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
About the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature by Mari Margil |
Mari Margil, Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), talks about the founding of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature in the Fall of 2010. The mission of CELDF is "Building sustainable communities by assisting people to assert their right to local self-government and the rights of nature." She was interviewed by Barry Heidt of SustainableTV at the Bioneers 2010 Conference in San Rafael, California. Edited and curated by Ruth Ann Barrett, January 2013. EarthSayer Mari Margil |
Message from Ecuador to Chevron CEO John Watson
The Rights of Nature in Ecuador by Didier Lacaze
Rights of Nature by David Tucker of Pachamama Alliance
Apache Resistance At Oak Flat Against Arizona Copper Mine
Forest Keepers - Guarda Bosques in Español w/English Subtitles
West Papua Intervention at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Sacha Warmi Center and The Rights of Nature by Didier Lacaze
A Declaration from Amazonian Nationalities Michelle Thrush Presents
A Farmer in Africa: Property Rights by WRI
America's Wolves At Risk by Defenders of Wildlife
Interconnectedness and Keeping Oil Underground by Manari Ushinga
Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey â Changing Everything: The Global Movement for the Ri
Easy Money in the Amazon - At what cost? by Patricia Gualinga
About the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature by Mari Margil
Declaration, Rights of Mother Earth by Maude Barlow
Amazon Women of Ecuador at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
A Reading of the Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Preamble
The Earth's Lawyer by Garz and Higgins