Ecological Grief and Dread in the Woods During the Pandemic

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As long as i've been a voter, green policies have figured in how i vote. But we need tot get past the idea that only people who identify as full fledged environmentalists care about the health of the planet and natural systems,. especially when it comes to the climate emergency.

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.