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About This Collection
EarthSayers.tv is the largest collection of voices speaking on behalf of Mother Earth hence its name. In this special collection we provide an introduction to the many voices advocating the rights of Mother Earth. A core element of this advocacy is embodied in a document entitled, The Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth Preamble.
The preamble begins "We, the peoples and nations of Earth: considering that we are all part of Mother Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated and interdependent beings with a common destiny...
Listen to a reading of the complete preamble here on EarthSayers.tv. A written copy is available on The Global Alliance for Rights of Nature Website is here.
Curated by mokiethecat
Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey – Changing Everything: The Global Movement for the Ri |
| Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, leading figures in the global movement to recognize the legal rights of ecosystems and nature, share exciting recent developments in that effort. They highlight breakthroughs in tribal nations, communities, and countries around the world. They explain how advancing the rights of nature in legal codes and constitutions can lead to a radical transformation in humankind’s relationship with the natural world. Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil delivered this talk at the 2020 Bioneers Conference, introduced by Kenny Ausubel. Watch more conference videos at https://bioneers.org/2020talks/ Mari Margil, Executive Director of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, leads its International Center for the Rights of Nature. Previously Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, she assisted the first places in the world to secure the Rights of Nature in law, including Ecuador. She works internationally as well as with Indigenous peoples and tribal nations to advance Rights of Nature legal and policy frameworks. Mari is a co-author of: The Bottom Line or Public Health and Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence. Thomas Linzey, Senior Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER), co-founded the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and the Daniel Pennock Democracy School (which has graduated over 5,000 lawyers, activists, and municipal officials nationally to fight to elevate the rights of their communities over corporate rights). He is the author of several books, including: Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community; On Community Civil Disobedience in the Name of Sustainability; and co-author of: We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States. To learn more about Mari and Thom's work, visit https://centerforenvironmentalrights.org EarthSayers Thomas Linzey; Mari Margil |
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About the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature by Mari Margil
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Amazon Women of Ecuador at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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The Earth's Lawyer by Garz and Higgins
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West Papua Intervention at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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Apache Resistance At Oak Flat Against Arizona Copper Mine
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America's Wolves At Risk by Defenders of Wildlife
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Interconnectedness and Keeping Oil Underground by Manari Ushinga
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Forest Keepers - Guarda Bosques in Español w/English Subtitles
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Sacha Warmi Center and The Rights of Nature by Didier Lacaze
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Message from Ecuador to Chevron CEO John Watson
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A Farmer in Africa: Property Rights by WRI
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The Rights of Nature in Ecuador by Didier Lacaze
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A Declaration from Amazonian Nationalities Michelle Thrush Presents
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Easy Money in the Amazon - At what cost? by Patricia Gualinga
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Rights of Nature by David Tucker of Pachamama Alliance
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A Reading of the Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Preamble
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Declaration, Rights of Mother Earth by Maude Barlow