A mini bus full of awesomeness visited me today, fresh faced and full of love for the Clarence River in New South Wales. An amazing group of young’uns (young to me!) led by Monique Upton, popped into AELA House for a cuppa tea and important conversations. They are building a community movement – with Indigenous…
Category: Rights of Nature
Rights of Nature and the Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) has become the first Local Council – and in fact the first Government entity – in Australia, to embed ‘Rights of Nature’ as a keystone concept into its operational practices, planning process and advocacy program. The following text is from the media release that I wrote for AELA, which…
Declaration of the Rights of the Moon
As a human earthling with a deep love and gratitude for our moon, I was honoured to be involved in writing the draft Declaration of the Rights of the Moon, which was released for discussion on 11 February 2021. You can read it here. The Declaration was created over many months and online discussions, between…