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In the first years of 1990s I
became a member of the European Environmental Tribunal, in Brussels.
Then, I think I was the only one who was not a judge.
Dörte Fouquet, the founder and President, a prominent lawyer,
later asked me what my contribution to the entity would be.
- To avoid judgements - I said.
She laughed, asking why.
- To judge a single person already is a very difficult if not
almost impossible task. So, imagine when dealing with the environment!
She embraced me and said just one word: Bravo!
In 1995 I was invited to become member of the board of the European
Environmental Tribunal - always keeping alive the idea that environment
is Humanity, just this.
Some time later I was invited to redesign the whole institution
accordingly to those ideas about the environment as an anthropological
issue. We moved to London, with Kevin Gollop's formidable help.
And now, among its activities, EET has promoted its annual International
Meeting in a medieval city, in the mountains, in Portugal - a
place where different people, from the most diverse disciplines
and cultures join to discuss about our small planet.
Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta,
2004
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