David Cassuto
Today, I gave a talk on industrial agriculture and climate change at the Planeta Verde Conference, the largest environmental law conference in South America and maybe the world. Instituto O Direito Por Um Planeta Verde (Law for a Green Planet Institute) is a Brazilian NGO founded (I believe) by Antonio Benjamin, a major figure in Brazilian environmental law. Benjamin is now a Justice on the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (this court has no direct analogue in the U.S.; it resides somewhere between the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court). He also manages to be a professor at several law schools both in Brazil and Texas.
I have a few things to report. First, on a personal note, I currently dwell in a limbic space between 3 languages. My Portuguese is improving but still not fully conversational while my Spanish suffers from its proximity to Portuguese. This leaves me unable to speak either one. Meanwhile, my English worsens by the day. The upshot: I spent much of today and yesterday stammering in no recognizable language, but with a New York accent. Continue reading
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