Nature: a living ecosystem from which all life springs

Authors

  • Maude Barlow Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2012v9n1p1

Abstract

The world needs the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth and all humans need to internalize its principles for the Planet, and we can survive.


Translation into Portuguese by Luiz Fernando Scheibe, Doctor of Sciences, Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo (USP) Center retired Professor of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Chapter translated: Nature: A Living Ecosystem From Which All Life Springs from the book The Rights of Nature - The case for the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, written by: Evo Morales Ayma, Maude Barlow, Nnimmo Bassey, Shannon Biggs; Cormac Cullinan, Eduardo Galeano, Tom BK Goldtooth, Pat Mooney, Vandana Shiva, Pablo Solon, and others. San Francisco (USA): Council of Canadians, Fundación Pachamama, Global Exchange, 2011, p. 20-27.

Author Biography

Maude Barlow, Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario

Doutora em Direito pela Trent University in Peterborough, Ontário, Canada (honorary degree), autora canadense e ativista. Presidente nacional doThe Council of Canadians, uma organização de defesa dos cidadãos com membros em todo o Canadá. Co-fundadora do Projeto Planeta Azul, trabalha internacionalmente para o direito humano à água. Preside o conselho de Washington Food & Water Watch, é membro fundador do International Forum on Globalization e faz parte do Conselho World Future Council. com sede em Hamburgo.

Published

2012-07-22

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Sociedade e Meio Ambiente: olhar global, visões latinoamericanas. Organização: Dr. Luiz Fernando Scheibe