Welcome to ‘Earthwords and Ponderings’, where I share updates and ponderings about the amazing work we do within the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), New Economy Network Australia (NENA) and Future Dreaming.
2022 archive
Nov 30 2022
Push to give our natural world the legal right to thrive
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by Mornington Peninsula Magazine
…When recently elected Deputy Mayor Debra Mar was a Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor, she noticed a rising anxiety in people as she listened to her community, particularly around the impact of development and fragmentation of native
Nov 29 2022
Make ecocide an international crime and other legal ideas to help save the planet
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…The world has reached an acute point in the “highway to climate hell”. Talks at Cop27 barely achieved anything, despite the fact that almost one-third of Pakistan’s territory was submerged during unprecedented flooding; record heat over the summer
Nov 23 2022
This movement wants to make harming the planet an international crime
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The Stop Ecocide campaign aims to criminalize destroying the environment – and save our collective home in the process.
Growing up, UK environmental activist Jojo Mehta always had a deep reverence for nature. It’s something her parents instilled in her …
Nov 22 2022
Nature’s Rights in Generation Ocean Learning Programme
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AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, has contributed to the development of a new, secondary school, learning program by The Ocean Race called Generation Ocean, with the inclusion of a section about the rights of nature.
…Generation Ocean: Join
Oct 19 2022
Rights of Nature in the Mornington Peninsula
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Media Release - Australian Earth Laws Alliance
19 October 2022
PRESS RELEASE BY AELA
Rights of Nature in the Mornington Peninsula
AELA commends the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for passing a resolution last night (18 October 2022), to explore the …
Sep 07 2022
How do we nurture the conditions for humans to care about the more than human world?
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Listen to Tim Collings' as he speaks with AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, in his podcast series, "Better World Leaders":
…Better World Leaders shares experiences, journeys and insights with leaders who are making our world better.
Each episode we
Aug 29 2022
Greenprints with Dr Michelle Maloney
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Listen to AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, discussing Greenprints on the Post-Growth Australia Podcast with Michael Bayliss.…
Jun 21 2022
Decolonising Our Thinking and Actions
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Please join the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), the Greenprints program and Future Dreaming Australia, for a FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP, that explores how we can decolonise our thinking and actions. This workshop explores key scholarship on Western culture, colonisation and …
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