Hi Doug >Judging by the writings of Thomas Paine I ran across recently, all of >mankind owns our planet(nature?) in common. Agrarian Justice >http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper2/CDFinal/Paine/agrarian.html
Thankyou! >The more history I discover, the more I wonder how the USA got from then >to now. And thanks for sending the link to the etc group report. Ralf >Nader or some one else with similar experience with corporate world, >should pull an Al Gore, taking this information to the people. >Doug, N0LKK All of mankind owns the planet though... Only mankind? Doesn't nature own itself? Ecuador's new constitution includes an article that grants nature the right to "exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution" and will grant legal standing to any person to defend those rights in court. ><http://www.metafilter.com/75251/Ecuador-has-a-new-constitution> >Ecuador has a new constitution >September 29, 2008 >Voters in Ecuador appear to have approved a new constitution >yesterday, guaranteeing rights to clean water, universal healthcare, >pensions, and free state-run education through the university level. >It also may allow President Rafael Correa to remain in power until >2017. Particularly of note is a world first bill of rights for >nature which grants inalienable rights to nature. ><http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=107108> ><http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/ecuador-constitution-grants-nature-rights/> > >The specific provisions state: (source) > >"Chapter: Rights for Nature > >Art. 1. Nature or Pachamama, where life is reproduced and exists, >has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital >cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution. > >Every person, people, community or nationality, will be able to >demand the recognitions of rights for nature before the public >organisms. The application and interpretation of these rights will >follow the related principles established in the Constitution. > >Art. 2. Nature has the right to an integral restoration. This >integral restoration is independent of the obligation on natural and >juridical persons or the State to indemnify the people and the >collectives that depend on the natural systems. > >In the cases of severe or permanent environmental impact, including >the ones caused by the exploitation on non renewable natural >resources, the State will establish the most efficient mechanisms >for the restoration, and will adopt the adequate measures to >eliminate or mitigate the harmful environmental consequences. > >Art. 3. The State will motivate natural and juridical persons as >well as collectives to protect nature; it will promote respect >towards all the elements that form an ecosystem. > >Art. 4. The State will apply precaution and restriction measures in >all the activities that can lead to the extinction of species, the >destruction of the ecosystems or the permanent alteration of the >natural cycles. > >The introduction of organisms and organic and inorganic material >that can alter in a definitive way the national genetic patrimony is >prohibited. > >Art. 5. The persons, people, communities and nationalities will have >the right to benefit from the environment and form natural wealth >that will allow wellbeing. > >The environmental services are cannot be appropriated; its >production, provision, use and exploitation, will be regulated by >the State." I think that's great! Best Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [email protected] http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
