundaries and Earth Jurisprudence’, (2014) in M. Maloney and P. Burdon ‘Wild Law in Practice’, Routledge Press (Law, Justice and Ecology Series)
- ‘Earth Jurisprudence and Sustainable Consumption’, (2011) Southern Cross University Law Review, Special Edition, 2011
- ‘Public policy analysis of energy efficiency and load management in changing electricity businesses’, (2003) Energy Policy 31(5), with E. Vine, J. Hamrin, N. Eyre, D. Crossley, and G. Watt)
Non-refereed articles
- 'Reflections from the first day of the Darling River Citizen's Inquiry', AELA Blog, 23 March 2019
- 'Public Hearings in Menindee: 'ground zero' of the Darling River Crisis', AELA Blog, 24 March 2019
- 'Recognizing the Rights of Nature', Op-ed, The Toledo Blade, Ohio, USA, 12 January 2019
- 'Contaminated life - the true cost and human rights impacts of unconventional gas mining in Australia', Online article for 'Questions for a Resilient Future', Center for Humans and Nature (http://www.humansandnature.org/questions) , 2017
- 'Earth Arts and RONA16 - Celebrating the Rights of Nature', Earth Song, October 2016
- 'Earth Jurisprudence and Rights of Nature Tribunals', United Kingdom Environmental Law Association E-News, May/June 2016
- ‘Earth Jurisprudence, Rights of Nature and Sharing Law’, Stir Magazine, April-May 2015
- ‘Earth Jurisprudence: Responding to the Great Work’, Earth Song, March 2015
- ‘Why we’re wild about wild law’, This Next Wave, October 2011
- ABC RN, March 2021, interviewed for article about the Declaration of the Rights of the Moon
- ‘Does nature have rights?’, Cosmos Magazine, 7 July 2021
- ‘Earth laws and the work of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance,’ Mind Waves Radio Show, 7 June 2021
- Episode 35: Earth Laws Warrior with Michelle Maloney and Morag Gamble, Permaculture Education Institute podcast, 30 March 2021
- 'Systems Change for a Sustainable Economy', podcast with Andrew Nicholson, HOPE, 2 October 2020
- 'Greenprints and AELA's vision for future governance', interview with Andrew Ward, Ethical Fields, as part of their 'Common Wealth Building' Series, 26 August 2020
- 'Beyond Crisis - creating systems change', "The Sustainability Hour", 18 August 2020
- 'Degrowth and Earth centred economies', interview with Michael Bayliss, Post Growth Australia, 4 August 2020
- 'Rights of Nature developments in Australia', presentation and interview with Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) - also featuring Diane Evers, WA Member of Parliament, 10 July 2020
- 'Rights of Nature and Earth jurisprudence - an introduction', Online "Couch Chat" with Cate Faehrmann, NSW Member of Parliament, 17 April 2020
- Earth jurisprudence and the Great Work, Thresholds Podcast, Rahamim Ecology Centre, interview with Sally Neaves, 3 March 2020
- “Earth laws, arts & creativity: the work of AELA”, online public lecture for Redline Arts Group, United Kingdom, 9 June 2021
- “Rights of Nature in Practice” – Workshop for the NSW Greens Conference, 9 May 2021
- Online Book launch - "From Environmental to Ecological Law" - (speaking in the recording from 1.08), February 2020
- Greenprints and bioregional governance', presentation as part of online forum "Our Place-Getting to Know Our Bioregion (Sunshine Coast), Saturday 18 April 2020
- Climate Justice Panel, online forum hosted by the Progressive Law Network and Monash University, 1 April 2020
- Bioregional Governance Public Lectures - Margaret River (2 October), Bunbury (3 October), Perth (5 October) Byron Bay (3 November) 2019
- 'Rights of Nature Laws Around the World: Perspectives from Australia and the Pacific', Public Seminar, IRD/SPREP, Noumea, New Caledonia, 26 June 2019
- Sustainability Round Table with Jane Goodall, Macquarie University Law School, 7 May 2019
- "Earth jurisprudence and building an Earth centred society," Presentation, St. Mary's in Exile, South Brisbane, 9 October 2018
- "Using the law for people and planet," Panel Discussion at UTS Law Students Association Conference, Ultimo, Sydney, 11 August 2018
- "Using law and regulation to challenge consumption and planned obsolescence", Zero Waste Forum, Winter Solstice Festival, Northey Street, 23 June 2018
- "The work of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance", Earth Trusteeship Conference, The Hague, 22 June (via internet)
- "A pathway to Earth centred, bio-regional governance: the GreenPrints approach", RenewFest, May 2018
- "Sustainability and Earth Centred Governance", Presentation to staff, St. Ignatius High School, Edmund Rice Network, Townsville 16 June 2018
- "Food systems and the 2018 Rights of Nature Tribunal", Transition Film Festival, Brisbane 23 March 2018
- 'How can we change the world?' Evening Seminar/Panel Discussion hosted by QUT Business School, also featuring Professor Will Steffen and Dr Richard Denniss at QUT Gardens Point, 31 August 2017
- 'Careers in Sustainability', University of Queensland, July 2017
- ‘Earth jurisprudence and environmental law – what’s in it for you?’ - Public lecture for Environmental Law Students Society, Barry University, Florida, 30 March 2015
- ‘The Precautionary Principle in theory and practice’ - Public lecture, Miami Dade University, 20 March 2015
- ‘Earth jurisprudence and the Precautionary Principle’ - Workshop delivered to Earth Ethics Institute, Miami Dade College, 20 March 2015
- 'Implementing Earth jurisprudence: The Work of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance', Guest lecture, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, 3 March 2015
- 'Wild Law and Earth jurisprudence', Sustainable Engineers, June 2012
- ‘Wild Law – An Introduction’ - Public Seminar at Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane, July 2011
- ‘Women's Climate Conversations 2021 #6 (August) Listening to First Nations knowledge to inform Earth-centred, collaborative governance’, webinar hosted by Women’s Climate Congress, 10 August 2021
- ‘Could Australian Politicians Soon Be Prosecuted For Ecocide?’, Webinar hosted by the Green Institute, 29 July 2021
- ‘Earth laws and Rights of Nature’ – Guest speaker, webinar hosted by NSW Young Lawyers, 15 June 2021
- ‘Ecological Law and Regulation to Achieve Degrowth”, The International Society for Ecological Economics and European Society for Ecological Economics Degrowth Conference, 8 July 2021
- ‘Co-creating a Movement for the World We Want’, International Webinar hosted by Local Futures, 21 June 2021
- ‘Sessions from the Deep: Making Waves’, webinar hosted by Youth for Our Planet Asia-Pacific, 10 April 2021
- ‘The Feminist Legal Judgment Writing Project’, Guest speaker, panel discussion hosted by Pakistani Feminist Judgments Project, 27 March 2021
- ‘Declaration on the Rights of the Moon’ Panel Discussion, International Association for the Study of the Commons 2021 Commons in Space Virtual Conference, 26 March 2021
- ‘The Royal Societies of Australia Stewardship of Country - From Past to Future - Part 3 of a Virtual Event Series’, webinar hosted by Royal Societies of Australia and Inspiring Australia Victoria, 24 March 2021
- 'Life after the pandemic', Politics in the Pub, hosted by Communify, The Powerhouse, New Farm, Brisbane, 17 March 2021
- 'Ecological Law and Degrowth', Webinar hosted by the Ecological Law and Governance Association, online, 17 March 2021
- ‘(Co)Housing Ecologies - Part 2 Systems of collective resilience’, webinar hosted by CoHousing Australia, online, 17 February 2021
- ‘Sustainability & Caring for Country - First Nations Webinar’, hosted by University of Queensland Sustainability, online, 16 February 2021
- 'Rights of Nature or Rights of People?' Panel Discussion, Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) 'Restoring the Climate - I am the Solution', 6 February 2021
- 'Life after the pandemic', Politics in the Pub, hosted by Communify, The Powerhouse, New Farm, Brisbane, 17 March 2021
- 'Ecological Law and Degrowth', webinar hosted by the Ecological Law and Governance Association, online, 17 March 2021
- 'Rights of Nature or Rights of People?' Panel Discussion, Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) 'Restoring the Climate - I am the Solution', 6 February 2021
- 'Rights of Nature in Australia: can we decolonise and rethink the Rights of Nature?', Global Forum on Human Rights and Rights of Nature, Widener Law School and CDER, 2 October 2020
- 'Should the moon have legal personhood?' Panel discussion, Webinar, August 2020
- 'The New Economy and bioregional governance,' 22 March, 2020, "Going Local - Hope in a Time of Crisis", Conference organised by Local Futures and NENA/New Economy Network Australia
- 'The Stories Not Being Told: Earth centred governance and the Australian Peoples' Tribunal', presentation at 'Storying Climate Change and the 'Environmental Resonance' Dilemma', 27 February 2020, hosted by University of Melbourne
- 'Challenging Consumption and the Right to Repair', presentation at 'Right to Repair Symposium', 6 February 2020, hosted by the Law Futures Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane
- 'Rights of Nature and Bioregional Governance', Presentation, WA State NRM and Coastal Conference, 1-4 October, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
- 'The future of water,' Final Panel Discussion, Liveable Cities Conference, Adelaide, 13 August 2019
- 'Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood for Nature: Perspectives from Australia and the Pacific', Presentation, Pacific Biodiversity Conference, IRD/SPREP, Noumea, New Caledonia, 24-25 June 2019
- 'Earth laws and Bioregional Governance,' Presentation as part of the ELGA Panel "Themes in Ecological Law and Governance", Annual CANSEE Conference (Canadian Society for Ecological Economics), 24 May 2019 (via internet)
- Rights of Nature and Earth Laws in Australia', Presentation, 10th Geneva Forum, United Nations, Geneva - Rights of Nature for Peace and Development (via zoom), 10 December 2018
- 'The future for agri-food research, policy and activism in the Anthropocene - the role of Earth laws', Opening Panel Discussion, Agri-food XXV: Celebrating 25 Years of Australasian Agri-Food Research, University of Queensland, 5 December 2018
- 'The Human Right to a Healthy Environment and the Rights of Nature', Presentation at 'Human Rights, Fracking and Climate Change' Seminar, co-hosted by EDO Qld, Griffith University and AELA, 4 December 2018
- ‘Creating an Earth centred future: law, economics, ethics and education”, Keynote Presentation, Alternative Futures Symposium, University of Newcastle, 22-23 November 2018, UTS, Sydney
- 'Bioregional Governance and Earth centred law," Presentation, Exploring our legal relationship with living world, Brisbane, 25-26 October 2018
- 'Advocating for the Rights of Nature in Australia: The work of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance', presentation given to the 10 Year Celebration of Rights of Nature in Ecuador, hosted by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, 27 September 2018, Quito, Ecuador (via zoom)
- 'Building an Earth centred legal system: Rights of Nature and Bioregional Governance", 23 June, 2018 Queensland Ornithological Conference, Brisbane
- 'Responding to the Reports of the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law (APEEL): Rights of Nature and Bioregional Environmental Governance', at the APEEL Conference, "Better laws for a better planet: a symposium on the future of Australia's environmental laws", University House, ANU, Canberra 28 March 2018
- 'When objects become subjects: the global Rights of Nature movement, and what it means for Australia", Frontiers Environmental Law Conference, Hobart, February 5-6 February 2018
- 'The failing of environmental law and why we need Rights of Nature laws", Rights of Nature Symposium, 27 October 2017, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
- 'GreenPrints: an approach for implementing ecological economics,' Canadian Society for Ecological Economics Conference, October 2017, Montreal
- 'The Rights of Nature and AELA's "Exploring the Legal Status of Nature Project"', Legal Status of Rivers Symposium, AELA and CREEL/Melbourne Law School, July 2017
- 'Threats to land and water in Australia: mega mines and environmental justice', Beyond Mining Symposium, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 3 March 2017
- 'Earth Jurisprudence and Responding to the Great Work', Nature in Culture Symposium, Sydney Environment Institute, 23 February 2017
- 'Teaching Earth Jurisprudence: Building Capacity for Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving', Frontiers3, Melbourne Law School 16 February 2017
- 'AELA's GreenPrints Program and The Role of The Arts', InterCreate Panel, Global Ecologies and Local Impacts Conference, Sydney Environment Institute, Sydney University, 23-25 November 2016
- 'Next generation environmental law or echoes of 1984? Regulating consumption in industrialised societies", Global Ecologies and Local Impacts Conference, Sydney Environment Institute, Sydney University, 23-25 November 2016
- 'The New Economy and our Relationship with the Natural World: An Earth Jurisprudence Approach', "Building the New Economy: enterprise, activism and social change Conference", Glebe Town Hall, Sydney 15-16 August 2016
- 'Regulating Consumption: A Framework for Taking Collective Action', Opening presentation at AELA's "Let's Talk About Consumption" Symposium, Melbourne, 4 March 2016
- 'Ownership Matters in the Sharing Economy', Panel Discussion for Melbourne Sustainability Festival, 18 February 2016.
- 'Regulating Consumption: A Framework for Taking Collective Action', Opening presentation at AELAs "Let's Talk About Consumption" Symposium, Brisbane, 28 August 2015
- ‘Australia’s Response to Climate Change: A Case Study in What Not to Do to Your Carbon Price’, Environmental and Earth Law Summit, Barry University, Florida, USA, 9 April 2015 (invited)
- ‘Rights of Nature and Protected Areas’, Paper presented at IUCN World Parks Congress, Green Justice Panel, Sydney 17 November 2014
- ‘The implications of Planetary Boundaries for Earth Jurisprudence and national environmental regulation’, Paper presented at the New Zealand Earth Laws Conference on Sustainability, Wellington, New Zealand, 14-17 March 2014 (invited)
- ‘Ecological Limits, Planetary Boundaries and Earth Jurisprudence’, Paper presented at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law Conference, Waikato, New Zealand 26-28 June 2013
- ‘Using The Law To Support Community Climate Action,’ Public lecture and panel discussion at the Australian Climate Action Summit Forum, NSW Parliament House, 21 June 2013 (invited)
- ‘Access to Environmental Justice in Queensland – News from the Trenches’, Presentation to Environmental Justice Symposium hosted by Sydney University Law School, 5 May 2013 (invited)
- ‘Environmental Justice and the Role of Governments,’ Paper presented at Environmental Justice Symposium, co-hosted by Victorian Environment Defenders Office and Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (CREEL), Melbourne University, Melbourne, 27 July 2012 (invited)
- ‘Climate Justice: Gaps and Opportunities in Government Policy’, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Conference ‘Adaptation in Action’ , Melbourne, June 2012
- ‘Finding limits for human societies: can Earth Jurisprudence put the brakes on unsustainable consumption?’, Earth Jurisprudence: Building Theory and Practice, Griffith University, Brisbane 16-18 September 2011
- ‘Next Generation Environmental Law or Echoes of 1984? Regulating Individuals for Environmental Outcomes’, PhD Colloquium, Griffith University, July 2011
- ‘Limiting Consumption – Wild Law in Practice?’, ‘Keeping the Fire’ Conference, July 2010, Wollongong University
- ‘Transforming Domestic Consumption Patterns in Urban Water Supply in South East Queensland’, joint paper with Professor Jan McDonald, International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, June 2010, Gold Coast
- ‘Going Against the Flow: Transforming Urban Water Consumption’, joint paper with Professor Jan McDonald, Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, December 2009, Brisbane
- "Regen Brisbane: using the Greenprints steps for regenerative cities" – Regen Brisbane launch event, 29 and 30 July 2021 (Brisbane)
- Bioregional governance and the Greenprints Approach – Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, 5 July 2021 (Broome, WA)
- Using the Greenprints approach – presentation to Regen Adelaide working group, June 2021 (online)
- “Climate Conscious Lawyering”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws, 1 July 2021
- “Caring for Country, Caring for Each Other: Celebrating World Localisation Day in Australia”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws, 14 June 2021
- “Exploring River Rights, with Dr Erin O'Donnell”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws, 1 June 2021
- “An Introduction to Indigenous First Laws with Dr Anne Poelina, Martuwarra River Council (Kimberley Region, WA)”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws,11 May 2021
- “Making ecocide a crime: international update with Jojo Mehta, Stop Ecocide International”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws, 14 April 2021
- “Earth Systems Law and the Earth Condominium Concept”, AELA Webinar Series - Exploring Earth Laws , 17 March 2021
- "Introduction to the Rights of Nature and Earth Laws", 2021 Workshop Series (March to November)
- "Connecting to Place, Caring for Country", Workshop co-hosted with Future Dreaming, Brisbane, half day workshops held in March, April, May, June and December 2020
- 'One Ocean Symposium: Exploring Rights of Nature and Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction', New York, Saturday 24 August 2019
- 'Earth Laws: Rights of Nature and bioregional governance', co-hosted by TreeSisters, Sunshine Coast University, 27 April 2019
- 'Developing a GreenPrint - bioregional governance for East Gippsland", 2 Day Workshop, 12-13 April 2019
- "Rights of Nature and Bioregional Governance" - East Gippsland, Victoria, 29 July 2018
- "GreenPrints: A pathway to Earth centred, bio-regional governance", RenewFest, 17th May 2018
- "Sustainability and Earth centred governance," St Laurence's College, Brisbane, 10th May 2018
- 'Earth laws and governance', Brisbane, EcoCentre, June 2017
- 'Exploring Earth Laws, Earth Democracy and the Rights of Nature', One day workshop, Orbost, Victoria, 6th March 2016
- ‘Responding to Thomas Berry’s Great Work: The role of lawyers and the work of AELA’ – Workshop presentation, Thomas Berry Colloquium, Edmund Rice Centre Amberley and Centre for Ecology and Spirituality, Glenburn, 8 November 2014 (invited)
- ‘Should Rivers Have Legal Rights?’ Public seminar with Environmental Justice Victoria and RMIT, 6 November 2014
- ‘An Introduction to Wild Law and Rights of Nature’ – Public lecture, EcoCentre Sustainability Series, Griffith University, Brisbane, 6 June 2013 (invited)
- ‘Introduction to Wild Law, Earth Jurisprudence and Rights of Nature – Paper presented at Australian Earth Laws Alliance Workshop, Sydney 3 May 2013
- ‘Earth Jurisprudence and Rights of Nature’ - Public Lecture, Perth 6 February 2013
- ‘New Trends in Environmental Law – Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood for Ecosystems’, Public Lecture hosted by Northern Territory Environmental Defender’s Office, 5 December 2012
- ‘Living Within Our Ecological Limits: the Role of Law and Governance’ - Paper presented at Australian Earth Laws Alliance Workshop, Adelaide, 30 November 2012
- ‘Earth Governance, Ecological Limits and the Role of Law’ – Paper presented at AELA Workshop, Melbourne, 17 August 2012
- Regen Brisbane, Queensland University of Technology, 29-30 July 2021
- NENA (New Economy New Work Australia) Housing Week – in partnership with Co-Housing Australia, 7-11 June 2021 (online)
- Co-organiser - Regenerative Songlines Australia- Launch Symposium, 8 July 2021
- AELA's Biennial Earth Ethics Conference, November 2021
- Co-organiser - Regenerative Songlines Australia - Launch Symposium, 8 July 2021
- AELA's Biennial Earth Laws conference, "Earth Laws Asia Pacific: Earth, Sea, Fire, Spirit", 14-16 October 2020 (online)
- NENA (New Economy Network Australia) Newcastle Regional Symposium - 13 July 2019
- NENA (New Economy Network Australia) East Gippsland Regional Symposium - April 2019
- AELA International Symposium: "Exploring our Legal Relationship with the Living World: Caring for Country, Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood for Nature", Brisbane 25-26 October 2018
- Conference Organising Team - NENA 2018 Annual Conference (New Economy Network Australia), 19-21 October, Melbourne
- Conference Organising Team - A New Economy for North Queensland - New Economy Network Australia and North Queensland Conservation Council, July 14-15, Magnetic Island
- Building a New Economy for Australia 2017, 1-3 September - New Economy Network Australia, Brisbane
- People's Tribunal for the Rights of Nature Australia 2016, Brisbane, 22 October
- AELA Conference 2016 (October) - "The Future of Environmental Law in Australia", Griffith University, 20-21 October 2016
- Building the New Economy: enterprise, activism and social change - in partnership with Professor Bronwen Morgan, UNSW
- Environmental Justice Symposium, 2014 – in partnership with the Griffith School of Planning, EcoCentre Brisbane, March 2014
- AELA Conference, 2013 (October) – “Living Within Our Ecological Limits: Law and Governance to Nurture the Earth Community”
- Environmental Justice Symposium 2013 - in partnership with Dr Rowena Maguire, QUT Law School, 23 November 2013
- Australian Earth Laws Alliance ‘Roadshow Series’ – environmental law workshops held in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth during 2012 and 2013
- AELA Conference 2011 (September): 'Earth Jurisprudence: Building Theory and Practice', Griffith University, Brisbane, September
- Voices of Nature 2020 - a national network of creative events to celebrate the Rights of Nature Week 2020, culminating in art exhibitions and performances in Brisbane in October 2020 (in conjunction with the Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights). Please visit our Earth Arts website for all the updates.
- RONA18 - Rights of Nature Australia 2018 - a national network of creative events, including a National Exhibition at the Springhill Reservoirs 22-29 October, regional exhibitions and arts responses
- Earth Arts Creatives Retreat - Chenrezig Institute, Sunshine Coast, 15-18 June 2018
- RONA16 - Rights of Nature Australia 2016 - a national network of creative events, including "Plenty", a national exhibition at the Brisbane Powerhouse; regional exhibitions and arts responses and an Artist in Residence program
- 2014 - Bundanon Trust ‘Siteworks’, September – Co-organiser of Earth Leaders Lab and Panel Speaker at SiteWorks
- 2013 - Wild Law Art Exhibition ‘Re-Orientation’ – 25 September to 2 October - in partnership with Associate Professor Marian Drew, Griffith College of Art.
- 2012 - Guest speaker and participant, “Wild Law Arts Incubator”, organised by De Quincy & Co, Sydney
