On July 7, the 130-member Ecuador Constitutional Assembly, elected countrywide to rewrite the country’s Constitution, voted to approve articles that recognize rights for nature and ecosystems.
“If adopted in the final constitution by the people, Ecuador would become the first country in the world to codify a new system of environmental protection based on rights,” says Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
Ecuadorian Assembly Approves Constitutional Rights for Nature : Climate and CapitalismThis is pretty interesting. It could become a movement. Check out 'Community Environmental Legal Defence Fund' and 'Center for Earth Jurisprudence' for more on this topic.
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