For a list of all our past events, including copies of PowerPoint presentations and audio recordings, please go to our Past Events page.
2018 Events
- October 19-21 – Annual Conference, New Economy Network Australia (NENA), Melbourne.
AELA is pleased to be auspicing NENA and co-hosting the 2018 Annual Conference, at William Angliss Institute from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st October. Please visit the NENA website for all the details.
RONA18 – Rights of Nature Australia 2018
In October 2018, the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is hosting Rights of Nature Australia 2018 (RONA18), a series of connected events that explore and promote the rights of nature to exist, thrive and evolve. RONA18 involves a week of events in Brisbane from 23-28 October, as well as regional arts events around Australia during the month of October. The Rights of Nature Week of Events in Brisbane includes: a free public lecture, a one day community workshop, evening events and talks at the Rights of Nature National Art Exhibition, a two day International Symposium and a Peoples Tribunal.
Click here to read the full RONA18 10 PAGE PROGRAM OF EVENTS.
The program includes the following:
- October 23-28
Rights of Nature 2018 National Art Exhibition - The Rights of Nature Australia (RONA) 2018 National Exhibition is designed to promote cultural engagement with the emerging, global, Rights of Nature movement, and to celebrate the Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights, being held in Brisbane on 27th October 2018.
Venue: Spring Hill Reservoirs, Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane - Tuesday October 23
FREE Public Lecture, 6pm - "When Rivers and Forests Have Legal Rights?" Featuring Cormac Cullinan (Lawyer, South Africa), Hugo Echeverria (Lawyer, Ecuador) and Michelle Maloney, AELA
Venue: Museum of Brisbane, City Hall, Brisbane - Wednesday October 24
Evening Event: Australian Launch of the Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA) + Welcome Reception for AELA’s International Symposium + special viewing of the Rights of Nature National Exhibition
Venue: Spring Hill Reservoirs, Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane - Thursday & Friday, October 25-26
International Symposium, “Exploring our legal relationship with the living world: Caring for Country, Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood”, Brisbane. Please visit our Symposium webpage for more information, including a copy of the 2 day program.
Venue: Griffith University Ecocentre, Nathan, Brisbane - Thursday October 25
Evening Event: Conference Dinner for International Symposium + special viewing of the Rights of Nature National Exhibition. To book for the Conference Dinner, please click here.
Venue: Spring Hill Reservoirs, Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane - Saturday October 27
Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights. The 2018 Peoples Tribunal is a Citizen’s Inquiry into the Impacts of Industrial Scale Agriculture on the Rights of Nature. Please visit our Tribunal webpage for more information, including a program for the 1 day event.
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court Building, 415 George Street, Brisbane
- 26 to 30 November 2018 – One-week intensive course, Griffith University Law School: "Wild Law: The Theory and Practice of Earth Jurisprudence". Visit our Facebook event page for more information.
Venue: Griffith University Nathan Campus, Nathan, Brisbane
2019 Events
- March- Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights - Murray Darling Basin region. More details soon.
- April - Bioregional governance workshops, East Gippsland. More details will be available soon.
- September - Annual Conference, New Economy Network Australia (NENA) - to be held in Perth. More details soon
- November 29-30th – "Inspiring Earth Ethics" Conference, co-hosted with the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. More details soon.
