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Who we are

AELA is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred (ecocentric) governance, with a focus on systems change across law, economics, education, ethics and community participation in Australia.

Our vision is an Australian society that embraces an ecocentric or ‘life-centred’ culture, with governance systems that enable human communities to thrive within ecological boundaries, while nurturing biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Our programs provide a range of services and support for people, communities and organisations working to create ecocentric systems change.

What we do

AELA provides information, advice and tools that can help people take action to build Earth-centred systems change - visit our information below and get in touch anytime!

Our Programs

Our programs work within, and across, different sectors so that we can catalyse new systems thinking that will lead to the transformation of Australia's governance systems.

News and Events

2023 – 2024 Annual Report

AELA’s 2023-2024 Annual Report is now available. Find out what we’ve achieved and what we’re planning for the future!

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2025 AELA/AAPAE CONFERENCE

Over three days, AELA and the AAPAE will bring together people from diverse fields of research and practice, to explore how we can build ethical futures in a changing world.

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KINSHIP – March Webinar – How Deep Ecology Helps Us Connect

You’re invited to join us for monthly webinars in our series “Kinship: exploring human-nature connections.” Guest speakers from around Australia and around the world, will share their insights into how they connect with and celebrate ‘nature’. Human beings are (of …

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EXPLORING BIOREGIONING: Stories from the United Kingdom

Join us for AELA’s “Exploring Bioregioning” webinar series! In our March webinar, AELA Convenor and Greenprints creator, Dr Michelle Maloney, will be joined by Ella Hubbard and Isabel Carlisle, to share stories about bioregioning in the United Kingdom.

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Earth Economics Week 2025

Please join the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), New Economy Network Australia (NENA) and Future Dreaming for ‘Earth Economics Week’ 2025!

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Inaugural Haydn Washington Memorial Lecture – Ethics and the Economy

with Professor Helen Kopnina, Northumbria University (UK) – Inaugural Haydn Washington Memorial Public Lecture

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Forever Industries – First Nations’ approaches to sustainable economic futures

with Glenn Woods, CEO of Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, The Kimberley; Mike Winer, Advisor with Juunjuwarra Aboriginal Corporation, Starcke River, Cape York; and Dr Mary Graham, Kombumerri person from the Yugambeh Language Speaking Peoples in South East …

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Are Steady State Economics still relevant?

with Matthew Washington, Phil Jones and Robert Perey, Centre for a Steady State Economy (CASSE) NSW – facilitated by Michelle Maloney.

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Can a Wellbeing Economy Save the Planet?

with Katherine Trebeck, Co-founder of Wellbeing Economy Alliance International

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What could a degrowth and decolonised economy look like?

with Mary Graham, Anitra Nelson and Michelle Maloney

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