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May 25, 2022 RAPID RESPONSE

Confronting Ecocide and Achieving Environmental Dignity

Ecocide is the destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action.  This webinar, featuring prominent experts in environmental law, dignity law, and sustainable culture, examines ecocide’s impact on dignity rights and explore effective policy and advocacy approaches to prevention and restoration.

Panelists:

  • Scott W. Badenoch, Jr., Senior Mysun Foundation Clinical Fellow, Environmental Law Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law; Co-Chair, Environmental Justice Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

  • Barrett Holmes Pitner, Founder and Philosopher-In-Chief, The Sustainable Culture Lab; Lecturer, The George Washington University; Contributor, The Daily Beast and BBC

Moderator:

  • James R. May, Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Founder, Dignity Rights Project, Delaware Law School; Co-Founder, Environmental Rights Institute, Delaware Law School

Joint Sponsor: ABA Center for Human Rights

Resources

Dignity Rights Initiative | Center for Human Rights, American Bar Association

Legal Definition of Ecocide

A Word for Embracing Our Shared Humanity | Barrett Holmes Pitner

Dignity Law Institute

2021 LAW FIRM CLIMATE CHANGE SCORECARD

Barrett Holmes Pitner's Newsletter

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