Podcasts about Polly Higgins

This month we are honored to be joined by Jojo Mehta from Stop Ecocide International, which is an international advocacy organization with the goal of making ecocide a crime. Jojo gives us insight into the continuous thread throughout her life that led her to this work. Her “outrage” moment was when she learned about fracking. Her work in the anti-fracking community introduced her to the late Polly Higgins, with whom she co-founded Stop Ecocide International. Jojo gives us insight into what kind of gross environmental harms which fall under the umbrella of ecocide. The Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide describes it as "unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts". This definition focuses on the potential results of the activity in question which creates a kind of reality check. It is not exactly what you do but how you do it, how much you do it, and where you do. It is any instance where the net results of what ones does results in gross damage to the environment. This would force this companies to look at their activities on the ground to assess their activities and whether they are at risk of committing ecocide through their activities. This conversation goes deep and takes us to so many different angles of criminalizing environmental destruction.  Want to learn more about Jojo? https://www.stopecocide.earth/jojo-mehta-profile Want to learn more about Stop Ecocide International and the work they are undertaking? https://www.stopecocide.earth/

Can our national and international legal systems be harnessed in service of life, to put the brakes on the worst excesses of capitalism and slow the annihilation of our eco-sphere?  Stop Ecocide International exists explicitly to make this happen and this week, we talk to Jojo Mehta, co-founder and Executive Director of the movement. If we're going to stop capitalism's harms to the planet, we have to build road blocks into the current system that will be recognised by those who make the harms happen and one of the key ways to do this is to criminalise activities that are wiping out the future in real time - if we're using Joanna Macy's concept of the Three Pillars of the Great Turning, this is one of the most effective Holding Actions imaginable (the other two pillars are 'Systems Change' and 'Shifting in Consciousness', which we explore in many other episodes. Today, though, we're exploring this ultimate Holding Action and our guest is right at the forefront of this. Jojo Mehta is co-founder and Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International (SEI)  which she and the late pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) set up in 2017.  SEI is the driving force at the heart of the growing global movement to make ecocide an international crime. Their core work is supporting diplomatic progress and fostering global cross-sector support for this. To this end, they collaborate with diplomats, politicians, lawyers, corporate leaders, NGOs, indigenous and faith groups, influencers, academic experts, grassroots campaigns and individuals, positioning themselves with great clarity at the meeting point of legal evolution, political traction and public narrative. As a result, they are uniquely placed to track, support and amplify the global conversation. This conversation took us in many directions, exploring the legal implications of the law, but beyond it to the potential it has to counter the iniquities of the States Investor Dispute Settlements and how it could bolster Indigenous groups seeking protections for their ancestral lands.  We looked at the ways the law is being framed and where it and laws like it have already been enacted, how it's progressing in the International Criminal Court and what the ultimate aims are in using it as a deterrent, but also as a cover for those in the extractive, destructive industries - which, let's face it, is pretty much every industry - who want to act, but are constrained by their requirement to push always for profit regardless of the impact on people and planet.  Those who drive them may not care about the little people - you and me - but they care about themselves and if they face actual gaol terms, then their incentive structures become quite different. As Daniel Schmachtenberger so often says, 'Show me the incentives and I'll show you the outcome' - Stop Ecocide International exists radically to shift the incentive structure and it's making real headway.  If you despair about the ways we can change the trajectory of the system, if you think our chances of veering the bus away from the cliff's edge are small, then this is the spark of light you need in the gloom - it's genuinely encouraging. Stop Ecocide International Ltd https://www.stopecocide.earth/stop-ecocide-international-ltdStop Ecocide Foundation https://www.stopecocide.earth/sefIndependent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide https://bell-harmonica-g83z.squarespace.com/legal-definitionSEI on Twitter  https://x.com/EcocideLawJJo on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jojo-mehta/Stop Ecocide Film on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw0HWM9n8IGuardian Article:  https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/sep/09/pacific-islands-ecocide-crime-icc-proposal

"I love this term biophilia, because it's this, in a sense, it's a love of nature in a word, isn't it? And I had this beautiful description recently of what it actually means to love something or to love someone. In very plain terms, it means to include that person or that thing's interests as one's own." Jojo Mehta, Co-founder, Stop Ecocide International.For me Biophilic Design has the potential to heal more than just physical and mental health of people, it has the potential to help heal our earth too. If we implemented Biophilic Design in cities for instance, we can help mitigate climate change, even just by planting more trees which is a Biophilic Design solution, we increase tree canopy cover, increase biodiversity, mitigate flooding. There are many more, from creating Blue cities with cleaner rivers and waterways to planting on roofs and sides of buildings helping reduce the need to switch on air conditioning units in the summer and heating in the winter, which in turn reduces energy consumption. Also, as interior designers we specify more natural materials, reducing plastic, are more considerate of what textiles are made of and originate from.With our global temperature reaching a danger point, we need to do all we can as designers, architects, fit out managers and anyone who works in the built environment at any point.Today we have got the amazing Jojo Mehta with us on the podcast. Jojo is CEO and co-founder of Stop Ecocide International (SEI), the hub of the global movement to create a new international crime of ecocide to protect the Earth from the worst acts of environmental damage, a movement that is gaining significant political traction. She co-founded SEI with the visionary lawyer, Polly Higgins, who died in 2019, having devoted the final decade of her life to the cause.We explore and put into context just WHY we need to do more as designers, seize every opportunity we can to create better environments, not just for people, but for planet too and also how Biophilic Design is an essential part of the solution.Jojo Mehta is the CEO and co-founder of Stop Ecocide International, the organization working to create a new international crime of "ecocide" to protect the environment from severe damage. The goal of ecocide law is to hold companies and governments accountable for the worst acts of environmental destruction, similar to how genocide and war crimes are treated as international crimes.Jojo explains that ecocide law aims to shift the mindset around the environment, moving away from the perception of nature as an infinite resource to be exploited, towards a more holistic, interconnected view. By making severe environmental damage a crime, it would force decision-makers to consider the consequences of their actions on the natural world.She sees ecocide law as a crucial tool to complement initiatives like biophilic design, which seeks to reconnect people with nature through the built environment.Designers, architects, and others in the built environment sector have a vital role to play, not just in implementing biophilic principles, but in advocating for the legal frameworks that can drive systemic change.Individuals can get involved by raising awareness of ecocide law in their personal and professional networks, encouraging its inclusion in policy discussions and industry publications. Jojo emphasizes the importance of building a broad conversation around the need for such legislation, as politicians are more likely to act when there is clear public support.Ultimately, Jojo envisions a world where people and nature are deeply interconnected, with decisions made with the wellbeing of the natural world in mind.She believes that by aligning our laws and cultural attitudes with this biophilic worldview, we can begin to heal the damage done and create a more sustainable future.Have you got a copy of the Journal? You can now subscribe to the digital edition or purchase a copy directly from us at the journalofbiophilicdesign.com or Amazon. If you like our podcast and would like to support us in some way, you can buy us a coffee if you'd like to, thank you xCredits: with thanks to George Harvey Audio Production for the calming biophilic soundscape that backs all our podcasts. Did you know our podcast is also on Audible, Amazon Music, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher, vurbl, podbay, podtail, and most if not all the RSS feeds?Facebook https://www.facebook.com/journalofbiophilicdesign/Twitter https://twitter.com/JofBiophilicDsnLinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/journalofbiophilicdesign/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/journalofbiophilicdesign

A conversation with Jojo Mehta, executive director of Stop Ecocide International, about making ecocide a crime, something you can get arrested for and end up in prison. How do we get it from a discussion in lawyer circles and academic circles into international criminal law? And why is it going much faster over the last 5 years than anyone has expected?Law: an area we rarely touch but has the potential to shift our food and agriculture system, and many other systems, completely. Making ecocide a crime. Ecocide is broadly understood to mean mass damage and destruction of ecosystems – severe harm to nature which is widespread or long-term. Turning ecocide into a crime, most likely it would also over time change our consciousness and get ecocide into the realm of things you simply don't do. What is even more fascinating is that large companies actually want this, so it creates a level playing field.This episode offers a rare glimpse into the crossroads of legal innovation and climate activism that could forever alter our relationship with the Earth. We examine the extraordinary momentum gained by movements such as Extinction Rebellion and youth-led climate strikes as well as we pay tribute to the late Polly Higgins, a tireless advocate whose vision of legal reform continues to inspire action. Unveiling the intricate dance of defining ecocide, this conversation brings to light the necessity of a legal framework adaptable to the evolving methods of environmental harm, forecasting a world where atrocities against nature are no longer tolerated.---------------------------------------------------Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits on www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag. Support our work:Share itGive a 5-star ratingBuy us a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture----------------------------------------------------More about this episode on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/jojo-mehtaFind our video course on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/course.----------------------------------------------------The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.https://foodhub.nl/en/opleidingen/your-path-forward-in-regenerative-food-and-agriculture/Support the showFeedback, ideas, suggestions? - Twitter @KoenvanSeijen - Get in touch www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.comJoin our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P! Support the showThanks for listening and sharing!

Episode 20 - Jojo Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. Disclaimer: Please note that all information and content on the UK Health Radio Network, all its radio broadcasts and podcasts are provided by the authors, producers, presenters and companies themselves and is only intended as additional information to your general knowledge. As a service to our listeners/readers our programs/content are for general information and entertainment only.  The UK Health Radio Network does not recommend, endorse, or object to the views, products or topics expressed or discussed by show hosts or their guests, authors and interviewees.  We suggest you always consult with your own professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advisor. So please do not delay or disregard any professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advice received due to something you have heard or read on the UK Health Radio Network.

I discuss why humanity urgently needs new laws that redefine what is considered criminal activity and new definitions of crime. This episode was published on July 31, 2023. Please see my "Conversations" playlist for more discussions. You can support my work and this channel by booking an astrology reading. Te receive alerts about new episodes please add yourself to my contact list. References: Reveal podcast: The Great Arizona Water Grab A conversation with Dr. Nadine Sullivan • Part One Part 2: A conversation with Dr. Nadine Sullivan How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly' accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s Western megadrought is worst in 1,200 years, intensified by climate change, study finds Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb's Water Is Cut Off Colorado River losing vast amounts of water due to warming climate, study finds Ecocide: Should killing nature be a crime? Polly Higgins, lawyer who fought for recognition of 'ecocide', dies aged 50 Trillions of Dollars in Bank Bailouts: Socialism for the Rich? #Environment #Ecocide #Spirituality Check my "Community Tab" where I comment and share links I find interesting. Errata

Sue Stockdale interviews Jojo Mehta, the co-founder and executive director of Stop Ecocide International who talks about the organisations mission of advocating for the criminalisation of ecocide and make the destruction of nature a global crime.Jojo Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. The core work to make ecocide an international crime at the international criminal court, is supported and progressed by a large network of over 45 teams and associate groups globally. There are over 50,000 endorsing signatories across civil society and faith groups, and a growing number of endorsing businesses and organisations.Jojo is Chair of the charitable Stop Ecocide Foundation and convenor of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide chaired by Philippe Sands QC and Dior Fall Sow. She is a graduate of Oxford and London universities and has a background in communications, entrepreneurship and environmental campaigning.Connect with JoJo Mehta on Linked In and Twitter and the Stop Ecocide Campaign Key Quotes"Ecocide is making mass destruction of nature a crime at the international level."“So it's literally to kill one's home."“What I think is so important is that people need to see hope.""I don't know anyone that has got into kind of making change in the world or activism in any way without it beginning in some form with outrage.""I think it's that combination of what is the thing you're outraged about and what is the thing you love doing and how do you put those together?"“We've had agricultural companies say to us that we don't necessarily tick all our regulatory boxes because we know nobody's checking and it's cheaper not to."Partners and SupportersWe partnered with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society to bring you this series. Take a look at their Climate Solutions course, developed by leaders and experts in climate change and endorsed by the Institute of Directors.We are also supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations.Connect with Access to Inspiration via Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : LinkedIn :Read our Impact ReportActions to take after listening to the podcastWe have created a list of questions to help you reflect on the podcast episode and what you heardSign up for our Zoom listener discussion on the topics raised in this series on Friday 21st July from 1300 to 1345hrs BST.

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International about the positive news that the European Parliament is proposing to include Ecocide in EU Law, an important development in the course to have this vital legislation enshrined in international law. [Support this channel and access episodes early by joining up on Patreon or Youtube] For those that are not familiar with Ecocide it has this simple definition: Ecocide means unlawful or wanton acts, committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or longterm damage to the environment, being caused by those acts. A law of Ecocide was first proposed by the late Polly Higgins and it is fantastic to see the progress the organisation is making in fulfilling its objectives. Outlawing environmental destruction is a critical part of how we as a species, reassess our relationship with nature, in the face of climate and ecological breakdown. In the next episode I am speaking with David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, in Australia about his new article on reclaiming the Climate Emergency. Thanks for listening.

We Tend To See What's Convenient To See, What Preserves Our Worldview. Civilisational Collapse Is Not Going To Deliver Us Into A Better World. How Beautiful Of A World Are We Ready To Choose?  Enjoy this empowering conversation and the fourth with Charles Eisenstein in this podcast series. I think many of you know already how much I appreciate Charles's insights and perspectives on reality. His worldview and ways in which we can midwife the more beautiful world into existence have for over a decade now, been anchors to keep me aligned to my own contribution and how to trust in the process. It is indeed a conscious choice that I have to regulary review. 
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They thought they were free.
 Speaking up during the pandemic. What Forces were at work these past years? 

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What guarantee is there that something like this is not going to happen again? 


Millions of beings starved due to lockdowns. 

Our compassion extends as far as you can see.  

 17:00 - 22:00; Lets extend our Compassion to include all. We tend to see what's convenient to see, what preserves our worldview. 

Inhumane policies. 

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Civilisational collapse is not going to deliver us into a better world. 
Crisis gives us an opportunity to choose something else. 
 29:00 - 33:00; We can see where we are headed. 
Matrix cyborg. If our horror was going to stop us, it would have already. 
We have to choose something else. 
Initiation.
 Facing death. 
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What is bottom for our civilisation? 
Devote ourselves to life and beauty. 
 
Investing in my future makes less and less sense. 
Service to something greater. 
It's not about me. 

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Helpful to have others around us who are devoted. 
The frequency that gets transmitted. 
What raise bottom? 
The importance of a mentor. 
Whats on the menu? 
Picking strawberries. 

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Alternative options to a trans-humanist metaverse. 
What can we do about it? 
Appeal of Polly Higgins and Zach Bush. 
Direct connection to a more beautiful world.
  47:00 - 51:00; When we fully receive the gifts.
 Gratitude. 
Resonance. 
If in the old story it seems hopeless. 
There is hope. 

Desperation to get out, they attract like prayers of supplication. 
It's not hopeless. 
New data points. 
I trust the sacred. 

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Synchronicity. 
Devoted solutions. 
Structures of control are dissolving. 
Deepening choices. 
How beautiful of a world are we ready to choose? 
Conversations orient us to this choice. 
Trust the alignment. 
Attuning to opportunities we didn't know we had before. 

Beacons of Love. 
It's about Being. 
 ------------------------------------------------- * Charles Eisenstein is one of the most important voices in the world today. A teacher, speaker, philosopher and author focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. He is the author of Sacred Economics & The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. More from Charles eisenstein & his recent writings are on his Substack Living In The Gift All of my podcasts are given in the spirit of the Gift Economy. This means you get to receive the value this offers you and then feel into your heart and decide what contribution you can gift from your heart to mine. I trust in the circulation of the unconditional giving chain of reciprocity and live by the motto: The more I give, the more i've got to give. You can contribute your gifts through Simon Transparently or Patreon.

Charlottte Dufour is founder of Narayan, a retreat space which followed years of work in humanitarian aid and international cooperation (LinkedIn, Twitter). She is a nutrition expert, having worked in Afghanistan in the early 2000s on child malnutrition before moving to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (a UN agency), where she specialised in Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods. She is also a qualified yoga instructor.The key theme of our conversation was Charlotte's hard-won perspective that challenges we face are invitations to not look for happiness in the fulfilment of our material desires, but to have the wisdom to find the stillness within. From that deep place we can work on what is very important:the quality of relationship between humans, and between humans and nature.You'll hear me say a couple of times that the perspective can sound fluffy. But if you read Charlotte's book on her time in Afghanistan, then you would know the tough and grounded experiences from which that perspective has grown. We recorded the interview in early Sep 2022. Worth knowing that Charlotte and I were at university together, and she introduced me to my late wife in 1999.LinksAnand yogaListening Inspires, which Charlotte co-founded, "brings together a rich  network of individuals committed to inspiring creative solutions to modern-day challenges through deep listening – to ourselves, each other and Nature."4SD on engaging thousands with Food Systems Summit DialoguesPowerful Times interview with David NabarroLand of Eternal Hope: Ten Years of Lives Shared in Afghanistan, Charlotte's book which tells the story of her time in the country, and also gives voice to her Afghan friends on their stories.Polly Higgins' Earth is our Business.TaizeConscious Food Systems AllianceThe Art of Possibility by Zander and ZanderTimings0:50 - Q1 What are you doing now? And how did you get there?10:15 - Q2. What is the future you are trying to create, and why?18:23 Q3. What are your priorities for the next few years, and why?28:25 - Q4. If someone was inspired to follow those priorities, what should they do next?31:39 - Q5. If your younger self was starting their career now, what advice would you give them?33:04 - Q6. Who would you nominate to answer these questions, because you admire their approach?33:44 - Q7. Is there anything else important you feel you have to say?More here.Twitter: Powerful_TimesWebsite hub: here.Please do like and subscribe, to help others find the podcast.Thank you for listening! -- David

Join Kori Brown from The Haverford School (United States), Polly Higgins from King Edward's School (United Kingdom), and Laura Sabo from St. Christopher's School (United States) as they discuss Brown's IBSC Action Research project that explores using digital “selfless portraits” to foster cognitive empathy in eighth-grade boys. Brown garnered the 2022 IBSC Action Research award in recognition of her outstanding and innovative contribution to the IBSC community. Listen to this podcast episode for insight from Brown and program leaders, then get more information on a variety of topics for boys' educators in hundreds of IBSC Action Research reports. Better yet, apply for the 2023-24 IBSC Action Research Program and conduct a project yourself. IBSC Exploring Boys' Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. IBSC Action Research Findings · Apply for Action Research

Join Kori Brown from The Haverford School (United States), Polly Higgins from King Edward's School (United Kingdom), and Laura Sabo from St. Christopher's School (United States) as they discuss Brown's IBSC Action Research project that explores using digital “selfless portraits” to foster cognitive empathy in eighth-grade boys. Brown garnered the 2022 IBSC Action Research award in recognition of her outstanding and innovative contribution to the IBSC community. Listen to this podcast episode for insight from Brown and program leaders, then get more information on a variety of topics for boys' educators in hundreds of IBSC Action Research reports. Better yet, apply for the 2023-24 IBSC Action Research Program and conduct a project yourself. IBSC Exploring Boys' Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. IBSC Action Research Findings · Apply for Action Research · IBSC

How do we harness our life force to protect the Earth? This episode is a special tribute to Polly Higgins ‘Earth Lawyer', a visionary barrister, author and environmental lobbyist, who devoted all her time to one client - the Earth. Since 2010, she lobbied the UN Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime making the word “ecocide” globally understood inspiring parliamentarians, ecologists, lawyers to artists. It was a proposal Polly envisioned to become a powerful law to protect the Earth and its diverse ecologies and communities; an economical and political game changer. We initially aired this episode in late 2018, and Polly passed away shortly after. Polly's life's work continues to be of urgency to protect the future of this beautiful planet and its people. Amisha and Polly speak about how Polly's ecocide quest began with a powerful thought, ‘the Earth is in need of a good lawyer', which crossed her mind whilst continuously witnessing big transnational corporations, fossil fuel extraction, Monsanto industrialised agriculture, ExxonMobil, causing massive destruction in the world. She describes this as a ‘critical choice point' that called her to step into her higher life purpose. Polly shares how international laws are created and how forging financial access to bring vulnerable Nations to the table of negotiations of ecocide laws became a vital part of her mission. She reveals that gifting culture and growing law literacy were the predominant modus operandi driving her teams' mission to expand our communities of resilient Earth protectors. We learn that life presents all of us with tiny windows of opportunity to completely change our lives and that of those around us. These are tipping points of radical change where we can harness our life force to serve humanity and Earth. Links from this episode and more at www.allthatweare.org

Remembering climate champ Arthur W. Galston—who coined the Word "Ecocide," plus can ecocide become international law? Climate champion Polly Higgins, and tiny nation of Vanuatu asks the ICC to make ecocide a crime.

First, I'm so used to talking to people who don't act and try to convince themselves and others that individual actions don't matter, I loved talking to someone inspiring a movement to change international law, making progress, and enjoying the process. If you like meeting people improving the world, you'll love this episode.If lowering Earth's ability to sustain life is such a problem, why not just make it illegal? Problem solved, right?It sounds too easy, or simplistic, too naive. Or does it? Genocide wasn't once a crime and now is. Slavery wasn't a crime and now is. Land mines were made illegal and the group to make it happen won a Nobel prize.Making something illegal doesn't end it. People still commit genocide. Slavery exists today, as do land mines. But so do theft and murder and I don't hear anyone proposing making them legal. We want institutions of law enforcement and justice to help reduce them as much as possible.I went from thinking the concept was a crazy distraction to supporting it quickly, which led me to find Jojo Mehta, co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. Today she's the Executive Director and speaks on it internationally. I hope you also heard about it recently as the media have picked up on it.In this episode, Jojo goes far beyond the history and goals of making ecocide globally illegal. She laughs within seconds of the episode starting and doesn't let up. She shares her ebullient energy to act, to share her motivation and goals. You'll feel motivated to act, beyond for yourself.I love her leadership tip to start: find what outrages you most and act with what you love to do. Listen for her full explanation and examples.Incidentally, the root eco- comes from the Greek, meaning home. Ecocide means destroying our home. Destroying our home is crazy. Or ignorant.Stop Ecocide International See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ECOCIDE is: “loss or damage to, or destruction of ecosystem(s) of a given territory(ies), such that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants has been or will be severely diminished.” A law prohibiting ecocide is not yet in place – but with your help as a legal Earth Protector, it can be. https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2018/04/16/eco-18-17-ecocide-be-a-legal-earth-protector-with-polly-higgins/

We talk to Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International. 'This is big, it's really big'......  "The rules of our world are laws, and they can be changed. Laws can restrict or they can enable. What matters is what they serve. Many of the laws in our world serve property - they are based on ownership. But imagine a law that has a higher moral authority… a law that puts people and the planet first. Imagine a law that starts from first do no harm, that stops this dangerous game and takes us to a place of safety…." Polly Higgins, 2015 "We need to change the rules." Greta Thunberg, 2019  Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current Executive Director Jojo Mehta. SEI is the driving force behind, and central communications hub for, the growing global movement to make ecocide an international crime. Their core work is activating and developing global cross-sector support for this. Positioned at the meeting point of legal developments, political traction, and public narrative, they are uniquely placed to support and amplify the global conversation. Their core international team is located in many parts of the world and managed from the UK by Stop Ecocide International Ltd. Polly Higgins (1968-2019) Jojo Mehta Their charitable entity the Stop Ecocide Foundation was created in November 2019 in the Netherlands to be the fundraising vehicle for the campaign and was the commissioning body for the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide.   Act now to help this become law at http://www.stopecocide.earth.  We are self-funded and doing this out of love and passion for the environment and our planet.  If you would like to support us and love listening to our podcast, please follow the link to become a Patreon.  How to be good Social: www.howtobegood.com.au Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/howtobegood  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/howtobegood)

Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current Executive Director Jojo Mehta. In Canada Dona Grace Campbell is the Co-founder and Campaign manager of Stop Ecocide: Canada, and Judy Green Political Liaison, Spokesperson for Stop Ecocide: Canada. In this special episode of the show we talk about the Stop Ecocide campaign, and the upcoming proposed 5th amendment to the Rome Statute. Join the Campaign: Website: https://www.stopecocide.earth/canada Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/STOPECOCIDECANADA/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StopEcocideCanada/ If you like what you hear and want to keep the show going consider sponsoring the show at : https://www.patreon.com/CrossBoderInterviewPodcast Follow the Cross Border Interview Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossborderpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrossBorderPod Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CrossBorderInterviewPodcast Website: https://www.crossborderinterviews.ca/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI2i25ZVKTO84oUsLyO4jig Miranda, Brown & Associates Inc. © 2021

Michelle Hadaway, whose daughter Karen was one of the girls murdered in the Babes in the Wood case, tells us about her dealings with Martin Bashir. In 1991, he approached her asking for her daughter's clothes so he could send them for DNA testing. She still hasn't got those clothes back. He says he can't remember the exchange. Michelle describes her feelings in light of the Dyson investigation. Should the mass destruction of nature, also known as ecocide, be a crime? At the moment there are four crimes covered by the International Criminal Court - genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. Now campaigners are pushing to have ecocide added to the list. Jojo Mehta, the co-founder of Stop Ecocide International joins Emma to talk about the campaign and how the work of the late Polly Higgins put ecocide on the map. Philippe Sands, a barrister and expert in international law, talks about the practical difficulties of writing a new law, getting countries to sign up, and where to draw the line between using nature as a means of living, and perpetrating a crime against the planet. Seven years ago “Eva Carter” saved her partner's life. She tells Emma how the experience of that night and her feelings at the time and afterwards fed into her novel How To Save A Life. The novel is written under the pen name Eva Carter to protect her partner's privacy. In the book 17 year old Kerry saves the life of Joel the school heart-throb and football hero when she performs CPR on him on the football field after he collapses. Her friend Tim freezes and is unable help for 20 minutes as Kerry works away - he then steps in to help and ends up being credited as a hero... that night shapes the lives of all three of them... In recent days there has been a huge outpouring on social media of women sharing their experiences of sexism working in the craft beer industry. These include female brewers being deliberately humiliated by male superiors, sales women being sexually harassed and some serious allegations of sexual assault and unwanted attention from prominent men in the industry. Heads have already begun to roll in the US, there have also been accusations made of companies and individuals here in the UK, and an online conference is going to be held next month to discuss how women can organise themselves and get more support. Emma is joined by Charlotte Cook, head brewer at Coalition Brewing and Melissa Cole, beer writer and author of The Little Book of Craft Beer.

Resistance TV | Extinction Rebellion "The Shell 7"The XR activists who took on oil giant Shell – and wonSix Extinction Rebellion activists were acquitted in a landmark verdict at Southwark Crown Court on the 24/4/21The jury delivered its not guilty verdict for each defendant, despite Judge Perrins ruling that five of the six had no defence under the law.The trial, for criminal damage to the Shell HQ building in London's Waterloo in April 2019, which could have led to a maximum five year prison sentence and / or a £10k fine each, is XR's second only case to be heard before a jury.The verdict is being hailed as a major victory for climate campaigners everywhere facing increasing criminalisation. Simon Bramwell, 49, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, said: “It is a significant victory for the truth of these times, when despite the letter of the law, jurors can clearly see that a broken window is a just response to a breaking world.”“How fitting that this comes after Earth Day and the two year anniversary of the death of environmental lawyer Polly Higgins, founder of the Stop Ecocide campaign, to whom we dedicated our non violent direct action against Shell. With today's verdict, it is clear who the real climate criminals are in the climate and ecological emergency.

Have you ever considered how your intuition can help you access your inner wisdom? Learn to better trust your instincts? Or find your truest path in life? That might seem like a big promise, but the truth is no one knows what you need better than yourself.For this episode, I sat down with Amisha Ghadiali. Amisha is an award-winning social entrepreneur, intuitive therapist, teacher, and leader. She’s the host of the globally acclaimed podcast The Future Is Beautiful, which explores the relationship between politics, spirituality, sustainability, and creativity. She's the author of the book Intuition: Access your inner wisdom. Trust your instincts. Find your path, hence our subject of today! She has an extensive background in leading meditation, breathwork, yoga, and energy healing. She has been featured in publications including The Huffington Post, VICE, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, VOGUE, and many more, and has spoken at events and festivals around the world including TEDx Oxbridge, to name one. A selection of her meditations, myths, poems, and mantras are available on Insight Timer App.MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EPISODEFear is the main reason we don’t fully connect to and use our intuition. The voice of our conditioning is also very strong. It sometimes feels like it’s our own voice. Clearing and making our life as spacious as possible is a way to make space for our intuition to come through.Our intuition is wired in a way that wants to create a more beautiful future, it wants us to live from that place of the soul, it wants us to honor the beauty and fragility of the world we live in, it wants us to be creative and innovative and to find ways to handle shifts and change systems that are not working. By its very nature, it’s connecting us to ourselves and our dharma.A physical asana practice will help you listen with your body. As the energetic lines open and the information can travel, you can feel and hear intuition and wisdom.Living with your intuition is a whole level of intimacy you have to have with yourself. If you can cultivate intimacy in other areas of your life and be prepared to live from that place of authenticity in your relationships, it becomes easier to access within yourself.Intuition has an aliveness to it. By becoming more present to our intuition, we get off our auto-pilot, start envisioning our future and consistently realign what is in our best interest, while staying open to possibilities and letting ourselves be surprised and delighted by life and how it unfolds.QUESTIONS SHE ANSWERED DURING THIS EPISODEWhy have we lost contact or some contact with our intuition?How can we start tapping back into our intuition to fully live to our highest potential?How can we create space to enable inner shifts so we can listen to your own wisdom?How can we use our whole body to listen?Is the body the entry point to connect to our intuition?And then how do you connect to the more subtle?How can we learn the difference between our intuition, our thoughts, and our imagination?How does feeling connected in other ways in our life help us connect to our intuition?How can we use intuition as a tool for the parts of our life that we can’t control?How can we learn to trust intuition and validate our choices?SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW! DONATE OR BECOME A PREMIUM MEMBER TODAYIf you like this podcast, you can continue to get inspired and learn even more with a Premium Subscription. As a member, get early access to regular episodes, a ton of exclusive audio and video content, and the ability to request the exact kind of episode you need to continue to deepen your practice. This podcast is a way I contribute to the community, and this membership is a way you can too. It allows you to share everything yoga offers with the world by supporting me in the creation and production of this podcast. If you’d like to make a difference, visit www.patreon.com/onandoffyourmat and become a PREMIUM member. I thank you in advance.ABOUT OUR GUESTAmisha Ghadiali is an award-winning social entrepreneur, intuitive therapist, and the founder of the Presence Collective — an online community for creative, connected and courageous living. Her work is centered around sacred activism, as she inspires international audiences to become effective agents of change and contribute to the collective wellbeing of the world.Amisha is the host of the globally acclaimed podcast The Future Is Beautiful, which explores the relationship between politics, spirituality, sustainability and creativity. The show offers deep and insightful conversations with fascinating and diverse guests challenging the dominant world story and sharing ideas for co-creating a beautiful future. Guests have included Sonya Renee Taylor, Charles Eisenstein, Polly Higgins, Satish Kumar, Sally Kempton and Bruce Parry to name a few. Amisha has an extensive background leading meditation, breathwork, yoga, and energy healing. An experienced facilitator, she hosts a variety of retreats, workshops, and online programs sharing tools for balance on a physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual level. She currently runs the Beautiful Leadership Immersion, an embodied learning and unlearning adventure for inner transformation and systemic change, and works one on one with clients in her Presence Leadership Mentoring program. Most recently, she held Style and Presence, a global womxn’s summit and reclamation of worth featuring 26 empowering speaker sessions with progressive voices and thought leaders.She has been featured in publications including The Huffington Post, VICE, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, VOGUE, Rebelle Society, Grazia, and Ecouterre, and has spoken at events and festivals around the world such as TEDx Oxbridge, Bali Spirit Festival, Sunday Papers Live, UnBox, and Burning Man. A selection of her meditations, myths, poems and mantras are available on Insight Timer.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/5a5fdec3a4d96aa520f89227. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the latest episode of Spoken Earth, Adam Weymouth speaks with Jojo Mehta about Stop Ecocide's campaign to have ecocide recognised as a crime at the International Criminal Court. Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, along with the barrister Polly Higgins. Higgins had dedicated her life to criminalising ecocide since 2005 when, in a moment that she describes as having changed her life, she realised that “the earth was in need of a good lawyer.” Since then her life's work became geared towards establishing ecocide at the International Criminal Court, as the fifth of the crimes of gravest concern to humanity, alongside war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression. Mehta and Higgins co-founded Stop Ecocide to campaign towards that end. What once seemed a radical, impossible dream is now edging closer to reality. Find the full story here. Podcast by Lacuna Magazine www.lacuna.org.uk Interviewer: Adam Weymouth www.adamweymouth.com Producer and musician: Ulli Mattsson www.ullimattsson.com Further reading: Stop Ecocide https://www.stopecocide.earth/ Polly Higgins' TED talk https://www.tedxexeter.com/speakers/polly-higgins/ In 2011, a Mock Ecocide Trial was held in the Supreme Court of England and Wales https://ecocidelaw.com/the-law/mock-trial/ Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart https://www.cradletocradle.com/ Doughnut Economics, by Kate Raworth https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/ Ecocide Law: https://ecocidelaw.com/ Polly Higgins obituary by Jojo Mehta: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/25/polly-higgins-obituary

In Episode 20 of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, I am delighted to chat with internationally recognised thought leader, Looby Macnamara.Looby is a permaculture teacher, social permaculture facilitator & cofounder of Applewood Permaculture Centre in Herefordshire, England, with her partner Chris Evans (founder of the Himalayan Permaculture Centre).Looby has authored 3 permaculture books:Cultural Emergence: A toolkit for transforming ourselves and the world (2020)People and Permaculture: Designing personal, collective and planetary wellbeing (2012)7 Ways to Think Differently: Embrace Potential, respond to life, discover abundance (2014) In this conversation, Looby & I talk about her work with cultural emergence & ways to create real livelihoods with permaculture. The late, Polly Higgins, who wrote the forward to People and Permaculture, said 'permaculture is the biggest job creation scheme in the world'! Cultural Emergence is framework & toolkit that Looby is offering to enable us to design the world we want to live in - informed by indigenous wisdom, permaculture design and systems thinking. Looby launched her book just this month at the National Permaculture Convergence, UK & it will be available in November 2020. I was excited to sit down in Looby's garden with her in pre-covid times. Unfortunately my voice left me that day so please excuse the huskiness and listen instead to Looby who's voice is clear, like her clear leadership in the social dimensions in the world of permaculture education.Find out more about permacultureLooby's contribution to permaculture is significant - dive into her websites and books to find out more. You can also learn about permaculture in my 4 part permaculture series and explore the many free permaculture resources in Our Permaculture Life Youtube and blog. We definitely need more permaculture teachers everywhere to restore balance to earth's systems, and to help facilitate cultural emergence and regenerative practices. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere.To support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. We invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month.To learn how to create a thriving and abundant food garden, sign up for my online permaculture gardening course: The Incredible Edible Garden.Warmest,Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Thank you to Rhiannon for sound editing and Kim for the music.

If damaging our environment were made an actual crime at the international level, then corporations, private interest groups, and individuals could be held accountable. We would therefore drastically reduce the incidence of mass damage and destruction of ecosystems that is currently taking place globally. Jojo calls this harm ecocide and right now, in most of the world, it is legally permitted. But it's possible to change the rules and it's high time we did. Listen in as Jojo and I talk about her work to make the destruction and plundering of nature an international crime at the International Criminal Court. With degrees from Oxford and London Universities and a background in communication, entrepreneurship, and on-the-ground environmental activism, Jojo Mehta has a unique reputation for “getting things done,” and likes nothing better than working to unusual parameters. She is a natural leader as well as a compelling public speaker and advocate. Alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, Jojo co-founded the Stop Ecocide campaign in 2017 to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. Since Polly's death in 2019 she has co-ordinated the growing international team engaged in this highly focused mission and is Chair of the Board of the Stop Ecocide Foundation (https://www.stopecocide.earth/) in the Netherlands, which now manages the campaign. Jojo is a key spokeswoman for Stop Ecocide and has contributed to law conferences, environmental summits, festivals, and climate rallies as well as podcasts, interviews, and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from Extinction Rebellion to the BBC World Service and from the Ecologist to the New York Times. Show Notes: * Jojo's team works with international criminal lawyers, researchers, and diplomats to amend International Criminal Law. * Greta Thunberg was awarded the first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity and donates €100K to the Stop Ecocide Foundation. * ECOCIDE, committed over decades, has created the climate and ecological emergency that we now face. * The biggest combined threat to biodiversity and climate on the planet is deforestation (https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-deforestation-affecting-global-water-cycles-climate-change), especially of tropical rainforests that harbor the richest ecosystems and actively moderate the global climate. * Jojo first recognized her personal desire to get involved at a deeper level when she realized that even her 5-year-old daughter could feel the devastating impact of pollution, deforestation, and fracking. She decided to get involved in a deeper way, which led to meeting Polly Higgins. * Climate and ecological emergency is the result of many years of these harmful industrial activities. Most of the risks have been known for decades by the companies choosing to continue these practices. The responsibility lies with decisions made at the top of industry, finance, and government. * As citizens, we can and must take responsibility for what we eat and buy, but ordinary citizens do not make those high-level investment and policy decisions. Ordinary citizens cannot, therefore, be blamed for ecocide.

Jojo Mehta is the co-Founder of Ecological Defence Integrity and Stop Ecocide. She carries on the legacy left by Polly Higgins, a UK lawyer who found for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime. With Jojo, we talked about how criminalising ecocide internationally can drastically change the rules and put an end to environmentally-destructive activities on the planet. For the references mentioned during this episode: http://gosimone.org/activism/episode-12-jojo-mehta-on-establishing-a-law-of-ecocide-and-drastically-changing-the-rules/

Welcome to Series 2 episode 5 of Leading in a Climate Changed World, a podcast from Olivier Mythodrama. In this episode, Robin talks to Co-Founder & Director of Ecological Defence Integrity ecocidelaw.com and  the global campaign Stop Ecocide. Jojo explains Stop Ecocide and the campaign’s attempt to create a law to criminalise ecological damage. Corporations and governments lobby for laws to suit the way they operate but often this is at the detriment of the environment. She discusses the contribution of the great Polly Higgins, who embodied the purpose of the campaign and whose baton has passed onto Jojo and the Stop Ecocide team. They talk about countries who are engaging with the campaign and where leadership on a global scale, can come from. Is it only the countries that are under threat, who are taking ecocide seriously. Robin and Jojo discuss service and having a sense of place and purpose and how to become an integral part of the interconnectivity of the planet, as well as the attributes of leadership that are vital to help make sense of our world. Become an earth protector by visiting https://www.stopecocide.earth/ Get in touch with us on hello@leadinginaclimatechangedworld.com

The Guardian newspaper called Polly Higgins ‘one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement’ but on Easter Sunday last year at the age of 50, she passed away after a short battle with lung cancer. Polly was a successful lawyer who abandoned a courtroom career to lead a decade-long campaign for a law called “ecocide” to be recognised as a crime against humanity. ‘Ecocide is criminalized human activity that violates the principles of environmental justice, such as causing extensive damage or destroying ecosystems or harming the health and well-being of a species.’ In this podcast the co-founder of the Stop Ecocide campaign Jojo Mehta talks to me about Polly’s legacy and Jojo also shares her wisdom on how she has handled her own personal grief at the loss of one of her closest friends. Wisdom that is universal to anyone who has a close friend in spirit. ___ You can read Jojo's show notes in full at www.wysewomen.org.uk. Please leave reviews about Wyse Women on Apple Podcasts, your feedback will help other women find these stories.

Award winning author, barrister and eco-pioneer.  In this episode, Polly talks about her quest which led her to campaign for the international law of ecocide.

In this podcast we talk to Anita van Rossam about Ecocide where damage against our planet is considered a crime against humanity. The late and remarkable Polly Higgins’ proposed to make ecocide the fifth Crime Against Peace. As an international crime alongside genocide, any entity or individual committing ecocide could be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

 “Deeper self knowledge, true potential of the human, self realisation, happiness, suffering... it doesn't belong in narrow places any more - in monasteries - it needs to be in the hospitals. Now is the time for it to be in the schools, in our lives. I really believe that.” ~ Nick Mulvey In this episode Amisha shares a moment with Nick Mulvey, a musician and songwriter whose music and performance speaks directly to the times we are in. His most recent album ‘Wake Up Now' is a rallying cry to humanity. It features themes of fracking and the refugee crisis, weaving rhythms and melodies from across the globe with heartfelt and deeply personal lyrics. Nick speaks about his own journey towards deep self knowledge, tracked through the highs and lows of his career as a musical artist.  We hear stories of Nick's experiences leading the funeral procession for Polly Higgins, working alongside Wisdom Keepers from indigenous traditions around the world at Glastonbury Festival and channeling the words of a whale for a new song. Links from this episode and more at www.thefutureisbeautiful.co

The Earth needs a good lawyer, and it found one in the late Polly Higgins. An environmental lawyer, she fought for the word ‘ecocide’ to be recognized in a court of law against those who are knowingly contributing to the breakdown of our planet’s life support systems. Her inspirational character, intellectual and spiritual life and remarkable achievements are celebrated here by her good friend Tree Staunton of Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling in conversation with psychotherapist Caroline Hickman of the University of Bath and Verity Sharp.Climate Crisis Conversations, ‘Catastrophe or Transformation’, is a podcast series hosted by Verity Sharp for the Climate Psychology Alliance and produced by Parity Audio.

Jess and Livvy reveal their latest environmental dilemmas, hear from people on the ground at XR's London demonstration, discuss the UK's climate emergency and put some more items in Greenwash Corner! ------------------------- Links mentioned in this episode: - Extinction Rebellion (XR) website: https://rebellion.earth/ - UK Parliament declares climate change emergency https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48126677 - Extinction Rebellion told prison is not a 'yoga retreat' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-48147915 - Letter from XR - Mistaken Identity: XR Business is No More https://rebellion.earth/act-now/resources/communities/mistaken-identity-xr-business-is-no-more/ - Clipper to launch plastic-free tea bag made from bananas https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/tea-bag-plastic-free-clipper-banana-plant-based-fairtrade-abaca-environment-a8611951.html - Polly Higgins obituary https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/25/polly-higgins-obituary Actions you can take today to make a difference 1. Sign up to support the law of ecocide: www.iamanearthprotector.org (Livvy said Earth Defender but she meant Protector, soz!) 2. Find your local XR meetup: https://rebellion.earth/act-now/local-groups/ Come and be friends with us online! Website: www.wokeandconfused.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/wokeandconfused Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wokeandconfused/ LEGAL STUFF: For the avoidance of doubt, all the opinions expressed on Woke & Confused belong to Jess and Livvy and not to any organisations they may be working for, affiliated with or talking about. They're ours, all ours. These are based on our knowledge and experiences at the time of presenting and are subject to change. Please don't take it as gospel truth and do make your own decisions. We are always open to hearing and learning more as it's a confusing world we live in! Right-ho, thanks, bye :) xx --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wokeandconfused/message

Polly Higgins was a Scottish barrister, who left her career as a corporate lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime.Ecocide had been proposed as one of the international crimes against peace in 1996, but failed to be included in the final Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Higgins started to campaign for its inclusion around 2009, when the Rome statue was being reviewed.I had the great pleasure of interviewing her in 2014. We shared a pot of tea, sat on my patio on a warm summer’s day, and discussed why ecocide wasn't adopted as an international crime.  

In part two of my 2014 interview with Polly Higgins, we start by talking bout why ecocide should be a criminal, rather than civil matter. Books:Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of our Planet — www.eradicatingecocide.com/booksEarth is our Business: Changing the Rules of the Game— www.earthisourbusiness.com See Ecocide Act: http://eradicatingecocide.com/overview/ecocide-act/ Sadly, Polly Higgens died of an aggressive cancer on Easter Sunday this year, a couple of months after the diagnosis.Her work continues via the Earth Protectors (https://www.stopecocide.earth/ecocide)

The UK government has declared a Climate Emergency. We talk about the implications. Sorry for Michael's echoey voice this week - sub-optimal editing environment.---- This week's links ----[1] UK Government Declares Climate Emergency -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48126677 [2] Michael’s new video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyOJHO1p2Y Hans Rosling on global population growth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTznEIZRkLg [3] Heathrow Airport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport [4] Ecocide law - Polly Higgins - https://eradicatingecocide.com/about-polly/ [5] Bankers For Climate - https://bankersforclimate.com/[6] Manjula Lee - Worldwide Generation - http://www.worldwidegeneration.co/---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DRAWDOWN "From this moment on despair ends and tactics begin". Radio Team 6th May :Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson Interviews. Andy Britt -Producer.Sue Holmes - Former Assistant Commissioner with the productivity Commission and now on the board of Get Up!Lachlan Rule - Researcher at Beyond Zero Emissions talking about RefrigerantsJoshua Bishop - Head of Sustainable Food with World Wildlife Fund for NatureDrawdown, by Paul Hawken, ranks solutions to reverse global heating in the gigatonnes of CO2 saved.What are we emitting globally at the moment? According to the Global Carbon Project in 2018 we emitted 37.1 gigatonnes.We will ask Sue Holmes :What Economic policies are needed to take these practical tactics to global scale?.Are there plenty of jobs for everyone if we focus on the survival of the living world?We will ask Lachlan Rule to tell us how the world has a binding agreement to phase out climate changing refrigerants. It is called the Kigali Amendment . It's mandatory and there are sanctions. Why is the moment when you throw away your old fridge the most risky for the climate? What labels should you look for in a new air conditioner?We will learn from Joshua Bishop who spent 6 years in Mali, why food waste is different in countries that throw it away and countries where there is not enough. Joshua works directly with markets as a whole including beef, forest productions, palm oil, seafood and sugar cane.  DRAWDOWN solutions#1 A change in refrigerant chemicals used in air con and fridges could save 89.74 GIGATONNES.#3  Reducing Food waste at the source and by the consumer could save 70.53 GIGATONNESStudy GuideThis show is dedicated to Polly Higgins https://www.monbiot.com/2019/03/30/law-of-nature/Refrigeration https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-managementYOUTube on Refrigerant management :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0y97pxkHvUYoutube Paul Hawken on Food waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb8rfJuG1wACarbon Taxes How they work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWM9gIVvm78Take the Quiz https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/specials/climate-change-solutions-quiz/index.htmlTop articlesBill Mc Kibben quoting Tim Buckley from IEEFA on stranded assets and fossil fuel trends : https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/04/04/future-without-fossil-fuels/George Monbiot  on civic rebellion on climate inaction "No one is coming to save us". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/15/rebellion-prevent-ecological-apocalypse-civil-disobedienceIf you enjoyed this podcast consider donating to Beyond Zero Emissions to help keep out two shows on air.Beyond Zero Emissions is a volunteer-powered climate solutions think tank and our research is showing that Australia can rapidly move to a zero carbon emissions economy.If donating via direct debit, make the payment to:Beyond Zero Emissions FundBank: Bendigo BankBSB:  633-000Account:  139-914-402Enter your ‘name’ and ‘donation’ so it appears on the BZE bank statementTo set up a “monthly donation,” enter the date of the first payment, and select “monthly” recurring payment.So that we can send you a tax receipt, please send an email to info@bze.org.au, including: (1) your name, (2) the donation        

A conversation recored in 2017 with Ecocide Lawyer, Polly Higgins, who sadly passed away at the weekend

How do we create a legal duty of care for the Earth? “For me it's not about whether or not you are an environmentalist, it's about whether or not you care. If you care you can move mountains.  Any mother knows this.” ~ Polly Higgins In this episode Amisha meets with author, barrister and ecocide law expert Polly Higgins. Polly describes how she arrived to a critical choice point in her life where she came to the realisation that the Earth was in need of a good lawyer, and she knew someone for the job… in 2005 she took year out from her successful career as a barrister, and 13 years later still hasn't gone back. In 2010 Polly proposed to the United Nations that ecocide become an international crime and since then has been working solidly on bringing this proposal into law. We hear about her mission to help finance vulnerable island states to come forward into the international criminal court, allowing ecocide law to be tabled. Links from this episode and more at www.thefutureisbeautiful.co  

Polly Higgins speaks with Joanna about: daring to stand as an earth protector and calling others to do the same; our duty of care to the wider Earth community; the heart-felt call to protect the earth with the law; paving a way to peace and harmony; ecocide and the applicability of international law; emergency times and the emergence of something new, the rising of Earth protectors, “Extinction Rebellion”; support for the great ocean states on the front line of climate breakdown, missionlifeforce.org; plugging into the life force. The post Earth Protectors Rising appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

Polly Higgins gives a talk in parallel session D - Environmental Peace and Conflict. Part of the 2016 Oxpeace conference.

Today we are celebrating the best of the best part II on Your Life Now radio show. I’d like to acknowledge an amazing guest, who opened our eyes and inspired us to be great. Polly Higgins choose to put her energies into her vision of a better world for the whole of the wider Earth community.  She said: “Earth is a living being – she gives us life and we have a reciprocal role; to give life back.” Polly Higgins a woman who choose to represent our planet Earth. She is an internationally well-known for her humanitarian work. She choose to live her life for the higher goods of all and that's the reason she was chosen to be our best of the best guest in 2015. Internationally acclaimed Earth Lawyer, Polly Higgins, is journeying into greatness and inviting every one of us to join her in collective positive action to save ourselves and the environment. “We get to determine what the future is. Let’s engage in the big questions of our time, not the ones we already know the answers to”. “I Dare You to Be Great” by Polly Higgins can be ordered online from retailers including Amazon.com and can be ordered from all good bookstores. For more information on the book, please contact us at: http://YourLifeNow.info Enjoy the show! Please let us know if we can be of service to you or your business. #CoachRea

Dr. Michelle talks to international award-winning Lawyer and Barrister, Polly Higgins, about her latest book, "I Dare You To Be Great." Learn how to become greater in your life and how to find more happiness. Understand where some of your self-destructive habits come from and how to get rid of them. Get her book at amazon and other outlets or at: eradicatingecocide.com. Find out more about Polly Higgins at: pollyhiggins.com

Dr. Michelle talks to international award-winning Lawyer and Barrister, Polly Higgins, about her latest book, "I Dare You To Be Great." Learn how to become greater in your life and how to find more happiness. Understand where some of your self-destructive habits come from and how to get rid of them. Get her book at amazon and other outlets or at: eradicatingecocide.com. Find out more about Polly Higgins at: pollyhiggins.com

Why is it important for us to save our environment to save ourselves? According to my guest Polly Higgins the extensive damage or loss of the ecosystem of a given territory - be made a legally recognized crime. Polly is a passionate advocate for more comprehensive environmental safeguard. Polly has realized that great change, and thereby the greatness, begins with the individual self, and that before we can break the cycle of environmental harm playing out across the world, each one of us must break our own personal Ecocides. “I Dare you to be great” a book by Polly Higgins signals rousing call to arms for all mankind to join her in one giant leap toward greatness. “I Dare you to be great” explores Polly Higgins’ story as an Earth lawyer as she discovers how we can create a legal duty of care for the Earth – a law of Ecocide. We have a choice: break our chains and create a greater freedom, or remain enslaved to an era of Ecocide. Polly invites in a conversation of a different kind; firing up a neural pathway of exploration that takes us into the unknown yet expands our vision of what our legacy could be. Sharing her insights, she sheds a light on what is possible – a vision far greater and more beautiful than we have dared before. For more information, Please contact us at: http://YourLifeNow.info 

Den brittiska advokaten Polly Higgins har blivit något av en förgrundsgestalt i vissa delar av miljörörelsen. Hon är aktivist som driver frågan att ekomord, förstörelse i stor skala av ekosystem, borde vara ett brott mot folkrätten, likt folkmord, som kan lagföras i den internationella brottsmålsdomstolen i Haag. I veckan är hon på besök i Sverige och träffar bland annat miljöminister Åsa Romson. Enligt Higgins är hennes förslag om hur ekomord kan bli internationell lag fullt genomförbar, och skulle förstärka miljöskyddet i världen avsevärt. I Klotet den här veckan hör vi Polly Higgins beskriva hur hon tänker kring ekomordslagstftning eller ecocide som det heter på engelska. Vi ställer oss frågan hur realistiskt det är att införa ett nytt tillägg till romstadgarna som Higgins föreslår, och vilken effekt en sån lag skulle få i praktiken? Gäster Jonas Ebbesson, professor i miljöjuridik på Stockholms universitet, Kerstin Brinnen. jurist och miljöansvarig på gruvindustrins branschorgan

I Dare You to be Great - with author Polly Higgins Polly Higgins is someone who cares deeply about the Earth.  She is also a lawyer who loves the Earth. Polly states, "It's not often lawyers talk about love – and it can feel strange to do so. However, I believe love and law can be brought together and when the two meet, the potential to create new laws that put people and planet first is born.  I'm rethinking law; my vision is a world that works from one simple overriding principle: ‘first do no harm.'  That is a world where people are thriving in harmony with nature. I believe in well-being for all beings and I apply permaculture principles to new law." I Dare You To Be Great explores Polly Higgins' story as an Earth lawyer as she discovers how we can create a legal duty of care for the Earth – a law of Ecocide. We have a choice: break our chains and create a greater freedom, or remain enslaved to an era of Ecocide. Polly invites in a conversation of a different kind; firing up a neural pathway of exploration that takes us into the unknown yet expands our vision of what our legacy could be. Sharing her insights, she sheds a light on what is possible – a vision far greater and more beautiful than we have dared before. For more information visit: http://pollyhiggins.com/

The remarkable Polly Higgins is my guest today. I had become aware of her work several years ago then heard her talk in Brisbane in early 2014. As a life long student of Buckminster Fuller, Polly is a trimtab, taking what might look like a very small action that will have massive implications for the long term health of Earth. I simply love her work. She has a deep respect for business which is rare for someone so passionate about the long term health of Earth. To listen on itunes,

Ecocide is on the way to becoming an international crime. Join us with environmental activist and barrister Polly Higgins to learn more!