Nigel Crawhall: Africa's Indigenous Peoples and Their Special Role in Adapting to Climate Change

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Dr. Nigel Crawhall, Director of the Secretariat for the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC), explains how Africa's indigenous people are helping to create new spaces for dialogue around the relationship between cultural and biological diversity. The vast and diverse pool of Africa’s cultural knowledge, practices and languages play an essential role in reviving Africa’s biodiversity. He shows that the recognition of Africa’s rich knowledge and cultural heritage is a vital dimension for any strategy dealing with the challenge of increasing climate instability.

Gaia Evening held at Burgh House, Hampstead, London, Thursday, 10th April 2008.

Patrick Holden: 'Agrofuels, Food Security and Climate: The Case for An Integrated Approach to Climate, Biodiversity and Livelihoods'

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In Part One of this talk on 'Agrofuels, Food Security and Climate', Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association, talks about the current scenario in agriculture and how it is simply feeding high consumption in some parts of the world, while raising food prices, poverty and hunger in others. Citing practical examples, he explains how we can achieve an alternative vision for a return to more local economies and livelihoods in Britain, thereby reducing our dependency on fossil fuels.

A Gaia Foundation event held in association with Navdanya, Soil Association and Resurgence, Hampstead Town Hall, Belsize Park, London, Monday 17th March, 2008.

Vandana Shiva: 'Agrofuels, Food Security and Climate: The Case for An Integrated Approach to Climate, Biodiversity and Livelihoods'

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In Part Two of 'Agrofuels, Food Security and Climate', Dr. Vandana Shiva analyses how the large scale growing of crops to satisfy our insatiable demand for fuel is pushing people off the land and endangering global food security. She argues that current solutions to climate change do not go far enough. They merely serve to ‘offset’ and ease our guilt over the excessive amounts of carbon we produce. Dr. Shiva cites how small-scale, community-led and diverse organic food production can play a major role in providing for our global food needs. Such a scenerio will also reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, and protect our remaining biological and agricultural diversity, as we adapt to inevitable changes in climate.

A Gaia Foundation event held in association with Navdanya, Soil Association and Resurgence, Hampstead Town Hall, Belsize Park, London, Monday 17th March, 2008.

Vandana Shiva and Patrick Holden: Discussion with the Audience

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In Part Three of the talk and discussion 'Agrofuels, Food Security and Climate', Dr. Vandana Shiva and Patrick Holden respond to questions and comments from the audience.

A Gaia Foundation event held in association with Navdanya, Soil Association and Resurgence, Hampstead Town Hall, Belsize Park, London, Monday 17th March, 2008.

Peter Harper: 'Zero Carbon Britain' - what would it be like?

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Responding to the threat of climate change, the government has set the challenging target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% over the next 40 years. This is certainly a step in the right direction, but recent findings in climate science suggest it is nowhere near enough. It looks as if, in reality, 100% reduction in 20 years might be necessary.

But is this remotely possible and how might it be done? Peter Harper has been part of a team working on these questions at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales. Active in the environmental movement since the 1960s, he brings a lifetime of experience to explaining the arguments and stimulating vigorous debate on ‘Zero Carbon Britain’.

Gaia Evening held at Burgh House, Hampstead, London, Thursday, 7th February 2008.

Earth Jurisprudence in the African Context, with Ng'anga Thiong'o

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Ng’ang’a Thiong’o is Legal Policy and Advocacy Officer for Porini Association Kenya, Chair of Kenya’s Release of Political Prisoners campaign and a member of Kenya’s High Court. As a former Legal Advisor to the Green Belt Movement, he worked alongside 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai. Thiong'o explains how Earth Jurisprudence is expressed within African customary law. He also talks about the practical work Porini is doing to implement it.

Interview at Gaia House, Hampstead, London, Monday 24th September 2007.

An Interview with Andrew Kimbrell on Natural Law

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Andrew Kimbrell, interviewed by Kenyan lawyer and activist, Ng'anga Thiong'o', discusses the inability of current law in the United States and elsewhere to appropriately deal with the environmental crises the globe now faces. He argues that several major legal concepts need to be implemented in order for the law to become relevant to climate change, one of the most important issues of our time.

Interview held at Gaia House, Hampstead, London, Monday, 24th September 2007

Recent Posts

Nature’s Law: Reinventing Environmental Jurisprudence for the 21st Century, with Andrew Kimbrell

Six Degrees: Life on a Hotter Planet, with Mark Lynas

Earth, Religion and the Sacred: Can the World's Religions Learn to Live With Ecological Integrity? With Rupert Sheldrake

Indigenous Strategies to Protect the Amazon in the Context of Climate Change, with Martín von Hildebrand

Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture, with Brian Goodwin

Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia, with Stephan Harding

Recognising the Earth and Culture As the Basis of All Life, with Professor Wangari Maathai

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