1708 I St
Bellingham, WA 98225
USA
BELLINGHAM NOVEMBER 5
The Mt Baker group of the Siera Club is proud to sponsor a public lecture by Mary Christina Wood on Thursday, November 5th, 7 PM at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I Street, Bellingham.
Mary Christina Wood is the Founding Director of the U. of Oregon’s nationally acclaimed Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program and is Faculty Leader of the Program’s Conservation Trust Project, Sustainable Land Use Project, Native Environmental Sovereignty Project, and Food Resilience Project. Her new book, Nature’s Trust, was released in October, 2013.
Professor Wood has published extensively on climate crisis, natural resources, and native law issues. She originated the approach called Atmospheric Trust Litigation to hold governments worldwide accountable for reducing carbon pollution within their jurisdictions, and her research is being used in cases and petitions brought on behalf of children and youth throughout the United States and in other countries. She is a frequent speaker on global warming issues and has received national and international attention for her sovereign trust approach to global climate policy. Mary Christina Wood on Bill Moyers & Co.
