Posted by: atowhee | December 1, 2019

RIVERS, LAKES AND TREES–WHAT RIGHT HAVE THEY…?

We here in the US have seen money become speech, guns become holier than thou, corporations granted same legal rights as people.  Yet in some spots we now find people trying to give rights to a lake…a river…trees along the street.  Can nature rights possibly become widely accepted as people are forced to choose between power and profit on one hand and planetary survival on the other?

Here’s article on overall fight for nature’s rights.

Here’s look at the battle to give a river legal status to resist destruction by economic  activity.

Here’s an article from 2018 describing why nature rights could be crucial for life on this planet.


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