Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for an Ecological Age
For spring, 2020 all WWU classes are being taught online. As such, the Huxley Speaker Series is revisiting favorite presentations from the Archives.
This talk was originally presented as part of the Huxley Speaker Series in Fall 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTAuw4UK3ig&list=PL_V1x509m24mrCNrm3tJBNOInyrovnHz1&index=5&t=0s
In the face of the global ecological crisis that climate change is accelerating, what can ordinary citizens do? In her Speaker Series talk titled, "Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for an Ecological Age," environmental law expert Mary Christina Wood offers new approaches to global climate change policy. Based on fundamental principles of sovereignty, rooted in ancient law of both the indigenous and industrialized worlds, Wood argues for a revolutionary and controversial new approach to “atmospheric trust litigation” that would hold governments morally accountable to protect our natural resources on behalf of the beneficiaries—the citizens of today and tomorrow. Could Nature’s Trust laws be a road-map for citizens seeking to take action against further environmental degradation?
About the Speaker
Mary Wood is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Oregon School of Law. She has taught law for more than twenty years, specializing in property law, environmental law, and federal Indian law.
Environmental Speaker Series
The Environmental Speaker Series is hosted by the College of the Environment at Western Washington University.
The Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30 pm in Academic Instructional Center West room 204 - AW-204. Talks will also be streamed via zoom. Register with the Alumni Association for the zoom link. Paid parking is available in lot C.
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