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Talk By Polly Higgins On Eradicating Ecocide

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Tue 16 October 2012 // 17:45 / Cinema


(postponed from the 9th oct)

Doors Open at: 17:45

Talk Begins at: 18:15

We the Newcastle Greenpeace are proud to announce that Polly Higgins is going to come to Newcastle to talk about the Ecocide campaign on the 16th of October, the event will be held at the Star and Shadow cinema.

About Polly
'Polly Higgins, barrister, international lawyer and award winning author of Eradicating Ecocide, proposed to the United Nations in April 2010 a law of Ecocide to be classed as an international law alongside Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Crimes of Aggression and War Crimes as a 5th Crime Against Peace. Ecocide is defined as the mass "damage, destruction to or loss of ecosystems of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been severely diminished."

Polly has been a vocal spokesperson on Earth Law for a number of years and is recognised as an expert in her field. Her first book, Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of our Planet is published by Shepheard-Walwyn, Winner of the Peoples Book Prize 2011 for non-fiction and book number 2, Earth is our Business, changing the rules of the game has been described as 'groundbreaking'. No other author has addressed the heart of the problem and proposed how to change it into a solution by using law.  Polly has now mounted a global campaign to have Ecocide recognised as the 5th Crime Against Peace at the 2012 Earth Summit. See www.eradicatingecocide.com

If you are a member of the Star & Shadow cinema than entry will be free, otherwise there will be a £1 charge per person.  We will also be asking for donations to cover Polly's travel expenses with a suggested donation between £3-5.

If you would like to attend please send us an email so that we have a rough idea of the possible attendance: gp_newcastle@hotmail.co.uk