The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is Michelle’s primary not-for-profit and community oriented platform for working across a range of multi-disciplinary, ecocentric projects and networks.
As Co-Founder and National Convenor of AELA, Michelle manages the strategic direction and governance of the organisation, including the extensive partnerships and networks that AELA has with legal, Indigenous, academic and environmental advocacy communities.
Michelle’s work with AELA includes:
- managing the work of the Australian Earth Laws Centre, including providing advice and community building support to community groups interested in engaging with Earth Laws, First Laws, Rights of Nature and innovative bioregional governance approaches;
- designing and moderating a range of public webinar series, community workshops, conferences and other public events
- designing and managing AELA’s Greenprints program, which supports Bioregional projects in Australia
- designing and facilitating a range of AELA Education courses and workshops
- organising, curating and managing AELA’s Earth Arts program
- faciliating Earth Ethics events and occasional publications
- creating and organising occasional Australian Peoples’ Tribunals (APT) for Community and Nature’s Rights
- managing AELA’s fantastic staff, associates and volunteers
Michelle also works with a range of Indigenous colleagues and partner organisations, to assist connections between Western lawyers/western education, with Indigenous law and knowledge holders, and to support cross-cultural understanding and the decolonisation of western knowledge and practices in Australia.
Michelle’s work with Future Dreaming and other not-for-profit organisations:
- co-manager of AELA’s sister organisation Future Dreaming
- coordinator of Regenerative Songlines Australia, following the leadership of Indigenous Elders and leaders, and other regenerative practitioners
- co-founder and former Director of the New Economy Network Australia , now convenor of the NENA ‘Earth Economies’ Hub
- participating in a range of international and national groups and networks (visit Michelle’s affiliations webpage for more details)