Mar 26 2024
Deep ecology, a philosophy and a movement that emerged in the 1970s, represents a profound shift in our understanding of humanity's relationship with the natural world. At its core, it challenges the anthropocentric view that humans are separate from and …
Sep 18 2023
In the year 1986, Australian environmentalist John Seed and North-American activist Joanna Macy joined forces to create a ritual known as "The Council of All Beings." This practice draws inspiration from Deep Ecology principles and indigenous wisdom. It serves a …
Apr 03 2023
The European Space Agency recently proposed standardizing lunar time, creating a time zone, or time zones, for the Moon. Considered by some to be merely symbolic, history demonstrates that where contemporary humans have imposed time, they have also imposed …
Mar 14 2023
AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, and Christina Meyers ask what we can learn from the rise (and rise) of rights of nature and Earth Laws in this essay from the Law Society Journal's March 2023 edition.
Feb 03 2023
AELA is hosting an Australian working group made up of lawyers, academic researchers and law students, who are working to draft Ecocide laws for jurisdictions in Australia. The working group presented webinars on 24 November 2021 and …
Feb 02 2023
This blog will explore how we can make ecocide an international crime.
There are several ways that Ecocide could be recognised as a crime in international law. One way is to create an International Treaty signed by Nation States. At …
Feb 01 2023
This blog will explore Stop Ecocide International and the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide.
Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current Executive Director Jojo …
Feb 01 2023
We are currently living in an ecological and climate emergency and the sixth mass extinction. Through 2019 and 2020 Australia suffered bushfires. The fires destroyed more than 10 million hectares of land across Australia, including more than 20% of temperate …
Mar 27 2019
I just returned home after a whirlwind series of public hearings of the Citizen’s Inquiry into the Health of the Darling River …
Mar 24 2019
Our first week of Public Hearings, in Mildura/Buronga, Wentworth and Broken Hill--as part of the Citizens' Inquiry into the Health of the …
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