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The Harold Wolpe Lecture At the UKZN Centre for Civil Society Presents Pablo Solón Rights of Nature and Climate Politics

Friday, 2 December, 5-7pm

In conjunction with COP17 – Durban, South Africa

VENUE: Shepstone 1, Howard College, UKZN (with support from the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and National . . . → Read More: Pablo Solon – Rights of Nature and Climate Politics at COP17, Durban South Africa

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I request to the powers that be, to understand that we are destroying our planet. That we must avoid everything that contaminates and might be a source of ecological damage, like nuclear reactors and weapons that people use against other people.

Many of my age (I´m 66 years old) have seen many disasters as . . . → Read More: Remember Mother Earth, a living being, knows we are attacking her

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Natalia Greene spoke to  more than 300 young people about Rights of Nature at the Ignite Change Now! Global Youth Assembly (GYA) in  Edmonton, Canada on Thursday July 28, 2011.   Young people ages 16 to 28 came from Edmonton, Rwanda, Ukraine, Bolivia, Nunavut, rural Alberta, and many other places and walks of life to . . . → Read More: Natalia Greene speaks on Rights of Nature at Global Youth Assembly

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In attempting to introduce the idea of Rights of Mother Earth to the United States, my concern would be it’s capitalists heritage/culture.  To change U.S. approach to natural resource extractions (drilling) or other environmental exploitation, would demand a change in Earth’s designation as property to that of ‘legal entity’,  having the same legal rights . . . → Read More: President Obama – Do no harm to the habitat that sustains us

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Dear President Obama,

We invite all Nations to sign the Declaration of The Rights of Mother Earth at the Earth Summit 2012 in Rio de Janeiro and implement rights of nature in their national constitution.

We call on the General Assembly of the United Nations to adopt rights of . . . → Read More: President Obama – Imagine

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Cormac Cullinan, interviewed by Madeline Ostrander of Yes Magazine tells the story of a mock trial hosted  a few years ago by the UK Environmental Law Association.   In the article Cormac presents this case and other stories to descriptively build the case for recognizing rights of nature.  

“The case concerned a rainforest in Malaysia . . . → Read More: What If Orangutans Had Their Day In Court?

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When Tim DeChristopher disrupted the federal auction of 20,000 acres of pristine public lands in Utah he took a bold stand for rights of nature.  His action prevented oil and gas companies from being able to bid on and thus drill through and develop fossil fuels in these majestic lands.  On March 3, 2011 . . . → Read More: Tim DeChristopher Stands for Rights of Nature

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Armchair Treks with the Nevada County Land Trust

The Amazon of Ecuador

with Robin Milam

Thursday, February 10th, 2011  7:00pm – 8:30pm Madelyn Helling Library Community Room, Nevada City, CA

The Nevada County Land Trust is presenting another trek in its series of winter armchair . . . → Read More: Nevada County Land Trust Armchair Trek

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