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…
Declaration of the Rights of the Moon
As a human earthling with a deep love and gratitude for our moon, I was honoured to be involved in writing the draft Declaration of the Rights of the Moon, which was released for discussion on 11 February 2021. You can read it here. The Declaration was created over many months and online discussions, between…
Earth jurisprudence and Earth laws
‘Earth jurisprudence’ is a term coined by deep ecologist Thomas Berry. Earth Jurisprudence calls for a shift from human-centred to Earth-centred governance, and a recognition of our interconnectedness with nature. In his book ‘The Great Work: Our Way into the Future’, Thomas Berry provides a powerful critique of what he calls the fundamental ‘establishments’ that…