Tag Archives: rights of nature

What’s the end of this story?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I am not a collapsitarian. Yes, I firmly believe that industrial civilization has pointed its collective GPS straight toward the cliff. But I don’t write about collapse, and I don’t often talk about it. Why not? Because focusing on collapse … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged climate change, climate silence, collapse of civilization, community rights bills, fossil fuels, global warming, inequality, rights of nature, solar power | 12 Comments

A healthy environment is a human right

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s focus is human rights. Because we are so used to perceiving humans and nature as separate, it may not at first occur to us, when thinking about human rights, to look immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged Blog Action Day, environment, environmental health, human rights, liberty, life, pursuit of happiness, rights of nature | 4 Comments

Preparing for the Rio Earth Summit

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

It’s official! In five days I leave for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Yes, I won the blogging contest sponsored by tcktcktck.org, with this winning blog post. Thanks to all of you who commented on the post; the … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged climate change, global warming, indigenous traditions, People's Summit, rights of nature, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20 | Comments Off

Why do the rights of nature matter?

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I’m sitting in the audience at a writers’ conference a couple of years ago listening to poets talk about nature. I look forward in this session to being inspired, as I was earlier by Pattiann Rogers, who said, The Earth and … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, writing | Tagged climate change, Cormac Cullinan, democracy, ecocide, global warming, Mia Nussbaum, Pattiann Rogers, Polly Higgins, rights of nature, writing | Comments Off

Why do we need a local bill of rights?

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

You say you never heard of a local bill of rights? You’re not alone. I didn’t know much about it either until I attended Democracy School in February. Local or community bills of rights are ordinances that spell out certain natural rights … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged Bill of Rights, Community Bill of Rights, community rights bills, corporate personhood, democracy, Democracy School, environmental law, fracking, rights of nature | 12 Comments

The rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what the world “leaders” failed to accomplish last December at the UN meeting in Copenhagen, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged animism, Cancun, climate change, Cochabamba, COP16, indigenous traditions, Rights of Mother Earth, rights of nature | 18 Comments