We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

At the crossroads between green economy and rights of nature

Click here to access article by Pablo Solón from the report “Rights of Nature: Planting the Seeds of Real Change” published by Global Exchange (June, 2012) via Climate Connections. 
The capitalist system has gone beyond control. Like a virus it’s going to kill the body that feeds it… it’s going to damage the Earth System, making life impossible for humans as we know it. We need to overthrow capitalism and develop a system that is based on the Community of the Earth.
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