Six Capitals

as journalist Jason Mark said . . . Jason Mark, ‘Natural Law’, Earth Island Journal, Spring 2012.

‘simply asserted a community’s . . . ibid.

‘we are empowering . . .’ ibid.

the Tamaqua Borough ordinance, ibid.

‘It shall be unlawful . . .’ Tamaqua Borough Sewage Sludge Ordinance, http://www.celdf.org/article.php?id=440.

She wrote that the borough . . . Elisabeth Eaves, ‘Tree Rights’, Forbes, 24 May 2007.

‘Natural communities and ecosystems . . .’ Clare Kendall, ‘A new law of nature’, The Guardian, 24 September 2008.

‘As a country devastated by . . .’ Global Exchange, ‘Does Nature Have Rights?’, globalexchange.org, 6 December 2010.

Because of their experience with environmental legislation . . . Cyril Mychalejko, ‘Ecuador’s constitution gives rights to nature’, upsidedownworld.org, 25 September 2008.

‘the new Constitution redefines people’s . . .’ ibid.

‘The whole idea seemed yet another example . . .’ Jason Mark, ‘Natural Law’, Earth Island Journal, Spring 2012.

The new legislation was tested . . . Natalia Greene, ‘The first successful case of the Rights of Nature implementation in Ecuador’, therightsofnature.org.

Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth states that . . . ‘The Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Nature’, therightsofnature.org, 22 April 2010.

Yasuni National Park . . . Associated Press in Quito, ‘Yasuni: Ecuador abandons plan to stave off Amazon drilling’, 16 August 2013.

David Hill, ‘Leaked documents cast doubt on Ecuador’s commitment to forest plan’, The Guardian, 2 July 2014.

the report argued that the UNFCCC ‘is based not . . .’ Global Exchange, Does Nature Have Rights?: Transforming Grassroots Organizing to Protect People and the Planet, globalexchange.org.

Maude Barlow has high hopes . . . Thalif Deen, ‘Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth’, Inter Press Service, 24 May 2011.

which is central to a new body of legislation . . . ‘Law 300 Framework Law of Mother Earth and Holistic Development for Living Well’, http://theredddesk.org/countries/laws/law-300-framework-law-mother-earth-and-holistic-development-living-well, 2012.

Under the new law, Mother Nature is defined . . . ibid.

Pablo Solón said ‘If . . . you think that the only entities . . .’ Steven Edwards, ‘UN document would give “Mother Earth” same rights as humans’, canada.com, 13 April 2011.

The London School of Economics called Bolivia’s law . . . Michael Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Terry Townshend, Murray Collins, Tucker Landesman, Adam Matthews, Carolina Pavese, Katharina Rietig, Philip Schleifer and Joana Setzer, ‘The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries’, London School of Economics, Fourth Edition, Globe International, 2014.

Begonia Filgueira ‘And about time for rights to nature?’, ukhumanrightsblog.com, 2 June 2011.

‘to think that only humans . . .’ Pablo Solón, ‘“Green economy” versus the rights of nature’, climateandcapitalism.com, 7 June 2012.

In the preliminary agreement . . . Kate Shuttleworth, ‘Agreement entitles Whanganui River to legal identity’, The New Zealand Herald, 30 August 2012.

Christopher Finlayson said that this was ‘a major step . . .’ Christopher Finlayson, ‘Whanganui River Deed of Settlement Initialled’, National Party website, 26 March 2014.

recognise the river as ‘Te Awa Tupua, an . . .’ ibid.

‘embraces the spiritual aspects . . .’ ibid.

‘If the sea had rights . . .’ Begonia Filgueria and Ian Mason, ‘Wild side of the law’, The Guardian, 4 May 2009.

EPILOGUE

or, as he put it, to advance . . . Stone, p. 23

‘Holding a title to property . . .’ Dr Pita Sharples in Brendan Kennedy, ‘I am the River and the River is Me: The implications of a river receiving personhood status’, Cultural Survival Inc, December 2012.

we need to give up ‘some of our . . .’ Stone, p. 28