EXPLORING BIOREGIONALISM: First Peoples’ governance systems and the Relationist Ethos

05/12/2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
Join us for AELA's "Exploring Bioregionalism" webinar series! In our December webinar, AELA Convenor and Greenprints creator, Dr Michelle Maloney, will be joined by Dr Mary Graham, to discuss how First Peoples' governance systems and the Relationist Ethos have inspired - and can guide - bioregionalism and biocultural governance. Bioregionalism is a Western philosophy that sees […]

Online Book Launch – Declaration of Peace for Indigenous Australians and Nature

21/05/2024
12:00 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
Join us on 21 May, to celebrate the launch of an amazing book - "Declaration of Peace for Indigenous Australians and Nature".  The online launch will feature short talks and selected readings by several of the book's authors, including: Anne Poelina, Tyson Yunkaporta, Chels Marshall, Ross Williams, Michelle Maloney and Michael Davis. ABOUT THE BOOK This groundbreaking book […]

Indigenous philosophy and ‘Relationist Economics’ with Mary Graham

12/09/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/8afvrlkpxy4 As we explore ecocentric economics in "Earth Economics Week", please join us for a thought-provoking presentation about the Indigenous Relationist Ethos and how it shapes a very different approach to law, governance and economic systems. By focusing on Aboriginal philosophy and an ethic of 'Caring for Country' and caring for each other, this webinar […]

Decolonising our thinking, feelings, and actions

07/09/2023
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/bo4CXIboS1Q?si=at23U6fn6c-vDbBP Links discussed during the webinar BlackSpace Manifesto slide, shared by Yin Paradies: https://blackspace.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BlackSpace-Manifesto.pdfYin's Article, "Unsettling truths: modernity, (de-)coloniality and Indigenous futures": https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2020.1809069Article on Indigenous Mathematics: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.0277 Please join this important event, that will explore how we can decolonise our thinking, feelings and actions. This workshop will explore key scholarship on Western culture, colonisation and modern societies, as […]

Connecting to Place, Caring for Country

15/04/2023
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
In this workshop, we explore how human relationships with the living world can form a foundation for society. By bringing together Aboriginal philosophy and law, with Western critiques of the current governance system, this workshop focuses on how ancient and emerging place-based, Earth-centred approaches can offer an effective, practical, compassionate and successful future for Australia. […]

Connecting to Place, Caring for Country

03/06/2023
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
In this workshop, we explore how human relationships with the living world can form a foundation for society. By bringing together Aboriginal philosophy and law, with Western critiques of the current governance system, this workshop focuses on how ancient and emerging place-based, Earth-centred approaches can offer an effective, practical, compassionate and successful future for Australia. […]

Medium Expectations: How can we reduce our demands on the living world?

08/09/2022
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/JD0ZEN8PcD0 Indigenous and non-indigenous perspectives, with Mary Graham, Ross Williams, and Michelle Maloney How the heck are we human beings in industrialised societies going to cope with the types of societal changes heading towards us, due to climate change? While we see a significant focus and debate about the role of renewable energy and technology […]

Fire Country: Indigenous Fire Management Practices

26/09/2022
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
with Victor Steffensen, in conversation with Ross Williams https://youtu.be/vqpJWuDRkhE Victor Steffensen's book "Fire Country" was released in February 2020. The book outlines how the revival of Indigenous fire management practices, including improved ’reading’ of country and undertaking ’cool burns’, can help to restore our nation. Released just after the horrific 2019/2020 bushfires caused unimaginable damage, […]

Regenerative Songlines Australia – ‘Sustainability, Regeneration and Caring for Country’ – Roundtable Discussion

13/09/2022
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (AEST)
Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/l0ycmGNYRww Please join us for an important discussion about sustainability, regeneration and Caring for Country. 'Regeneration' has become the popular framing for initiatives that aim to manage the environment and create systems that support rather than destroy the living world. 'Regeneration' is said to be 'more' than sustainability, and better able to achieve ecological health […]