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by Simon on May 21st, 2013
Cormac Cullinan, author of Wild Law, will be teaching a webinar on international and environmental law and global governance, along with Peter Brown.
The live webinar is free and can be accessed online on 22 May at 3PM UTC/GMT, you will need to have installed Adobe Flashplayer, have audio input and output, and a good internet connection.
On Wednesday, May 22nd at 3PM UTC/GMT, Earth Charter International and the EC Center for Education for Sustainable Development will be hosting a one and half hour webinar on international and environmental law and global governance with experts Peter Brown and Cormac Cullinan. These two leaders in their respective fields will put their work into context as well as relate the importance of the Earth Charter to their fields. Attendance is free for all and participation will be available through the chat function on our platform.
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by Simon on Apr 24th, 2013
Professor Tracy-Lynn Humby, from the Wits Law Department, spoke to Polity about the concept of resilience and how it influences environmental governance.
Humby explained that the term is used in South Africa’s climate change white paper but that its implications have yet to be unpacked. Humby spoke about the need to view social and ecological systems as being completely integrated and these systems as undergoing change and moving through cycles.
Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law is a must-read for those interested in environmental law.
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by Simon on Apr 17th, 2013
Cormac Cullinan, author of Wild Law, will be taking part in a panel discussion on fracking at the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival, which is being held from 17 to 19 May.
Cullinan is joining Ivo Vegter and Jonathan Deal for the To frack or not to frack discussion on Sunday 19 May. The talk will be chaired by Tim Cohen.
Sunday 19 May
To frack or not to frack
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (School Hall)
Former Business Day editor and Karoo resident Tim Cohen undertakes what is bound to be a fracktious debate between Ivo Vegter (Extreme Environment), environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan and Jonathan Deal of the Treasure Karoo Action Group.
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by Simon on Apr 11th, 2013
A judge has ruled that the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) “violated the law by distributing oil drilling rights before reviewing the potential risks associated with fracking”, according to an article on RT USA. US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal found that BLM had not sufficiently reviewed the possible risks of fracking in California, the case “is largely viewed as a landmark victory by environmentalists who have been fighting against the procedures they fear might harm the environment.”
Cormac Cullinan’s firm, Cullinan and Associates, will be acting as counsel for the Treasure the Karoo Action Group who are taking the case against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Karoo to the South African Constitutional Court. Cullinan is the author of Wild Law.
The Obama administration has broken the law, issuing oil leases across California without examining the risks of fracking. A federal judge ruled that the administration has “completely ignored” environmental concerns upon issuing the leases.
In response to a lawsuit filed by environmentalist groups, US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal ruled that the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law by distributing oil drilling rights before reviewing the potential risks associated with fracking.
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by Simon on Apr 4th, 2013
In this excerpt from the second edition of Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law, Cullinan explains that the current dominant understanding of the world is based on the false premise that “we humans are separate from our environment and that we can flourish even as the health of Earth deteriorates.”
Cullinan explains how studying law during apartheid helped him to understand how the law is used as a method of social control and “that there is not necessarily a healthy relationship between law, justice and morality.”
The human societies that presently dominate the world govern on the basis of a false understanding of the universe. The core falsehood is that we humans are separate from our environment and that we can flourish even as the health of Earth deteriorates.
In fact, we humans have convinced ourselves that human health and well-being depend on exploiting Earth (preferably as fast as technology permits and the market demands) rather than on preserving the global ecosystem. The governance structures, legal philosophies (jurisprudence), and laws established by many societies reflect and entrench the illusion of separation and independence. This encourages and legitimises environmentally and socially destructive behaviour and hinders the development of more appropriate forms of social organisation by those who do not subscribe to the dominant social myths.
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by Simon on Mar 26th, 2013
The University of Cape Town has shared podcasts from the UCT Summer School course “Using Law to Protect Earth: From Environmental Law to the Rights of Nature”, presented by Cormac Cullinan.
The second edition of Cullinan’s Wild Law was one of the prescribed texts for the course. Gregory Daniels, who is also a Director at Cullinan and Associates Inc, joined Cullinan for the course.
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by Simon on Jan 25th, 2013
The Australian Progressive Law Network held its Legal (r)Evolution Conference last year at Monash University in Melbourne. Dr Peter Burdon from the University of Adelaide spoke about wild law and earth jurisprudence – issues that Cormac Cullinan addresses in his book, Wild Law.
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by Simon on Jan 9th, 2013
Cormac Cullinan, author of Wild Law and director of EnAct, which is a founding organisation member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, has taken part in a documentary to raise awareness of Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, Permaculture and Permaculture of the Inner Landscape.
The documentary will be released in June 2013 and also features a host of other Earth Rights activists and experts on spirituality and the interconnectedness of humans, animals, life on earth and the environment. Entitled United Natures – a United Nations of all species, the documentary was produced by United Natures Independent Media.
Directed by Peter Charles Downey, the movie features an all-star global cast of top environmental thinkers and doers on the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, Permaculture and Permaculture of the Inner Landscape or the philosophical, psychological and spiritual aspect of environmentalism and sustainability.
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by Maggie Marx on Dec 20th, 2012
In September this year the government lifted a 17-month-long moratorium against exploring shale gas reserves in the Karoo. Although no actual hydraulic fracturing will take place, some drilling as well as other “normal” geological exploration methods will be used to assist in shale gas exploration.
The Times reported that government maintain that banning “fracking”, as it is widely referred to, will bring forth the loss of a major economical opportunity.
Only “normal” geological exploration will be allowed, the government’s multi-disciplinary task team said in a report, the executive summary of which was released by Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu in Cape Town.
News24 also reported on both AfriForum and the Freedom Front Plus condemning the decision whilst the DA advised the government to approach this sensitive issue with the utmost caution.
There has been mixed reaction to Cabinet’s decision, announced on Friday, to lift a moratorium on applications to explore for shale gas in the Karoo.
With a number of laws and regulations to take into account, so that all parties with vested interests are kept abreast of the legal ramifications, as well as the safety of the Karoo is looked after, a book like Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law gives some clarity into the situation. Wild Law weaves politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom together to unpack the human species’ environmental role on Earth today.
Also highlighting the troubles fracking could cause is Matt Damon’s latest movie, Promised Land, which will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival next year:
Matt Damon’s film about the controversial shale gas industry is to screen in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant, centres on a natural gas salesman who experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town.
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by Simon on Nov 9th, 2012
Cormac Cullinan has been awarded the prestigious Nick Steele Memorial Award for Environmentalist of the Year. He was presented with the award at the 24th annual SAB Environmental Awards in Joburg.
Cullinan, an environmental attorney and green business activist is the author of Wild Law and has been involved in writing, teaching an practicing environmental law and policy for the past 20 years.
Founding member of the Global Alliance and Executive Committee Cormac Cullinan has been awarded the prestigious Nick Steele Memorial Award for Environmentalist of the Year (2012) at the 24th annual SAB Environmental Awards in Johannesburg. As an environmental and green business attorney, author, speaker, and climate justice advocate, Cormac has been an influential leader in the global Rights of Nature movement. His book Wild Law. A manifesto for Earth Justice first published in 2002 presents the framework for transforming legal systems to align with the laws of Nature and recognize Rights of Nature.
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