Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Honoring Human Rights The Human Rights Declaration was adopted in 1948 after World War II, because people were suffering greatly at that...
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Joyful collaboration at the Climate Week in NYC, 2023
This exciting week took place from 17-23 September, during the week of the UN General Assembly. Events were held all over the city by...
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May 2, 20231 min read
Two Towns in Washington Take Steps Toward Recognizing the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas
Article from Inside Climate News, written by Katie Surma The moves are the latest developments in the “rights of nature” movement...
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Jul 25, 20223 min read
Defending Ecuador’s Los Cedros forest
Marianne Brooker 14th July 2020 Marianne Brooker is The Ecologist's content editor. This article is based on a press release from Save...
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Apr 5, 20223 min read
From use of genetic resources to care for biodiversity
I am in Geneva at the UN conference on biodiversity from 12 – 29 March 2022 to speak on behalf of Mother Earth and all her living beings...
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Oct 22, 20212 min read
Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council
Hi, I am a Whale and currently live in the southern Oceans. I recently heard fantastic news. The UN human rights council announced a...
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Jun 23, 20212 min read
Ecocide must be listed alongside genocide
Large-scale environmental destruction affects the future of all life on our planet. Criminalising it would finally hold decision-makers...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
Earth Day summit aims for more consensus on cutting emissions
The summit will focus on momentum and ambition, economic opportunity, green finance and innovation to combat climate change. Hannah...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
10 things we learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
The secret to wombat poop, how skies turn orange, and what a cold ocean blob could mean for the climate. By Benji Jones and Brian...
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Apr 18, 20211 min read
22 April Mother Earth Day
For Mother Earth Day Please sign and share the petition for a UN Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth https://www.thepetitionsite.com/82...
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Apr 14, 20212 min read
Rights of Mother Earth 'In action for Nature'
Doris Ragettli (57) collected more than 400,000 signatures for her cause and spoke for it at the UN. By Fabian Gubser In Switzerland, a...
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Mar 31, 20211 min read
LAKES WITH LEGAL RIGHTS AND PARKS CLASSED AS PEOPLE? THE CASE FOR ‘RIGHTS FOR NATURE’
November 15, 2020·by sn17012209· in 2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation. The 2014 Lake Erie algal bloom that prompted the...
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Mar 27, 20215 min read
The Rhine and Rigi should be allowed to go to court!
National councillors want to give the environment a legal claim and amend the Federal Constitution. At the head of the global Mother...
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
Rivers could generate nuclear power plants worth of energy
By Robert F. Service Dec. 4, 2019 , 3:05 PM BOSTON—Green energy advocates may soon be turning blue. A new membrane could unlock the...
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Jan 31, 20211 min read
Climate change: Biggest global poll supports 'global emergency'
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Despite the pandemic, almost two thirds of people around the world now view climate change as a...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
Rights of Mother Earth changes from 'News' to 'Blog'
The rights of Mother Earth team has decided to move to a more spontaneous delivery of news items by introducing a blog to their website...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
New Zealand declares a climate change emergency
Jacinda Ardern calls climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’ and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025 Source:...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
BELGIUM GREEN PARTY INTRODUCES BILL TO MAKE ECOCIDE A CRIME
Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement last month in support of a crime of ecocide, the Belgian Ecolo-Groen parties have...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
PRESIDENT MACRON “SHARES AMBITION” TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL CRIME OF ECOCIDE
President Emmanuel Macron of France met the 150 randomly selected members of the citizens assembly on climate, the Convention Citoyenne...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
International Day for Biodiversity
May 22nd is the International Day for Biological Diversity and the theme chosen by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity...
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