AFTER THE VIRUS - IN S.E.QUEENSLAND

System level reform for a sustainable society: the work of AELA

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GUEST: Dr. Michelle Maloney co-founder and national convenor of AELA.

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  • Introducing Dr. Michelle Maloney: convenor of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) and its diverse work to achieve system level change through Earth centred governance in Australia, with a focus on law, economics, education, ethics and the arts.
  • The important influence of the ideas of eco-theologian Thomas Berry on the foundational work of AELA - with specific citation of his book The Great Work.
  • Introducing the Greenprints initiative within AELA – creating governance systems based upon bioregional understandings of landscape and ecology which can help communities live within their ecological limits and nurture the Earth community. Developing the ability to live sustainably in a place for the long-term future.
  • Introducing the New Economy Network Australia (NENA) - creating an ecologically healthy and socially just society by transforming Australia’s economic system through knowledge sharing, peer to peer support, cross-pollination of ideas and collaboration.
  • Introducing Future Dreaming: a sister organisation of AELA with a mission to bring Indigenous Peoples and non-indigenous people together, to assist cross cultural understanding of Indigenous frameworks and practices such as Caring for Country, and to share information about emerging Earth centred law and governance in Western legal systems. jurisprudence framework you'd point the green friend's initiative within a less
  • Description of some future AELA events scheduled for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.

    • Podcast guest contact details:

    Michelle Maloney: convenor of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA)

    Website: https://www.earthlaws.org.au/

    Email: [email protected]

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianEarthLaws/

     Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE)

    http://www.hopeaustralia.org.au/

    Ph. 07 4639 2135

    Email: [email protected]

     Production: Produced for HOPE by Andrew Nicholson. This episode recorded in Toowoomba, S.E. Queensland on Friday 4th September 2020 - duration 32 minutes. 

    Artwork: Daniela Dal'Castel   Music by: James Nicholson 

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