The birth of the Occupy movement stirs sleepy nations Crying out for environmental, social and economic liberations While the G20 summit is in the red zone to resolve the Eurozone - Greece, Italy and Spain are zoned out in deprivation While governments search for a deficit . . . → Read More: Occupy for Nature’s Right]]> By Irene Schleining
Whale of a Time
Irene@whaleofatime.org

The birth of the Occupy movement stirs sleepy nations
Crying out for environmental, social and economic liberations
While the G20 summit is in the red zone to resolve the Eurozone -
Greece, Italy and Spain are zoned out in deprivation
While governments search for a deficit cure
Budgets are cut for society’s poor
While climate change in Durban struggles to find an ear
Farmers are struggling to keep crops alive amid droughts in fear
While the Occupy Movement is expanding to all lands
People are joining in global conversation to take matters in their own hands.

With the Occupy Agenda seeking referenda with some extra time
Ideas issued in the “Bank of Ideas” are paving the way for a new paradigm
The campaign against the injustices of the global financial system calls for “an end to tax havens and tax avoidance”
The small tax payer is looking for condolence
“More transparency over business lobbying”, no more space for bargaining!
Clear calls to prosecute executives, a legal reform, that should be the norm
Our fundamental message is that we are all affected. We’re all connected – Entangled in the web of life
Stand up for justice in our fight!
Occupy for Nature’s Right!

For complete poem visit: Have a Whale of a Time blog post for February 2012

A premier “mindstyle” magazine presents our Rights of Mother Earth Signature campaign in the latest issue!

Visit Happinez at http://www.happinez.nl/

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]]> 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 Lottery)

Pablo Solón is the former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, and prior to taking on various diplomatic postings with the Morales government in 2006, he was an activist with social change movements based in La Paz. As UN Ambassador, Solón spearheaded successful resolutions on the Human Right to Water, International Mother Earth Day, Harmony with Nature and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He helped initiate the World People’s Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba in April 2010, and in December was the sole voice of conscience opposing US and EU domination of the COP16 in Cancun.

CCS contact:
031 260 3195 or
poonenh@ukzn.ac.za

One Day on Earth, Rights of Nature, Quito, Ecuador from Doris Ragettli on Vimeo.

BALANCE Edutainment/Pacha’s Pajamas introduced the Bioneers session with . . . → Read More: Call for Rights of Mother Earth among Youth at Bioneers 2011]]> On Sunday afternoon,  Kylie Nicole-Nealis of Global Exchange and Robin Milam of the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature invited Youth at Bioneers to join our campaign and take a stand for Rights of Mother Earth.  Thanks to Balance Edutainment/Pacha’s Pajamas for the video …

BALANCE Edutainment/Pacha’s Pajamas introduced the Bioneers session with the moving story of a young girl with big dreams for restoring balance to our planet.  Kylie Nicole-Nealis of Global Exchange presented the case for Rights of Nature.

Click for the touching story of Pacha’s Pajamas!

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4-6, 2012 – 20 years after the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development . . . → Read More: UN asking people to post Messages of the World for Rio+20]]> Momentum is clearly building for Rio+20. I encourage you to add a 140 character message advocating Rights of Nature. The small things add up one voice at a time!

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4-6, 2012 – 20 years after the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – people from all over the world will gather and discuss how to best manage our common future in a sustainable and lasting way. What message would you like to echo to the world? Let us know! Either write your own message, or agree on any of the already published messages below. It’s easy – just click on the message and follow the instructions. Remember – the strength are in the numbers! The biggest messages are the most agreed upon. Maybe your idea will catch on?

You can either Add Message or Agree on a Message

For more information go to: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=12&nr=266&menu=14#upload

6 October 6 2011 – ALBINO (Bergamo) at 9pm

The Forests, and the Future of Nature

Clicca per leggere in italiano

An old Indian chief said, everything you do to the Earth, you do it yourself. The “climate change” relative to . . . → Read More: Bergamo Scienza Conference on the Rights of Nature]]> Bergamo Scienza (www.bergamoscienza.it)

6 October 6 2011 – ALBINO (Bergamo) at 9pm

The Forests, and the Future of Nature

Clicca per leggere in italiano

An old Indian chief said, everything you do to the Earth, you do it yourself. The “climate change” relative to the choices about our role in Nature, should start from new forms of thought. The fathers of the new vision of nature and ecology have been writers like Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, thinkers such as Aldo Leopold, John Muir, founder of the world’s first national park in the USA. An evolutionary line that led the lawyer Cormac Cullinan who coined the title of his book-manifesto Wild Law, by which the debate has moved even on legal grounds, the wild Laws are those designed to balance the rights and responsibilities of the human race in front of the other members of the community land: plants, animals, rivers, ecosystems, etc.

In 2010 came the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, away from an anthropocentric view, our century will be the recognition of the true hierarchy of the planet and the species will really blend in to provide vital resources for future generations. This is also part of a widespread non political movement and Author, and traveller Davide Sapienza (recently awarded of Pigna D’Argento 2011 prize as best emerging writer of the last decade for travel, nature, and adventure) after writing an essay titled The Future of Nature a while back (inspired by the Orion Magazine book of the same title), has invited a fellow writer and journalist to “use” 2011, the International Year of Forests, as a starting point to deliver a speech about The Rights of Nature.

In Italy, where environmental crimes provide only administrative penalties, in the last decade has increased exponentially in a quiet and moderate movement that is widely recognized “rights to nature,” despite the policy choices that go in the opposite direction, and the absence of overall shared vision.

DAVIDE SAPIENZA www.davidesapienza.net

writer, journalist with

STEFANO ARDITO – journalist.

Italiano

FORESTE: IL FUTURO DELLA NATURA

Davide Sapienza e Stefano Ardito sui “Diritti della Natura”

Un antico capo pellerossa diceva: tutto quello che fai alla Terra, lo fai a te stesso. Il “cambiamento climatico” circa le scelte relative al nostro ruolo nella Natura, dovrebbe partire da nuove forme di pensiero. I padri della nuova visione naturale e dell’ecologia sono stati scrittori come Henry David Thoreau e Walt Whitman, pensatori come Aldo Leopold, e John Muir, fondatore del primo parco nazionale al mondo in USA. Una linea evolutiva che ha portato Cormac Cullinan, avvocato sudafricano, a coniare il titolo del suo libro-manifesto (ripubblicato nel 2011) Wild Law. Questo libro, e la definizione di una possibile giurisprudenza con l’anima, ha continuato un dibattito partito negli anni settanta con il libro di Christopher Stone, Should Trees Have Standings? Studi legali dediti ai diritti dell’ambiente e autori come questi hanno spostato il dibattitoanche sul terreno giuridico: le wild laws sono quelle pensate per regolare la partecipazione umana all’interno di una comunità più grande – la Terra. Queste leggi cercano di bilanciare i diritti e le responsabilità della razza umana di fronte a quelli degli altri componenti di questa comunità che costituisce La Terra: piante, animali, fiumi, ecosistemi etc etc etc.

Nel 2008, grazie all’azione del CELDF, uno studio legale americano che dedica il proprio lavoro alle questioni ambientali, è stato studiato un rivoluzionario codice che, con un referendum, il popolo dell’Ecuador ha fatto inserire nella propria costituzione. Nel 2010, è nata la Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti della Madre Terra, e il 20 aprile 2011 gli esponenti di questo movimento internazionale hanno parlato davanti all’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite.

Il nostro sarà il secolo del riconoscimento della gerarchia del Pianeta, dove la Terra viene prima di ogni altra considerazione: le specie viventi dovranno trovare un modo di armonizzarsi. Dovremo uscire dalla visione antropocentrica, quella che Cullinan chiama la Omosfera, per arrivare alla maturità della razza umana, affrontando decisamente la questione legata alle legislazioni, che dovranno riconoscere negli “oggetti” della Natura delle “persone” giuridiche. Anche i bambini, le donne, gli afroamericani e tanti altri esseri umani, un tempo, non erano altro che “oggetti” giuridici e non “soggetti”.

Davide Sapienza (www.davidesapienza.net) è lo scrittore italiano che più è vicino a questo pensiero: da I Diari di Rubha Hunish a La strada era l’acqua, La musica della neve, La valle di Ognidove ai saggi come Il futuro della Natura, il suo lavoro si estende sino ai reportage di viaggio e di inchiesta sull’ambiente in diversi luoghi del mondo, soprattutto nell’Artico, in Canada e in Norveiga. A lui la Tv Svizzera Italiana, per sottolineare questo aspetto, ha dedicato un documentario. Vive in montagna, e crede nel lavoro sulla e con la Terra: per questo opera con camminate letterarie e incontri in ambiente.

Stefano Ardito, giornalista, è da decenni in prima linea per far conoscere e rispettare ambienti importanti (fondamentale il suo lavoro nella regione-laboratorio della Natura, l’Abruzzo), ha scritto molte guide, riflessioni, tenuto conferenze, e ama andare sul terreno, per capire come armonizzare il pensiero alle proposte che tengano conto dei diritti della Natura.

Un articolo su I DIRITTI DELLA NATURA di Davide Sapienza: http://scriviapenelope.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/i-diritti-della-natura

The following message was posted on our Value Nature as Living Being petition site:

Man did not create the . . . → Read More: Man did not create the Web of Life, he is just one strand in it.]]> “Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”
Chief Seattle, 1854.

The following message was posted on our Value Nature as Living Being petition site:

Man did not create the Web of Life, he is just one strand in it. What we do to the Web, we do to ourselves. All things are related.

Man cannot create one blade of grass nor one drop of water; Our Mother Earth does these for us.

We do not rule this planet, we are subject to it; it would be intelligent to remember that. We must be stewards, we must control our numbers, we must not unbalance the very fine parameters that allow animal and plant life to survive on the only blue planet in our Universe.

Without the soil there will be no plants, without plants there will be no animals (that’s us). Without land we have nowhere to live for we cannot swim in sea water forever, nor drink it.

We are like a snake that eats its own tail…..sooner or later there will be no snake left! Earth has rights – sacred rights going back millennia.

Once we lived respecting the harsh realities of her rule and we were no threat to her sustainability. We have lost that respect, that intelligence, that wisdom. We have great knowledge but very little wisdom.

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should!

If Mankind has rights, (and we have given them to ourselves) then the Earth that sustains us and without which we would not exist, must also have the same and greater rights. Otherwise, we should have none either. Accept our place in the Web of Life or be cut from it.

Anonymous, United Kingdom

Special Bonus: . . . → Read More: Rights of Nature Seminar in Bay Area – Sept 30-Oct 1]]> The Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus is now proud to offer a series of seminars and trainings in building Resilient Community. We would love to have you join us. The first seminar is on Rights of Nature on Sept 30th and Oct 1st, 2011. Please learn more and register here http://www.worldforum.org/rc.html .

Special Bonus: On Sept. 7th at 5:00 PST there will be a free one-hour tele-course about Rights of Nature to provide an overview of the upcoming seminar/training and will be hosted by the Executive Director of Transition US, Carolyne Stayton. For the one-hour telecourse, register here http://www.transitionus.org/event/women-earth-and-climate-caucus-three-part-series

Part 1: Education from the front lines locally and globally

Part 2: Creating a new Earth-honoring narrative.

Starts Friday evening September 30th. 7:00pm -9:30pm continues October 1st 10:00am-5:00pm

Location: Corte Madera Community Room in Marin County in the office building at

770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201. Corte Madera, CA

Course fee: $55.00

In this dynamic seminar we will learn about the historic 2008 event when Ecuador became the first country to include Rights of Nature in its national constitution and then cover movements since then in Bolivia and here in the U.S. as Rights of Nature takes hold as an idea whose time has come. Rights of Nature laws create a right to legal standing, such that people, communities, Indigenous peoples, non-profit environmental organizations, and others would have standing to protect the environment. Climate activists have long been seeking a tool, which would enable communities affected by climate change to gain recognition for the harms done not just to human interests around the globe, but also to environmental ones. We come together with a common interest to actively advance the creation of human communities that respect the Rights of Nature. We will also explore how Rights of Nature invigorates momentum for a new cultural narrative that honors our living Earth. Join us and step into this historical moment!

This course will include:

What are Rights of Nature?

What is happening in the local/ global movement for Rights of Nature?

How can we change our cultural narrative to create an Earth-honoring society?

Instructors:

Shannon Biggs is the Director of the Community Rights program at Global Exchange. She recently co-authored a book, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots (PoliPoint Press). Her current work focuses on assisting communities confronted by corporate harms to enact binding laws that place the rights of communities and nature above the claimed legal “rights” of corporations.

Osprey Orielle Lake is a lifelong advocate of environmental justice and societal transformation. She is the director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus (WECC) and on the Board of Praxis Peace Institute. Her book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature,(White Cloud Press) is a 2011 Nautilus Book Award winner. In December 2010, she initiated Rights of Nature into the framework of WECC’s working groups and is a member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature.

Justice for the Earth Community: Defending the Rights of Nature and holding Corporations to Account

Monday 26th September 6.30pm – 7.30pm food and wine at Gaia House 7.30pm – . . . → Read More: Nnimmo Bassey, Defending the Rights of Nature and holding Corporations to Account]]> An Evening with Nnimmo Bassey, Head of FoEI and winner of the Right Livelihood Award 2011. Monday 26^th September. Posted by Gaia Foundation, London,

Justice for the Earth Community: Defending the Rights of Nature and holding Corporations to Account

Monday 26th September
6.30pm – 7.30pm food and wine at Gaia House
7.30pm – 9.30pm talk and Q&A at Burgh House, Hampstead.

Nnimmo will talk about the Rights of Nature and corporate responsibility campaigns in relation to cases in Ecuador and Nigeria.

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf of Mexico saw over 4 million gallons of oil leak into the sea. It was the worst oil spill in American history and one of the worst spills the planet has ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their livelihoods and the devastation caused to marine life is unfathomable.

On 26th November last year, a coalition of environmental organisations and indigenous activists – led by Nnimmo Bassey and Vandana Shiva – filed a precedent setting case in the Constitutional Court of Ecuador against British Petroleum (BP). They accused BP of violating the Rights of Nature. The Ecuadorian Constitution was the first in the world to recognise the Rights of Nature (or ‘Pachamama’) and to state that humans have a legal obligation to ‘maintain and regenerate Earth’s vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution’.

He will also explore why this strategy is necessary and is part of a bigger shift required in society today. A shift that will require that laws and policies comply with the laws of the Earth, and a way of living which maintains the health and integrity of the whole Earth Community.

Nnimmo will also be sharing a small selection of poems from his new book “I will Not Dance to Your Beat”.

Cost: £12 full price, £8 concessions. Price includes wine and light buffet. Please Book online to reserve a place, or contact Rowan@gaianet.org.

More about Nnimmo

Nnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian environmental activist and poet, and head of Friends of the Earth International. In 2010 Nnimmo received of the Right Livelihood Award (alternative Nobel Peace Prize) and featured in Time Magazines ‘Heroes of the Environment’ in 2009.

http://www.gaiafoundation.org/content/defending-rights-nature-and-holding-corporations-account

Many of my age (I´m 66 years old) have seen many disasters as . . . → Read More: To the powers that be, we are destroying our planet]]> 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 the atomic bomb, Chernobyl, tsunamis, etc.

Alternative energies, such as wind, water and solar power should be used.

We are more than 7.000.000. millions inhabitants and many more to be … We are running short of water, food, etc. In many countries, included Argentina, desnutrition rates are unbarable.

We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that affect the ozone layer.

Let´s remember that Mother Earth, as a living being, knows that we are attacking her and she knows how to defend herself. Just have a look at the natural disasters happenig around the world. No country will be able to avoid Apocalypses.

Not only animals and plants that are in extinction are going to disappear, but also human beings.

Therefore these is more than a petition, it is an order to change our habits.

I am thinking not only in myself, but in all my descendants and generations to come.

It scares me to think in the planet we are leaving them.”

JDL
Argentina

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]]> 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 the atomic bomb, Chernobyl, tsunamis, etc.

Alternative energies, such as wind, water and solar power should be used.

We are more than 7.000.000. millions inhabitants and many more to be … We are running short of water, food, etc. In many countries, included Argentina, desnutrition rates are unbarable.

We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that affect the ozone layer.

Let´s remember that Mother Earth, as a living being, knows that we are attacking her and she knows how to defend herself. Just have a look at the natural disasters happenig around the world. No country will be able to avoid Apocalypses.

Not only animals and plants that are in extinction are going to disappear, but also human beings.

Therefore these is more than a petition, it is an order to change our habits.

I am thinking not only in myself, but in all my descendants and generations to come.

It scares me to think in the planet we are leaving them.”

JDL
Argentina

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]]> 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 nature as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations of the world.

The following is why it is important to me that my country supports Rights of Nature:

Just for a moment I would invite you to close your eyes and imagine your life and the life of your family without this earth.  This planet is our life.  As we destroy the earth we destroy ourselves.  As we ignore the rights of nature we ignore our own right to life.  Please honor this truth and know the people of this country want to believe in your integrity to protect our planet.  Please respect the voices of your people and set the example for the rest of the world. Lead this great country in adopting this Declaration of the The Rights of Mother Earth so that the rest of the world might follow your example and create in history an action that truly saves humankind.

CF

USA

For centuries human beings have dominated not only other people but also the Earth and nature.  I believe that it is now time to create a new paradigm on our planet.  To create a planet that works for ALL life and this includes nature, our dear Mother Earth.

We need to . . . → Read More: President Obama – creat a planet that works for AA life]]> Dear President Obama,

For centuries human beings have dominated not only other people but also the Earth and nature.  I believe that it is now time to create a new paradigm on our planet.  To create a planet that works for ALL life and this includes nature, our dear Mother Earth.

We need to start by protecting her, giving her rights.  Without nature there will be no life for anyone.  We are all connected and we need to start to live in respect and harmony with each other and all life.

With sincerity and respect,

KM

USA

Please sign and encourage other 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.

In addition, please call on the General Assembly of the United Nations to adopt rights of . . . → Read More: President Obama – USA 7-24-11]]> Dear President Obama,

Please sign and encourage other 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.

In addition, please call on the General Assembly of the United Nations to adopt rights of nature as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations of the world.

We are all part of Mother Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated forms.  All forms of exploitation, abuse and contamination have caused great destruction to Mother Earth.

To guarantee human rights it is necessary to recognize and defend the rights of Mother Earth.  Mother Earth has the following inherent rights:

• The right to life, to exist and be respected;
• The right to regenerate its bio-capacity and to continue its vital cycles free from human disruptions;
• The right to water as a source of life, clean air and integral health;

The right to be free from contamination and pollution;

• The right to not have its genetic structure modified or disrupted.

Obligations of human beings to Mother Earth:

Every human being is responsible for respecting. protecting and living in harmony with Mother Earth;

• Where necessary, restore the integrity, of the vital ecological cycles and balances of Mother Earth;
• Promote economic systems that are in harmony with Mother Earth and in accordance with the rights recognized in this Declaration. Invitation to Sign the Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth

Sincerely

J C

As an Italian citizen, I consider adopting the Universal Declaration of The Rights of Mother Earth as a first and important step to acknowledge that Mother Earth really is the Body from which and inside which we all live and possibly prosper.

Italy, my country, has a peculiar problem with . . . → Read More: Mister President Giorgio Napolitano – Italy]]> Mister President Giorgio Napolitano

As an Italian citizen, I consider adopting the Universal Declaration of The Rights of Mother Earth as a first and important step to acknowledge that Mother Earth really is the Body from which and inside which we all live and possibly prosper.

Italy, my country, has a peculiar problem with its relationship concerning the environment, Nature, Mother Earth and natural resources. As a writer and essayist, lecturer and Author I consider this so important that I only lecture about my book walking in Nature with the people who decide do share this view. In Mother Earth’s embrace, we feel the need that we as humans have to show the due respect and will to preserve her beauty, in which ultimately lays the key to understanding that by severing – as we did centuries ago – our relationship with her, our real and true Mother, we have started a road that is leading all to a ugly destination called DEATH.

Pollution and the relationship with Nature are NEVER included in any major party’s programme in the last decades, and I never hear of this issues while they should be a daily concern of all governments, and ours too. I hope Italy will adopt the Universal Declaration and will proceed by inserting in our National Constitution some articles in the fashion adopted in 2008 by the groundbreaking new Constitution of Ecuador.

With due respect

D S

In Italian

Egregio Presidente Giorgio Napolitano

Come cittadino italiano considero l’adozione della Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti della Madre Terra come un primo e importante passo verso il riconoscimento del fatto che Madre Terra è il Corpo dal quale e nel quale traiamo il nostro sostentamento e la nostra prosperità.

Il mio paese, l’Italia, ha un particolare problema nel suo rapporto con l’ambiente e il territorio, la natura, madre Terra e le risorse naturali. Come scrittore e studioso, considero tutto ciò talmente importante che io presento i miei libri quasi esclusivamente in cammino nella natura con la gente che decide di condividere questa visione. Nell’abbraccio di Madre Terra, sentiamo il bisogno che noi esseri umani proviamo per mostrare il dovuto rispetto alla Terra e per preservarne la Bellezza, nella quale in definitiva risiede la chiave per comprendere che nel recidere – come abbiamo fatto da secoli – il nostro rapporto con lei, la nostra vera Madre, abbiamo intrapreso una strada che ci sta conducendo verso una brutta destinazione chiamata MORTE.

L’inquinamento e il rapporto con la natura non vengono MAI inclusi nei temi fondamentali dei partiti politici principali degli ultimi decenni, e non sento mai parlare di questi temi mentre ritengo che dovrebbero essere argomento quotidiano di ogni governo, incluso il nostro. Spero che l’Italia decida di adottare la Dichiarazione Universale e che voglia procedere nell’inserire nella nostra Costituzione alcuni articoli relativi ad essa, seguendo l’esempio dato nel 2008 dalla nuova e innovativa Costituzione dell’Ecuador nel 2008.

Con rispetto

Du bist meine Tür zur Unendlichkeit, zum Universum und darüber hinaus.

Ich bin dein und du bist mein….

Ich . . . → Read More: Mutter Erde – Mother Earth 7-24-11]]> Mutter Erde,
erfrische mich mit deinem blauen Wasser.
Dein roter Lehm dient mir als Haus
und deine grüne Haut als Nahrung.
So trage meinen Körper durch Raum und Zeit
über den Tag und die Nacht.

Du bist meine Tür zur Unendlichkeit,
zum Universum und darüber hinaus.

Ich bin dein
und du bist mein….

Ich grüsse dich.

R – Switzerland

English Translation:

Mother Earth,
Cool me off with your blue water
Your red clay serves as my home
and your green skin as my nourishment.
So, carry my body through space and time
through night and day.

You are my door to eternity
and the Universe and beyond.

I am yours
and you are mine

I greet you.