When he and his colleagues began the Green Rights multi-media project four years ago, Silver Donald Cameron set out to explore the implications of the fact that of the 193 members of the United Nations, 180 recognize their citizens' legal right to clean air and water and healthy food – but Canada is not among them. As the feature documentary and the book Warrior Lawyers evolved, however, they came to understand that the purpose of traditional environmental law is not to protect people or the environment, but to legalize harm. The real power of environmental rights is that it begins the process of re-framing our concepts of law, and, more profoundly, our relationship to the natural world of which we are a part.

This event is co-sponsored by PeaceQuest Kingston.  Further events related to Silver Donald's visit will be announced soon.