Jessica den Outer has a Bachelor degree in international & European law and a Master degree in international environmental law. She has been advocating for the Rights of Nature and the interests of future generations since 2017 and received several awards for her work. In 2019, she was recognised as one of the youngest Earth-centered law experts within the United Nations Harmony with Nature network. In 2020, she was part of the top 100 most sustainable young pioneers. In 2022 Jessica was nominated as one of the 10 green...
Jessica den Outer has a Bachelor degree in international & European law and a Master degree in international environmental law. She has been advocating for the Rights of Nature and the interests of future generations since 2017 and received several awards for her work. In 2019, she was recognised as one of the youngest Earth-centered law experts within the United Nations Harmony with Nature network. In 2020, she was part of the top 100 most sustainable young pioneers. In 2022 Jessica was nominated as one of the 10 green voices on LinkedIn and as as one of the 35 up-and-coming professionals under the age of 35 in the field of peace and security. In 2023, Jessica published the book 'Rights for Nature'. It is a book full of examples and stories of Rights for Nature around the world. From Mother Earth in Ecuador to the Whanganui River in New Zealand. This book shows that anyone can get started with the Rights for Nature, not just lawyers.
Sources
Jessica's website: https://www.jessicadenouter.com/en
Rechten voor de Natuur: https://lemniscaat.nl/boeken/rechten-voor-de-natuur
The article I mentioned in the beginning is H.O. Pörtner et al. (2023) Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts. Science https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl4881
Sabine Winters interviewed me for her podcast Scientific Imagination: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7i2gCNFPQ82u5EeD9Tzrol?si=7VvmCWVOTNerEz-75zjP7w&dd=1
I published my first article as an independent researcher. It is about my vision on the climate crisis, and you can read it here: https://futurebased.org/topics/earthucation-using-interdisciplinary-philosophy-education-and-science-communication-to-understand-the-climate-crisis/
This is the Dutch column I refer to in the episode: https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/is-een-vervroegd-pensioen-de-oplossing-voor-de-klimaatcrisis
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