Letter to World Leaders

We invite you to use the template below to create a letter to your country’s leader.  Feel free to write to other world leaders as well.  For the Earth Summit 2012/Rio+20 Conference, please make a copy of each letter you write.

Steps for sending your letters

  1. Write your letter to your President, Prime Minister, or other leader using the letter template on this page. Feel free to create your own unique letter.
  2. Make a copy of your letter to your world leader or create a new letter for the United Nations Earth Summit Conference.  The letters to the UN will be presented at EarthSummit 2012/Rio+20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by a delegation of youth.
  3. When you have completed your letter to your world leader, mail it directly to the office of your world leader or  upload it on this site.
    1. You may email it to Letters@RightsofMotherEarth.com or upload your letter at Send Letters.
    2. For addresses of selected world leaders, go to World Leader Addresses
    3. Please send us an email stating how many letters you have sent.  To send your email go to Contact Us.
  4. Please send a copy of each of your letters to:
    1. Mailed to:
      Rights Of Mother Earth       or        Rights Of Mother Earth
      PO Box 88                                    2036 Nevada City Hwy # 193
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      Or
    2. Uploaded to this site from Send Letters.

Read Letters From You! for examples of letters that have been submitted from around the world.

Template for Letter to World Leaders

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Addressed to President Obama


Rights of Mother Earth logo by Andrea Fono

Excerpts from the
Universal Declaration of
the Rights of Mother Earth

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

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 Nation to adopt rights of nature as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations of the world.

Why would you like your country to implement rights of nature / Mother Earth?
Write or draw your thoughts in the circle of the earth below.

Click to read the complete Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.

Proposal Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth (Click for printable version)

Artwork by Andrea Fono.


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