Earth is our Business
Changing The Rules Of The GameBy Polly Higgins
Length7h 27m
About this audiobook
Earth is our Business takes forward the argument of Polly Higgins' first book, Eradicating Ecocide. This book proposes new Earth law, but it is also about something more than law: it advocates a new form of leadership which places the health and well-being of people and planet first. Polly Higgins shows how law can provide the tools and be a bridge to a new way of doing business. She argues, in fact, that Earth is the business of us all, not the exclusive preserve of the executives of the world's top corporations.
Expanding on the proposal in her first book to make Ecocide an international crime, this book sets out the institutional framework for sustainable development and international environmental governance. It proposes new rules of the game to transform our economies, energy supplies and political landscape in a radical, but practical, way. The implications of Polly Higgins' proposal are far-reaching and profound.
Like her award-winning first book, Earth is our Business is written for anyone who is engaging in the new and emerging discourse about the future of our planet and sustainable development. Instead of merely examining the problem, Earth is our Business sets out a solution: new rules of the game. They are, says Polly Higgins, a new set of laws based on the sacredness of all life.
Included as appendices are a draft Ecocide Act, a proposal for revising World Bank investment rules, and the indictment used in the mock Ecocide Trial held in the UK Supreme Court in September 2011.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (20)
Includes Goodreads
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length7 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Acknowledgements
3Introduction
4Part 1: Where The World Is Currently Heading
51 The Law of Ecocide
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62 The emperor has no clothes on
73 Nature as a commodity
8Part 2: Shifting The Paradigm
94 Building a new business model
105 The flow of money
116 When malum in se becomes malum prohibita
12Part 3: Towards A New World
137 Transitioning into a new era 93
148 Owing a duty of care
159 The significance of life
1610 The end of asset stripping Earth 137
17Appendices:
18i Sample Ecocide indictment
19ii Ecocide Act
20iii Ecocide sentencing guidelines
21iv New World Bank Assessment Rules
22v Frequently asked questions
23About the Author
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