Clayton Thomas-Muller, a leading organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and a Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, portrays Canada’s rising Native-led rights-based movement, supported by labor, civil society, students and grassroots groups. It’s challenging the neo-liberal free market agenda that has turned Canada into a petro-state. It may be our last best effort to save our lands and the health of our people from the extractive industries and the banks that finance them. Published on Nov 5, 2014

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Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, leading figures in the global movement to recognize the legal rights of ecosystems and nature, share exciting

Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, leading figures in the global movement to recognize the legal rights of ecosystems and nature, share exciting recent developments in that effort. They highlight breakthroughs in tribal nations, communities, and countries around the world. They explain how advancing the rights of nature in legal codes and constitutions can lead to a radical transformation in humankind’s relationship with the natural world.

Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil delivered this talk at the 2020 Bioneers Conference, introduced by Kenny Ausubel. Watch more conference videos at https://bioneers.org/2020talks/

Mari Margil, Executive Director of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, leads its International Center for the Rights of Nature. Previously Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, she assisted the first places in the world to secure the Rights of Nature in law, including Ecuador. She works internationally as well as with Indigenous peoples and tribal nations to advance Rights of Nature legal and policy frameworks. Mari is a co-author of: The Bottom Line or Public Health and Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence.

Thomas Linzey, Senior Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER), co-founded the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and the Daniel Pennock Democracy School (which has graduated over 5,000 lawyers, activists, and municipal officials nationally to fight to elevate the rights of their communities over corporate rights). He is the author of several books, including: Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community; On Community Civil Disobedience in the Name of Sustainability; and co-author of: We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States.

To learn more about Mari and Thom's work, visit https://centerforenvironmentalrights.org

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Ambassador Thomas Schneider, Chair of WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event on behalf of Switzerland, in representation of H.E. Albert Rösti, Federal Councillor, Federal Office of Communications,

Ambassador Thomas Schneider, Chair of WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event on behalf of Switzerland, in representation of H.E. Albert Rösti, Federal Councillor, Federal Office of Communications, Switzerland interviewed at WSIS +20 FORUM HIGH-LEVEL EVENT 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event from 27 to 31 May 2024, commemorates two decades since the World Summit on the Information Society established a global framework for digital cooperation, aiming to build inclusive, people-centric information societies. #wsis

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Dr. Thomas Coughlin, 2024 President, IEEE interviewed at WSIS +20 FORUM HIGH-LEVEL EVENT 2024 n Geneva, Switzerland. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a worldwide

Dr. Thomas Coughlin, 2024 President, IEEE interviewed at WSIS +20 FORUM HIGH-LEVEL EVENT 2024 n Geneva, Switzerland. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a worldwide membership organization.

The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event from 27 to 31 May 2024, commemorates two decades since the World Summit on the Information Society established a global framework for digital cooperation, aiming to build inclusive, people-centric information societies.

#wsis

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Interview with Thomas Davin, Director, Office of Innovation, UNICEF, on the red carpet at the Giga Connectivity Forum 2024, held at ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. The first Giga Connectivity

Interview with Thomas Davin, Director, Office of Innovation, UNICEF, on the red carpet at the Giga Connectivity Forum 2024, held at ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. The first Giga Connectivity Forum brings together the initiative’s country partners and stakeholders to chart a course for universal school connectivity by 2030. For more information please visit: http://www.giga.global

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