Cities are ecosystems, too. Around the world, a growing number of governments are working to live in harmony with the natural world with innovative legal initiatives and research agendas. This session will highlight many of these innovations–from rights of the Seine River in Paris to citizenship for bees in Curridabat, Costa Rica; from rewilding London to a history of native ecosystems in New York City, where streams and creeks still exist beneath the layers of concrete – and much more.
FEATURING:
- Emcee: Alex Putzer, UN Harmony with Nature Expert, Researcher on the Rights of Urban Natures
- Eric Sanderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Urban Conservation, Director, Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology, New York Botanical Garden
- Agamemnon Otero, MBE, Director & CEO of Energy Garden, and Director of Brixton Energy Solar cooperative
- Christine Billy, Executive Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law, NYU School of Law
- Edgar Mora, Activist, former Mayor of Curridabat and Minister of Education of Costa Rica
- Amanda Sturgeon, CEO of The Biomimicry Institute