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Today is World Earth Day. You can find out more about it here.<\/a><\/div>\n
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Via our Planet sub group, Lichfield & District Club will be building up its work on improving the environment for all in line with SIGBI’s objectives.<\/div>\n

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In the meantime you may be interested in this inspiring book by the late Polly Higgins a world-renowned barrister and a luminary in the environmental justice movement. It’s a PDF file – download it here: dare-to-be-great-polly-higgins-ebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Polly worked to make ecocide a crime in the international courts, and\u00a0was a beacon for how to live the brave, bold lives that, at our best, we imagine for ourselves.<\/div>\n
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One year on from her death there’s still time to realise the future she imagined for the Earth.<\/p>\n

In her inspiring book\u00a0Dare To Be Great, Polly doesn’t\u00a0set out to condemn or frighten, but invites her readers to join the movement from self-care to Earth-care.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On this world earth day this book shares insights from her own remarkable journey, inspiring us to recognise and step into a greatness within \u2013 that is not about grandiosity but something far more exciting: aligning with our unique purpose in service of a better world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI know it may not yet look like it, but we are sowing the seeds of greatness for countless generations to come. That is the Great Work of our times. Yours and mine.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Learn more about our work on the Environment<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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