A voice to be reckoned with – our children
13 year old Felix Finkbeiner addressed the United Nations at the opening of the Year of the Forest, February 2, 2011. His question to adults from the children: “Why is there so little action? We know that adults know the...
Emergency ‘Call to Action to Protect Earth’ by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous
June 3, 2011 (Suzy Chaffe) Excerpts from Emergency ‘Call to Action to Protect Earth’ by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous Following Bolivia’s passage of their domestic law “Recognizing Mother Earth as a living entity and giving Her the Same Rights as...
Dr. Vandana Shiva on Biopiracy and Rights of Nature
By Communication for Sustainable Social Change (CSSC) World-renowned physicist, philosopher, author and environmental activist, Vandana Shiva discusses biopiracy, where seed giants survey the genome of plants developed over thousands of years by indigenous farmers, and claim intellectual property rights under patent...
Vision: The Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth Is Our Roadmap to a Liveable Future
by NNimmo Bassey “It is time for humankind to humbly accept that we have arrived at the precipice of reckless living, exploitation and destruction of Mother Earth.” The following is excerpted from the recently released book, The Rights of Nature:...
Seminario: Instrumentalización de los Derechos de la Naturaleza en Galápagos
Fundación Pachamama, gracias al apoyo de la Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza, la Defensoría del Pueblo, el Consejo de Gobierno de Galápagos, el Gobierno Municipal de Puerto Ayora, el Parque Nacional Galápagos, FUNDAR Galápagos, ECOLEX, Sea Shepherd...
Seminario: Instrumentalización de los Derechos de la Naturaleza en Galápagos
Fundación Pachamama, gracias al apoyo de la Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza, la Defensoría del Pueblo, el Consejo de Gobierno de Galápagos, el Gobierno Municipal de Puerto Ayora, el Parque Nacional Galápagos, FUNDAR Galápagos, ECOLEX, Sea Shepherd...
La Alianza Global para los Derechos de la Naturaleza lanza dos libros en San Francisco, CA California
El Comité Ejecutivo de la Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza celebró su segundo encuentro, el 26 de abril 2011 en Green Gulch, San Francisco en el cual se discutieron las estrategias y la planificación de las actividades...
Earth Jurisprudence: Building Theory and Practice
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!! Australia’s Third Wild Law Conference Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 16-18 September, 2011 Earth Jurisprudence is an emerging theory of law which proposes that we rethink our legal and political systems to make sure they support,...
Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth
UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2011 (IPS) – An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect “mother earth”. Thalif Deen of Inter Press Services writes about...
Vision: How to Change Our Laws So That Corporations Don’t Trump Communities
AlterNet / By Shannon Biggs and Mari Margil Our environmental laws and regulations, rather than put in place protections for the environment, instead seem to be written to exploit it. Here’s what can we do about it. Excerpts from The...
