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.
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Forest Keepers - Guarda Bosques in Español w/English Subtitles |
"Guarda Bosques" (Forest Keepers) 45 min. El 15 de abril de 2011, después de que los matones del crimen organizado se habían unido con la industria maderera y distintas agencias del gobierno para saquear los bosques preciosos y sagrados con la fuerza de las armas, la comunidad indígena Purépecha de Cherán, Michoacán, México, se levantó con palos, piedras y cohetones contra lo que sólo se puede describir como su narco-gobierno. Desde entonces, han tomado control de las oficinas de las autoridades, sus armas y sus camionetas para luego echar fuera a todos los partidos políticos y todos los policías locales y estatales. Han re-establecido una forma de auto-gobernación tradicional que incluye su consejo de ancianos, su "policía" comunitaria, conocida como "la ronda," y su propio equipo para la defensa de los bosques, conocido como los "Guardabosques."
EarthSayer Simon Sidello |
Apache Resistance At Oak Flat Against Arizona Copper Mine
About the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature by Mari Margil
A Farmer in Africa: Property Rights by WRI
A Reading of the Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Preamble
West Papua Intervention at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Declaration, Rights of Mother Earth by Maude Barlow
Sacha Warmi Center and The Rights of Nature by Didier Lacaze
The Rights of Nature in Ecuador by Didier Lacaze
Rights of Nature by David Tucker of Pachamama Alliance
America's Wolves At Risk by Defenders of Wildlife
Easy Money in the Amazon - At what cost? by Patricia Gualinga
The Earth's Lawyer by Garz and Higgins
Message from Ecuador to Chevron CEO John Watson
Interconnectedness and Keeping Oil Underground by Manari Ushinga
Amazon Women of Ecuador at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
A Declaration from Amazonian Nationalities Michelle Thrush Presents