Randy Kehler: New England’s River and the Rights of Nature
An opinion column in the Greenfield Recorder, by Randy Kehler. Photo by Paul Franz, Recorder staff.
Published January 3, 2021.
A local voice raises a worthwhile reconsideration of the larger society’s self-destructive, exclusively anthropocentric judicial system.
“…In short, why are we putting up with the continuing abuse of “New England’s River”?
Perhaps we need to join the growing movement called the “Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)” that’s taking hold in countries around the world and in various communities here in the U.S., a movement that recognizes that our ecosystems — including animals, forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, etc. — have god-given rights just as human beings have god-given rights.”