How can you use law to fight for nature’s rights and transform humanity’s relationships with other beings and the planet? Find out by participating in this 2-day, innovative, interactive, intensive, online learning experience as courageous “Warrior Lawyers,” Indigenous legal knowledge holders and other inspiring leaders share their stories of advancing “Green Rights” through (or sometimes despite) law. You will learn about the global rights of nature movement, explore rights of nature laws on paper and in action, discover strategies for enforcing nature’s rights, and participate in a rights of nature mock trial.
This innovative learning program mobilizes the power of stories to bring issues of environmental rights and justice to life and inspire you to act.
The instructors are leading Rights of Nature champions and environmental educators, including:
- Yenny Vega Cárdenas, President of the Observatoire International des Droits de la Nature (International Observatory on the Rights of Nature), Montréal, Canada
- Rita Mestokosho, Innu Nitassinan (territory) guardian, writer and poet, Ekuanitshit, Canada
- Members of the More Than Human Life (MOTH) Project team at New York University School of Law, New York, USA
- Mari Margil, Executive Director of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, Spokane, Washington, USA
- Hugo Echeverría, Rights of Nature lawyer, Quito, Ecuador
- Leslee Silverman, theatre artistic director and recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Performing Arts (Theatre), Vancouver, Canada
- Stepan Wood, Director of the Centre for Law & the Environment, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The program is delivered in English, and participants must be able to communicate orally in English.
Participants who attend both days and complete the mock trial will receive a formal attestation of attendance. Please note, however, that participation in the Academy does not earn credit toward any academic credential.
Space is limited to the first 50 registrants. To register, click on the link below and complete the registration form. It should take less than 5 minutes. We will send the Zoom meeting link and occasional reminders to all confirmed registrants.
REGISTRATION LINK: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8krxBQa06VcAlSe