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frahulettaesOh god, yes please
Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country’s rich mineral deposits as “blessings” and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry.
The country, which has been pilloried by the US and Britain in the UN climate talks for demanding steep carbon emission cuts, will establish 11 new rights for nature. They include: the right to life and to exist; the right to continue vital cycles and processes free from human alteration; the right to pure water and clean air; the right to balance; the right not to be polluted; and the right to not have cellular structure modified or genetically altered.
Quoted from the Guardian on the site though not linked but I found it here
If we can grant corporations rights (which still makes me furious), then, god damned it, we can do right by our big blue marble. I'd love to see that lawsuit. Whose rights out rank whose? (oh my god, I just had a who moment. which who belongs where? pretty sure I got it wrong)
Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country’s rich mineral deposits as “blessings” and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry.
The country, which has been pilloried by the US and Britain in the UN climate talks for demanding steep carbon emission cuts, will establish 11 new rights for nature. They include: the right to life and to exist; the right to continue vital cycles and processes free from human alteration; the right to pure water and clean air; the right to balance; the right not to be polluted; and the right to not have cellular structure modified or genetically altered.
Quoted from the Guardian on the site though not linked but I found it here
If we can grant corporations rights (which still makes me furious), then, god damned it, we can do right by our big blue marble. I'd love to see that lawsuit. Whose rights out rank whose? (oh my god, I just had a who moment. which who belongs where? pretty sure I got it wrong)
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Date: 2011-06-21 04:33 pm (UTC)What an amazing change in viewpoints that law represents.
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Date: 2011-06-21 06:46 pm (UTC)And yes, what a wonderful new way to see. This might need fic. Something long and plotty where the J's fight for the earth's right to her rights and win. Let me see, who do I know that writes long plotty wonderful fic? *looks around*
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Date: 2011-06-21 04:44 pm (UTC)I have to share this with my zoo list, and I'm going to repost, too.
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Date: 2011-06-21 06:44 pm (UTC)