Christine Winter

Christine Winter, a senior lecturer in environmental and indigenous politics, dives deep into the philosophies underpinning settler politics. She argues that Western perspectives block solutions to environmental crises, advocating for a shift towards multispecies and intergenerational justice. Winter contrasts Māori concepts of relational respect with individualism and discusses the need for legal personhood for nature. She highlights the limits of anthropocentric justice and the call for a cultural shift, emphasizing that true change requires foundational reassessment in our political and scientific frameworks.