Upcoming Events
Please join us to celebrate our unique bioregion and catchment - Nambucca Valley.
Local speakers and knowledge holders will share about the geology, geography, history, plants, animals and waterways of our Place.
'Bioregionalism' and 'bioregioning' often focus on peoples' connection to land and fresh water. But what about our oceans?
Can we also have a 'bioregional approach' to ocean relationships and care? Yes we can, and we should!
MELBOURNE WORKSHOP - KINSHIP: EXPLORING ECOCENTRISM AND RIGHTS OF NATURE IN AUSTRALIA
1st October 9.30-4pm - 400 Victoria St North Melbourne 3051
We live in very strange times. Many people have declared we are officially in ‘collapse’ - across ecosystems, capitalist economics, Western governance systems and more.
Past Events
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SYDNEY WORKSHOP - EXPLORING ECOCENTRIC CULTURE AND GOVERNANCE IN AUSTRALIA
We live in very strange times. Many people have declared we are officially in ‘collapse’ - across ecosystems, capitalist economics, Western governance systems and more.
Please join the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) and Total Environment Centre (TEC) for the next in our series of workshops about Rights of Nature and the potential of 'river rights' in New South Wales.
On Tuesday 15th September 2026 @ 12pm (AEST), we invite you to join an online discussion with other like-minded people to share questions, ideas and suggestions about Just Transitions. It will be an opportunity to hear from you and what you are doing in your community, where you are doing it, and additionally, how we can all learn from and support each other.
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When people talk about 'place-based' or 'place-responsive' approaches and initiatives, what do they mean? Are they focusing on a town, a city, a specific geographic area, or something else? Are they referring to human beings 'in place', or to the wider Earth-community of plants, animals and beings? Does it matter?
Read More...How can communities ensure they have a role in guiding 'nature positive' initiatives in their regions?
Join AELA's Ecologically Just Transition (EJT) Network for our next webinar on 11 August @ 12noon AEST. We'll be in discussion with members of the Biodiversity Reference Group for the New England Renewable Energy Zone (NE REZ).
Read More...AELA's Earth Arts Program is pleased to invite you to join our next 'creative conversation'.
On July 22nd we're excited to be joined by Jude Taggart Roberts, Vicki Saunders and Renata Buziak, members of the Yimbaya Maranoa Arts Collective, to discuss their current exhibition, Terra-rara. Hear about the local inspiration for the art works, and the ongoing connection the art collective has with the people and places of the Maranoa River.
Read More...Join us for our July webinar, hosted by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) Asia Pacific Hub. We will be joined by Yolanda Esguerra and Fr. Edwin A. Gariguez to discuss pathways to a Rights of Nature future in the Philippines.
Read More...Join us for AELA's "Exploring Bioregioning" webinar series!
In our June webinar AELA Convenor and Greenprints creator, Dr Michelle Maloney will be joined by Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe (AO) and Ben Derrick to discuss the important work they are doing in connection with the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation.
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