I was honoured to be invited to host a workshop with Barry Hunter and other Djabaguy people on their beautiful country in the wet tropics, a place that is now called Kuranda and the Atherton Tableland. Local scientist and community organiser, Paul Devine, kindly organised the workshop, as a Masterclass for resource management professionals –…
Joining the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Advisory Committee
I was really honoured to be invited onto the Blue Mountains City Council’s (BMCC) Planetary Health Advisory Committee this month. After working with folks from the BMCC during 2020, to assist with information and briefing material that led to the BMCC adopting the Rights of Nature as a foundational principle, I’m really looking forward to…
Regen Brisbane/Meeanjin and Greenprints – kick off event
On the 29th and 30th July, AELA, NENA, Future Dreaming and QUT co-hosted the kick off event for ‘Regen Brisbane/Meeanjin’. Regen Brisbane/Meeanjin is a network of individuals and organisations exploring how we can work together to make Brisbane a regenerative city. Inspired by the work of ‘Regen Melbourne’ and now part of a growing network…
Clarence River and Earth Laws
A mini bus full of awesomeness visited me today, fresh faced and full of love for the Clarence River in New South Wales. An amazing group of young’uns (young to me!) led by Monique Upton, popped into AELA House for a cuppa tea and important conversations. They are building a community movement – with Indigenous…
Regenerative Songlines Australia – Launch Event
The launch of ‘Regenerative Songlines Australia’ on 8th July was a very special event. Although it was online, the half day of amazing presentations and insights into Indigenous knowledge and law, produced a palpable excitement among our audience and the feedback was overwhelming. With speakers like Mary Graham, Anne Poelina, Tyson Yunkaporta, Chels Marshall, Ross…
Meeting the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council
It was a huge honour to be invited to Broome and the Kimberley, to meet with the Martuwarra-Fitzroy River Council, in late June/early July this year. The always remarkable Dr Anne Poelina, invited me to join a ‘Circle of Knowledge’ with other supporters of the Council, at a week of meetings in Broome. It was…
Creating the Greenprints approach
After six years of thinking, researching, collaborating, planning, mapping out, experimenting and talking about the Greenprints approach (and then sketching-out ideas and re-sketching them to be clearer and easier to understand), I’m beyond-excited to launch our gorgeous Greenprints website: www.greenprints.org.au Our deceptively simple website represents the ‘front end’ of years of research, pilot workshops and…
Rights of Nature and the Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) has become the first Local Council – and in fact the first Government entity – in Australia, to embed ‘Rights of Nature’ as a keystone concept into its operational practices, planning process and advocacy program. The following text is from the media release that I wrote for AELA, which…
Connecting to Place, Caring for Country – Future Dreaming workshop series
Future Dreaming is an exciting initiative, co-created by Indigenous leaders and knowledge holders – Mary Graham, a Kombumerri person and Ross Williams, a Bindal/Juru person- together with governance expert Lyb Makin, and myself. Future Dreaming’s goal is to share ecological knowledge to build a better future for all of us. We focus on building cross…
Reimagining environmental law in Pakistan
This weekend (Saturday 27th March 2021) I had the great pleasure of being a guest speaker and reviewer, in a workshop hosted by the Pakistani Feminist Judgments Writing Project (PFJP). Led by Marva Khan, Assistant Professor of Practice, Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, Lahore University of Management Sciences, this project has been inspired by…