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Jun 20th, 2019 |
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By Geoffrey Holland, guest writer for Transition Earth. Have you noticed? We humans can be very destructive. For the longest time, where nature is concerned, we’ve been takers rather than givers. We’ve become very efficient at ripping up the landscape and stripping the life from our oceans. On top of that, we produce massive quantities
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Tags: feminism, rights of nature, women's rights
May 8th, 2019 |
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By Suzanne York. It’s the type of story that should lead the news headlines all week. But a report of critical significance for the entire world barely elicited a whimper from media, much less governments. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was compiled over the past three years by 145 expert authors from
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Tags: Anthropocene, endangered species, IPBES assessment, nature needs half, rights of nature
Feb 19th, 2019 |
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By Suzanne York. Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it; boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it. ~ Goethe The rights of nature movement has hit the mainstream media, which surely is good news for those looking for a way to change the planet’s current course of continuing environmental degradation and climate disruption.
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Tags: indigenous rights, nature, rights of nature, rights of rivers, web of life
Jan 21st, 2019 |
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By Suzanne York. If you ever question whether or not the world is experiencing the Sixth Mass Extinction, as noted by many scientists, a glance at recent news headlines of species at risk should send convince you we are either in it, or on the precipice. From monarch butterflies to tigers to bats, too many
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Tags: biodiversity loss, extinction, insects, nature needs half, rights of nature, sixth mass extinction
Sep 10th, 2018 |
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By Suzanne York. We humans, in general, pride ourselves on having such ingenious brains, but we’re not always that smart. We live in a society that is using up natural resources at an unsustainable rate – resources upon which our lives depend upon – yet we blithely continue with business as usual. Certainly there are
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Tags: Consumption, nature needs half, poaching, rights of nature, sustainability
Aug 23rd, 2018 |
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By Candela Vázquez Asenjo, youth blogger for Transition Earth. Since the 1950’s our world has made some of the biggest developments in history. We came from the disasters of the second world war to a world of peace with no precedence in the developed countries. However, even with this scenario of peace and comfort, some
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Tags: plastic pollution, plastics, rights of nature
Jul 25th, 2018 |
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By Suzanne York. As the planet is literally burning up, awareness of our greater human impact on the world may just be increasing. It does get more difficult to deny climate change as the daytime temperature records are broken in Scotland, Japan faces floods and then a heatwave and Yosemite National Park closes due to
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Tags: Climate Change, Global Overshoot Day, Half Earth, overshoot, rights of nature
Apr 19th, 2018 |
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By Suzanne York As Earth Day celebrations take place in communities across the country this weekend, it’s a good time to consider how we can really honor the earth. Undertaking efforts such as eating less meat, taking public transit, using clean energy, and so on counts for a lot. Yet with so much on the
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Tags: earth day, human rights, rights of future generations, rights of nature
Jan 1st, 2018 |
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By Suzanne York. As the world rings in a new year, there are the ubiquitous feelings of desiring fresh starts and new beginnings. Yes, a fresh start is greatly needed, as the state of the global environment (and more) is extremely bleak. With so much on the line for the planet as a whole –
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Tags: Ganges River, global alliance for rights of nature, rights of nature, river rights, Te Awa Tupua Act, Whanganui River
Nov 28th, 2017 |
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By Suzanne York. The climate negotiations that took place earlier this month in Bonn, Germany (referred to as COP23) dealt with challenging issues, including the U.S. government sticking its head in the ground regarding the reality of climate change. Still, there are reasons to be somewhat hopeful that global society overall is moving in the
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Tags: COP23, gender action plan, global alliance for rights of nature, indigenous peoples, rights of nature