Monica Feria-Tinta: Litigating for Mother Nature

If corporations can have legal rights, why shouldn't nature? Meet the pioneering British-Peruvian lawyer at the forefront of the climate justice movement: Monica Feria-Tinta. In A Barrister for the Earth, she unravels her most inspiring successes helping ordinary people hold the biggest perpetrators of environmental damage to account. She talks with us today about the groundbreaking potential of these new legal frameworks to help repair the relationship between people and the planet. Chaired by Paul Behrens.

Categories: Climate & Environment, Non-fiction

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Repair

The key theme this year is Repair, with the Festival seeking to explore the many things around us which feel broken, and how we might seek to fix them. Using informed insights from a range of experts, lessons learned from our ancestors, the richness and connection offered by the natural world, hands-on activities, and our own inherent humanity, the Festival offers a wide range of active opportunities to rebalance the mind, reinvigorate the spirit, reconcile with others, and restore a sense of calm and…

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