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Episode 6: Why Nature Deserves a Voice - Elizabeth M Dunne, Esq. of Earth Law Center
In this episode, we speak with Elizabeth M Dunne, Director of Legal Advocacy at Earth Law Center, about her work advocating for nature within the legal system. We discuss the Rights of Nature Movement, reasons we should be challenging the idea of land ownership, and ways we can give nature a voice in our contracts and leases.
About Elizabeth Dunne (from www.earthlawcenter.org):
Elizabeth brings 20 years of legal experience and a passion for designing legal frameworks that enable systemic change. She has advanced many of the groundbreaking Rights of Nature laws in the US and co-authored the US Chapter of the first Earth Law textbook - Zelle et al. (Eds.), Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law—A Guide for Practitioners (Aspen Coursebook, Wolters Kluwer 2020). The story of her former client Grant Township’s fight against a frack waste injection well, based in part on the state constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment, is featured in the award winning documentary, Invisible Hand (www.invisiblehandfilm.com). She specializes in drafting laws for Tribal Nations, state and local governments, and ballot initiatives. Drawing on her experience as lead counsel in public interest class action lawsuits and as a law clerk to US federal District Court judges, Elizabeth is a leading practitioner in the development of litigation strategies that advance Earth Law.
Earth Law Center
Website: www.earthlawcenter.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/earthlawcenter
Instagram: @earthlawcenter
Youtube: @EarthLawCenter
The music you heard in this episode:
“But I will play” by SHUNGU
“Ghosts” by Golden Brown
Hosted by Natalie Ashker Seevers
Produced by Natalie Ashker Seevers and Benjamin Seevers
Mastered by Sean Conrad
Published on March 23, 2023
Episode 6: Why Nature Deserves a Voice - Elizabeth M Dunne, Esq. of Earth Law Center
In this episode, we speak with Elizabeth M Dunne, Director of Legal Advocacy at Earth Law Center, about her work advocating for nature within the legal system. We discuss the Rights of Nature Movement, reasons we should be challenging the idea of land ownership, and ways we can give nature a voice in our contracts and leases.
About Elizabeth Dunne (from www.earthlawcenter.org):
Elizabeth brings 20 years of legal experience and a passion for designing legal frameworks that enable systemic change. She has advanced many of the groundbreaking Rights of Nature laws in the US and co-authored the US Chapter of the first Earth Law textbook - Zelle et al. (Eds.), Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law—A Guide for Practitioners (Aspen Coursebook, Wolters Kluwer 2020). The story of her former client Grant Township’s fight against a frack waste injection well, based in part on the state constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment, is featured in the award winning documentary, Invisible Hand (www.invisiblehandfilm.com). She specializes in drafting laws for Tribal Nations, state and local governments, and ballot initiatives. Drawing on her experience as lead counsel in public interest class action lawsuits and as a law clerk to US federal District Court judges, Elizabeth is a leading practitioner in the development of litigation strategies that advance Earth Law.
Earth Law Center
Website: www.earthlawcenter.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/earthlawcenter
Instagram: @earthlawcenter
Youtube: @EarthLawCenter
The music you heard in this episode:
“But I will play” by SHUNGU
“Ghosts” by Golden Brown
Hosted by Natalie Ashker Seevers
Produced by Natalie Ashker Seevers and Benjamin Seevers
Mastered by Sean Conrad
Published on March 23, 2023
46 min