Achieving Environmental Justice Through Indigenous Wisdom Ft. Jessica Clogg Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how "tried and true" Indigenous
law-based approaches can guide Western legal code towards a more
sustainable future. Ashoka Canada Fellow, Jessica Clogg, is
Executive Director and Senior Counsel for West Coast
Environmental Law, where she has served as an environmental and
Indigenous rights lawyer for the past 25 years. In this episode,
she explains why environmental justice is needed to solve complex
environmental challenges and how Indigenous knowledge and
ancestral practices can inform the practice of Western law. 00:00
Preview 00:32 Introduction 00:56 About Jessica Clogg 2:05
Jessica’s backstory that led to West Coast Environmental Law 4:00
What is Indigenous law? 5:33 How learning about Indigenous law
has impacted Jessica’s personal life 8:09 How does West Coast
Environmental Law promote equality and inclusion? 11:15 How
Jessica’s work differs from typical TV courtroom dramas 13:00 Is
the youth mental health crisis a reflection of environmental
degradation? 16:19 What is environmental justice? 17:28 Why does
an equitable and inclusive approach to environmental activism
matter? 19:06 The Inner Development Goals 25:19 How has Ashoka
Canada impacted Jessica’s work? 27:18 Jessica Clogg’s Purposeful
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