The rights of nature movement cannot be stopped
By Pamela Haines, Waging Nonviolence
From the Navajo Nation to a small town in Pennsylvania to Ecuador, then across the world, the idea of enshrining the rights of nature is only growing.
Tag: rights of nature
Human Exceptionalism
By Tom Murphy, Do the Math
If we are to succeed, it seems we need to first come off our high horse. Now: how do we accomplish this feat of psychological counseling on a grand scale?
Nature on the ballot and the ‘parliament of things’
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
What we may not realize is that nature is always on the ballot everywhere. But our awareness of that fact is only now bubbling to the surface of political consciousness.
Colombia’s Dynamic Rivers: Integrated Interpretations and the Rights of Nature
By Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Solutions
If we cannot listen, learn and change our ways, for the good of all “persons” of the planet, power should be put in the hands of those that have listened for millennia and can speak in defense of the violated interconnected rivers of the world.
How Rights of Nature victories in Colombia’s rainforests can inform shared knowledge systems globally
By Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Shareable
Rights of Nature is a movement that has been fortifying itself around the world as an antithesis to the dominant paradigm of limitless growth and extractivism. Firmly grounded in holistic Indigenous worldviews, this ecocentric paradigm could be a global game changer if a coordinated and adaptable effort — based on shared knowledge systems and accountability — is established.
‘Coyote’ Alberto Ruz on the Rights of Nature
By Alberto Ruz Buenfil, Chiara Lionello, Antonio Giachetti, Esperanza Project
Every time a group of people starts to make others understand that there’s a need to take action for a given problem, they can start to undertake initiatives to adopt this law, as we are doing. The abolition of slavery in America and of apartheid in Africa started with small groups which engaged themselves in the recognition of specific rights.
The Rise of the Rights of Nature
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
A global movement to give nature rights is growing in the face of a mass extinction event driven by climate change and human over-use of the natural world.