One year on: remembering Polly Higgins

This week marks one year since the passing of our co-founder, visionary and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins (1968-2019). Plans for any kind of live event have of course had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, but we have put together some beautiful online content to celebrate and remember her. Below are two short video pieces created specially – enjoy and feel free to share:

Polly on the origins of Stop Ecocide:

Polly on Greatness as a Legacy:


It is of course also Earth Day this week, 50 years on from the first Earth Day in 1970. We are delighted to be contributing to several global Earth Day events – from Green Cross Netherlands’ video for the EarthX conference, to a slot in the LiveHOPE Telefest, to a live talk from Jojo Mehta as part of the Pachamama Alliance’s Voices for the Earth Summit.

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Closer to home, sister charity initiative Earth Protector Communities is launching the first stages of a toolkit for individual and community resilience and regeneration, inspired by Polly Higgins’ recently republished book Dare to be Great.

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Picture by Jaine Rose, local Stroud artist and Earth Protector

Dubbed the Earth Protector Quest, you can join to see developments and lots of special Earth Week contributions HERE, including films, interviews, singing celebrations and even a “virtual pub night”! They will also be releasing content on the Earth Protectors Community facebook group HERE.

Remembering Polly, and acknowledging all those (that’s ALL OF YOU!) who understand the importance of making ecocide a crime … as a bridge to the more beautiful world we all want to bring into being.

Stop Ecocide International is driving the global conversation on recognition of ecocide as an international crime and its potential for deterring destructive practices, protecting vital ecosystems and catalysing positive systems change.