An African movement for Earth-centred living and governance, founded in traditional cultures, is growing across the continent, writes HANNIBAL RHOADES. Meet the newly graduated Earth Jurisprudence practitioners helping a revival to flourish
… Africa’s first class of Earth Jurisprudence practitioners graduate … Hannibal Rhoades | 4th September 2017 News Earth Jurisprudence Gaia Foundation Law … Nature 405217.jpg An African movement for Earth-centred living and governance, founded …
Our legal system needs a radical overhaul that asserts the rights of the whole ecosystem. A forthcoming conference will discuss the set out the vision for a Wild Law. SHEHANA GOMEZ reports
… | 27th August 2018 Comment Law Legal System Earth Jurisprudence gp04x2q_pressmedia_0.jpg … world around us. So how can the law be wild? Earth jurisprudence The problem is that the … live in. They do not reflect the laws of the earth. The wild law view is that this is a …
Next month is the time for green activists to get together in the glorious Peak District, coordinate future actions on everything from fracking to road-building and climate change ... and of course, share the love, writes Indra donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's never been stronger reasons to go.
… Earth First! summer gathering - the resurgence … writes Indra donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's … walking nervously into the field of my first Earth First! Gathering. But it was like coming …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
… Linda Sheehan, Executive Director of the Earth Law Center (ELC) described how these … well-being is inextricably linked with the Earth's" , said Sheehan. The report, Fighting … Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth adopted at the World Peoples' Conference …
We need a new paradigm for ocean governance focused on well-being and guided by principles of sustainability, ecosystem health, precaution and interconnectedness, argues MICHELLE BENDER of the US based Earth Law Centre.
… Comment Law Nature Sustainability Ecosystem Earth 32880093176_ff622bdd27_b.jpg We need a … argues MICHELLE BENDER of the US based Earth Law Centre. The ocean covers over … A new paradigm for ocean governance We at the Earth Law Center (ELC) saw the ocean …
Whether you're fighting fracking, coal mines, new roads or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's Earth First! Winter Moot is for you, writes Louise Somerville Williams. Campaigners and activists from across the UK and beyond will gather in Stroud to build common strength in our struggle against ecological destruction, and to work for a world of social and environmental justice.
… Earth First! Winter Moot next weekend: … or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's Earth First! Winter Moot is for you, writes … put, people who care are gathering for the Earth First! Winter Moot . The hammer blow of …
At 8:30pm on Saturday 28th March the world will be plunged into darkness. But fear not, this is not a cause for alarm but for celebration.
… Duncan Hodson | 28th March 2009 News WWF Earth Hour Protest Andy Ridley Protest Climate … switching off their lights as part of WWF’s Earth Hour. The aim of the event is to send a … that ensures our world will have a future. Earth Hour, which began in Sydney in 2007 and …
The discovery of a secret 'fox farm' apparently linked to the Middleton Hunt exposes the lie that is used to justify fox hunting, writes, Dr Toni Shephard: that it's a legitimate means of wildlife control. On the contrary, foxes are deliberately fattened up for the kill, also indicating possible violations of the 2004 Hunting Act, which prohibits the hunting of wild animals, including foxes, with dogs.
… sheds and encouraged to breed in artificial earths so there's a ready supply to be hunted. … the water." Encouraging foxes with artificial earths and feeding Pre and post ban, anti-hunt … found that the use of artificial earths - man-made structures designed to mimic …
It's tough being a filmmaker on the front line of environmental defense, writes David Lavallee - challenging corporate control of the Earth's resources, not to mention governments and security services, all of them intent on extracting every last drop of oil and gas from the world's most pristine places. All the more so when holding a camera makes you an instant 'eco-terrorist'.
… To the ends of the Earth: a filmmaker's journey David Lavallee | … - challenging corporate control of the Earth's resources, not to mention governments … In my new film, To the Ends of the Earth , I document the current scramble for …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Indonesia Censat Agua Viva (Friends of the Earth Columbia), Colombia Center for … Tecnologia Apropiada (CESTA) / Friends of the Earth El Salvador, El Salvador Coal Action … Philippines COECOCEIBA (Friends of the Earth Costa Rica), Costa Rica Colectivo Madre …
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory...
… art of Christo and Jean Claude. What is the Earth-saving equivalent of our expensive hypnotic culture? It’s the Earth itself. The Earth would save itself if we gave it the …
Friends of the Earth has taken the first legal steps towards striking out last week's emergency approval of bee-harming 'neonic' pesticides in England, granted last week despite a Europe-wide ban.
… Toxics UK EU bee-rape-cut.jpg Friends of the Earth has taken the first legal steps towards … to be "unlawful" according to Friends of the Earth. The allegation comes in a pre-action … (HSE) failed to supply Friends of the Earth with information on the criteria and …
The United Nations has voted to legislate against human rights abuses carried out by transnational corporations, reports Lucia Ortiz. But the resolution, proposed by Ecuador and South Africa, was opposed by the US and the member states of the EU.
… for EU membership told Friends of the Earth International ahead of the vote. This … to the international level. Friends of the Earth International and many other civil … according to a new report by Friends of the Earth International released on June 26. [See …
Government and corporations are resorting to the judicial repression of environmental activism in Malaysia, writes Meena Raman - deploying public order and defamation laws to suppress criticism and protest. Malaysia must value its peoples health and security above corporate profit.
… in Bukit Merah affected by Asian Rare Earth - a company whose majority shareholder … being filed. As in the 1980s, Friends of the Earth Malaysia is playing its part in this - … million people to the operations of a rare earths factory in Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang. The …
Chemical giant Bayer has failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add the neonicotinoid to the three already banned.
… failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its … failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) over its claims that two … in the UK! Back in London, Friends of the Earth bees campaigner Dave Timms said: "Bayer …
A month after warning the government of legal action over its decision to allow farmers to use bee-killing pesticides banned under EU law, Friends of the Earth has filed a High Court legal challenge to have the 'derogations' declared unlawful.
… banned under EU law, Friends of the Earth has filed a High Court legal challenge … declared unlawful. Friends of the Earth has applied for a judicial review of … Ban did not accord with EU law Friends of the Earth is challenging the decision to allow the …
Internal Glasgow University emails show that it terminated geophysics professor David Smythe's email account and access to scientific papers because his concerns about the impacts of fracking were upsetting its 'industrial research partners', writes Kyla Mandel - not as part of a 'routine review' as previously stated.
… accounts in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences." Smythe argues this goes … carried out by the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences which covered a number of … a professor in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. The email, titled …
On the first anniversary of the UK's National Pollinator Strategy, writes Sandra Bell, the Bee Coalition warns that bees are still under threat from highly toxic pesticides, continuing loss of habitat, and an increasingly inhospitable countryside. The Government must do more to protect our bees.
… deserve better! Sandra Bell Friends of the Earth | 4th November 2015 Comment Natural … and a vociferous campaign by Friends of the Earth and other organisations, ministers … parts of England this autumn. Friends of the Earth is challenging this decision - and we …
Rainforests around the world and the wildlife they sustain have a rosier future after the European Parliament voted to limit the growth of biofuels such as palm oil in the transport sector.
… According to Robbie Blake, Friends of the Earth Europe's biofuels campaigner, the move … campaign manager for WALHI / Friends of the Earth Indonesia. Now the challenge is … Sabar. Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Friends of the Earth International's food sovereignty …
In a landmark judgment today, four Niger Delta farmers have won the right to sue Dutch oil multinational Shell in the Netherlands courts after oil spills destroyed their farms and fish ponds. The case sets a precedent for other victims of corporate environmental and human rights harms around the world.
… Four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) have won … Oguru from Oruma - joined with Friends of the Earth Netherlands (as co-plaintiff) to take … been the stage of the largest oil spill on earth. Over the years, an amount of oil double …
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, reports Tom Levitt
… Rainforest Action Network Friends Of The Earth Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil … groups, including Friends of the Earth. One group, the Rainforest Action … says. A point reiterated by Friends of the Earth (FOE), who said it was 'completely …
Earlier this year, 13 climate activists were sentenced for aggravated trespass after blocking a runway at London’s Heathrow airport. For Kara Moses, the protest was part of her Buddhist practice of loving kindness to life and planet.
… open to the sky and in touch with the earth." These words, taken from the Shambala … as I lay on the runway, in touch with the earth, and gazed up at the open sky as the sun … so it can't pump toxic chemicals into the Earth; it's blockading a runway to prevent the …
Coal leases on public lands operated by the US Bureau of Land Management are responsible for 40% of US coal production and 14% of total US CO2 emissions, writes Mike Gaworecki - yet their environmental impacts have not been reviewed in 35 years.
… mining and burning coal to human health and Earth's climate made since 1979, the groups … of the United States." Friends of the Earth and the Western Organization of Resource … of the BLM" , Ben Schreiber, Friends of the Earth's Climate and Energy Program Director, …