The Golden Spiral » equal rights http://thegoldenspiral.org musings from a girl trying to change the world Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:18:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 we hold these truths to be self evident http://thegoldenspiral.org/2008/09/30/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/ http://thegoldenspiral.org/2008/09/30/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:39:08 +0000 cshells58 http://goldenspiral.wordpress.com/?p=578

I was going to post about this a few days ago, but I am happy I was delayed.

I heard that Ecuador was going to hold a vote garnering equal and legal rights to nature. Yep. You read that correctly. I am happy I was delayed because now I can tell you the happy news…. IT PASSED!!

You can read an article about it HERE.

Here is an excerpt:
Nature … 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 recognition of rights for nature before the public bodies.

I think this is a bold move of forward thinking.

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