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(Frieda Werden)

WINGS #50-11 Earth's Lawyer

Polly Higgins aims to pass an international law against ecocide.

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Length: 0:28:50
Uploaded: 9 Apr, 2012

Recording Date: 9 Apr, 2012
Recording Location: Vancouver BC
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Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright: Creative Commons License
WINGS #50-11 Earth's Lawyer by Frieda Werden and WINGS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at wings.org.
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Program Title: WINGS #50-11 Earth's Lawyer
Description: "The earth needs a good lawyer," Polly Higgins realized one day in court. But a lawyer has to work with laws. In a test run for an ecocide law she argued the Athabasca Tar Sands are the worst case of ecocide on the planet.

Host(s): Frieda Werden
Featured Speakers/Guests: English barrister turned earth advocate Polly Higgins. Her book Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of our Planet is available through www.eradicatingecocide.com

Credits: Produced by Frieda Werden.

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Topic:
News
Environment > Climate Change
Politics > Activism
Regional > Europe
Science and Technology > Earth Sciences
Regional > Canada
Society and Culture
Environment > Pollution
Type: Weekly Program

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