NEW!! 2022 Online Courses
AELA is hosting two exciting new courses in 2022.
All course details will be available in March 2022, on this webpage.
To register your interest, and receive information about the courses as it becomes available, please sign up via the 'register your interest' button below.
Earth-Centred Futures
- Facilitated by Dr Michelle Maloney and featuring experts from multi-disciplinary fields including Indigenous knowledge, western science, law, economics and policy.
- Who should attend? Everyone! This course is aimed at a general audience of practitioners and scholars who wish to learn about how to integrate ecocentric thinking and practice more effectively into their own work
- 8 week ONLINE course, from 12 July to 30 August, 2022
- Live classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
- Live tutorials will be offered 4 times during the 8 week course, based on course participants' availability
- All classes will be recorded for course participants
- Participants can choose to participate in assessment (entirely optional) to earn a digital badge and certificate from AELA
Introduction to Earth Laws
- Facilitated by Dr Michelle Maloney and featuring experts from legal fields including Earth jurisprudence, Rights of Nature, Ecocide, Indigenous First Laws and more
- Who should attend? Anyone who has an interest in Earth-centred governance and law. Lawyers, legal scholars and law students will find the course particularly beneficial, and will be able to claim Professional Development points from their relevant jurisdiction. Non-lawyers will also find the course beneficial, as it will enrich their knowledge and practice.
- 4 week ONLINE course, from 6th to 27th September, 2022
- Live classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
- All classes will be recorded
- Participants can choose to participate in assessment (entirely optional) to earn a digital badge and certificate from AELA
About AELA Education
AELA is committed to increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth centred governance, with a focus on law, economics, education, ethics and the arts/culture. To achieve this goal, AELA runs conferences, workshops, seminars and training opportunities for people around Australia, on a range of topics that build awareness and understanding about Earth centred governance.
AELA Education includes:
- Community workshops
- Professional development courses
- University courses
- High school workshops and presentations
- Modules and workshops for primary school and young learners
Read testimonials here about our courses and workshops
Read about our 2021 AELA Education partners here
Join our 2021 Webinar Series
WORKSHOP AND TRAINING COURSE TOPICS
AELA Education courses and workshops can be tailored for any audience, and can include:
- Rights of Nature, Ecocide and Earth jurisprudence/Earth laws
- Exploring Justice - Human Rights, Nature's Rights, Ecological Justice and Multi-species Justice
- Beyond Sustainability: Earth Systems Science, Planetary Boundaries and Earth centred bioregional governance
- Unpacking and Understanding Current Laws - a course designed to help people understand why current environmental and planning laws and sustainability frameworks, are not enough to protect the living world
- Earth Democracy and Community based eco-governance
- Earth Ethics
- Earth Arts
For all inquiries, please email: education@earthlaws.org.au
AELA’s National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, giving a workshop in Florida, USA in May 2015, on the Precautionary Principle, Earth jurisprudence and Earth laws, to university lecturers at Miami University.
