Join us for an important discussion about Australia’s Rush for Energy Transition Minerals & Metals

Scouring the globe, Australian corporations and investors are expanding into new territories, both domestically and internationally, for new sources of “critical and strategic” minerals for the “green energy transition” to a zero carbon world. These minerals include lithium, copper, nickel, rare earth, and cobalt.

In this presentation, Liz Downes (lead researcher and author) and Nat Lowrey (Aid/Watch) will present the research of an upcoming report that Aid/Watch Australia will be launching in September.

The research maps Australian 'Green Extractivism' projects, domestically and internationally, and identifies key intersecting issues through case studies including socio-environmental impacts; greenwashing; sacrifice zones; supply chains; ESG; corporate-state power; energy security; and militarisation. The report highlights the need for us to consider alternative pathways beyond extractivism towards a liveable future for ourselves and our planet.

For more information on NENA’s Post-Extractivism Hub

https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-hubs/sector/post-extractivism/

For more information on Aid/Watch's Alternatives to ‘Green’ Extractivism project

https://aidwatch.org.au/alternatives-to-green-extractivism/

ABOUT EARTH LAWS MONTH

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is hosting a huge month of events throughout September - webinars, public lectures, workshops, virtual art exhibitions and more - to explore and celebrate our relationship with the living world. To find out about all our events, please visit: www.earthlaws.org.au/elm2022

ABOUT AELA

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance. Our programs include a focus on law, economics, education, ethics, Indigenous knowledge systems and the arts.

For more information, please visit our website: www.earthlaws.org.au

Or get in touch - aela@earthlaws.org.au