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EARTH JURISPRUDENCE and WILD LAW Carine Nadal, Gaia Foundation
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EARTH JURISPRUDENCE/ EARTH LAW A PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND LIVING THAT VALUES THE INTEGRITY AND WELLBEING OF THE WHOLE OF NATURE
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KEY PRINCIPLES/LAWS Lawfulness Wholeness Care Mutual Enhancement Resulting in Rights for Nature
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WILD LAW EARTH JURISPRUDENCE IN LEGAL PRACTICE
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SYMPTOMS Climate change/chaos and peak oil 6 th mass extinction of biodiversity Deforestation Social inequity Lost wisdom, livelihoods and culture
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CAUSES Human centred mindset Resulting in Disregard for Nature’s laws Disconnection
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CAUSES Human centred laws and governance legitimise Nature as ‘property’
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SOLUTIONS Earth Community is a communion of subjects and not a collection of objects Thomas Berry, The Great Work 1999
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TRADITIONAL WISDOM AND PRACTICES
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INITIATIVES Community – e.g. Gaia’s partners, Transition Town Wild laws/governance – e.g. Ecuadorian Constitution, Declaration for Mother Earth Rights, crime of Ecocide, Ombudsman for future generations Education – e.g. WL book, Gaia – UKELA WL Report, media, EJ Resource Centre, EJ syllabus, WL education group Workshops – e.g. UKELA WL weekends, Gaia Learning Centre, Schumacher College, Australia, Bolivia’s alternative Peoples Conference April 22 nd
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THE GREAT WORK Personal – eco- citizens/ ‘wildlings’ Collective –e.g. Transition Town network Professional – wild lawyers continue developing and practicing Earth Jurisprudence and build a resilient future for the whole Earth Community
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