x on mobile follows a case in guiana, another country in northern south america. A constitution right to a healthy environment has come into play. The plaintiffs are a professor and a young climate activist. Next time, the first of two concluding episodes where we go straight at the question at the heart of our ser s: how to stop the wreckage and begin the repair.
In several countries around the world, including Ecuador, New Zealand, and the U.S., some people are trying to protect the planet using a legal concept called “rights of nature” – infusing the law with Indigenous understandings of Mother Earth. Part 9 of The Repair, our series on the climate emergency.
Reported by Amy Westervelt and Polyglot Barbershop. Script editor, Cheryl Devall. Production and mix by John Biewen. Music in this episode by Lili Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, and Fabian Almazan. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.