Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson is a member of The Elders and a passionate advocate for gender equality, peace-building, human rights and climate justice, frequently challenging world leaders to take the action we urgently need.
In this year’s Hubert Butler Lecture, Robinson joins Olivia O’Leary to explore food sovereignty – the idea that people should have control over their own food systems – asking how the ancient Irish concept of meitheal, in which neighbours come together to help one another, can offer a radical alternative at a time when global supply chains are vulnerable to climate change and war.
The Hubert Butler Annual Lecture was established in 2007 to honour the Kilkenny writer, historian and broadcaster whose remarkable consistency of vision and clarity of mind made him unique among essayists and whose work evinced an unsurpassed moral, political and literary integrity.
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