In this episode of Giving Back Is Dead, recorded at Palais de Tokyo as part of its Regeneration initiative, host Scott Stover sits down with Alexandra Pimor, Director of Nature Governance at Earth Law Center. Together, they explore the emerging movement for rights of nature and “nature-conscious governance”: building legal and corporate systems that recognize humans as part of nature, not separate from it.
Pimor traces her path from law and European governance to creating frameworks where “Nature on the Board” can actually shape corporate decisions, and shares concrete examples—from UK eco-beauty company Faith in Nature to Purpose Disruptors in the advertising world—where nature’s interests are written into governance and practice.
The conversation moves from philosophy to practice: how shifting from pessimism to responsibility, from extraction to relationship, can transform philanthropy, cultural institutions, and the way we fund the arts and the planet’s future.
Watch, subscribe, and join us in reimagining what it means to “give back” when giving to nature is no longer optional—but foundational.
What is Giving Back is Dead?
GIVING BACK IS DEAD addresses the need to engage the next generation differently than the previous generation. Stover believes that arts institutions and initiatives will lose their funding if arts leaders do not recognize what motivates the next generation. The previous generation has structured arts funding based on participation in an elite and exclusionary social club related to the donor’s wealth. Media focus on the art market and its atmospheric sales prices reinforce that the art world and its initiatives are out of touch with society’s injustices.
GIVING BACK IS DEAD offers a series of inspiring paths to engage NextGen’s to assure the arts continue to be funded and are relevant to our lives.