We’ve just received in the latest newsletter from the organisation she founded, the first after her passing last month. They write… Friday 3rd May was the most wonderful funeral Polly Higgins could have wished for, full of tears, inspiration, laughter, music, organic whisky… and taking over the public highway! The church was so packed that speakers had to be placed outside as well…
Looking back at the colourful procession wending its way along the lane from the ceremony to the meadow burial ground it must be said that we created a whole new and uplifting meaning for the phrase “funeral march”… Polly would have thoroughly approved! She now rests among trees overlooking the beautiful Slad Valley and her favourite pub, the Woolpack, which has probably never handed out so many whiskies in one afternoon
The newsletter adds…….
Now all we need to do is sign up those MILLION EARTH PROTECTORS that Polly wanted to see…
JUST IMAGINE:
With a million Earth Protectors standing with them, the climate-vulnerable states brave enough to take forward ecocide law will feel safe, and visible, and supported – states like Vanuatu, whose Ambassador John Licht, in a deeply moving gesture of acknowledgment, presented a traditional burial mat upon which Polly’s willow casket was ceremonially laid in the Earth.
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Since Polly herself has expanded into other dimensions (which feels like the most accurate way to describe it!) a most remarkable thing has been happening. People with essential skills have been stepping up to form part of a rapidly expanding team – so that both the legal and the campaign side of Polly’s work can now be taken forward with confidence.
Key strategic meetings on the legal and diplomatic side took place in London yesterday (see below) and two of the team shall be attending a Pacific Roundtable scheduled this month. We expect to return to the International Criminal Court’s annual Assembly of States Parties this year with a higher profile than ever.
Learn more about her life’s work
Polly’s scheduled talk for the Findhorn Climate Change & Consciousness conference on 25th April was replaced by this tribute and honouring of her work by Jojo Mehta (now communications director for the campaign), with a wonderful no-holds-barred introduction from Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.
Here’s Polly speaking at a TEDX in 2013
