Mother Earth - Rio + 20

The Rights of Mother Earth campaign aims to create a grassroots movement to bring about a global recognition and acceptance of Rights of Nature. An essential step for achieving this is to introduce a system of jurisprudence that sees and treats Nature as a fundamental, rights bearing entity and not as mere property to be exploited at will.

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to officially recognize the rights of nature in its constitution. In April 2010 the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth was proclaimed in Cochabamba, Bolivia at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and The Rights of Mother Earth, a diverse gathering of 35,000 people from 140 nations. In 2011 Bolivia introduced Rights of Nature through its Law of Mother Earth. In the United States, over 24 towns and cities have implemented rights of nature ordinances.

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, will be held in Rio de Janeiro,

Visit http://RightsofMotherEarth.com or http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/yes-to-rights-of-nature/ Thank you Vivek Chauhan the Sanctuary Asia network (www.sanctuaryasia.com) and Greenpeace and http://timescapes.org/ for creating this special video cut for us!
Content credit: The principal source for the footage was Yann Arthus-Bertrand's incredible film HOME http://www.homethemovie.org/. The music was by Armand Amar.