As Part of Climate Week NYC 2023:

Join us during Climate Week NYC on September 18, from 6:00-7:00 (reception to follow) in James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary.  The panel will offer insights into the transition from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism, and why humans must shift their extractive and destructive dispositions towards Nature if we are to combat global warming and massive environmental degradation.  The panelists will draw from law, ethics, business, and science to explore how using modalities such as Rights of Nature, Rights of Future Generations, and Earth Ethics, among others, can help facilitate this transition. The “co-violations” of human rights and Nature’s rights necessitate new legal structures to provide governance and protection to nature and its guardians.

Speakers:

• Gopal Patel: Center for Earth Ethics 

• Karenna Gore: Center for Earth Ethics

• Alexandra Pimor: Earth Law Center

• Natalia Greene: Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature 

• Nathan Lujan: Royal Ontario Museum & University of Toronto

• SD Smith: Advisor to Ramapough Munsee Nation 

For more information and to register for this live event, click HERE.