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Putting Nature in Ecuador's Constitution | LA Times
This month, Ecuador will hold the world's first constitutional referendum in which voters will decide, among many other reforms, whether to endow nature with certain unalienable rights.
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David Bollier: Viral Spiral
The profusion of commons on the Internet may appear to be a spontaneous and natural development. In fact, it is a hard-won achievement.
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Mary Wood and Tim Ream: Barack Obama at the threshold | Straight.com
Since the earliest times, our legal system has recognized that "we the people" own critical natural resources-like the waters, wildlife, and the air-in common.
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Robert Darnton: Google and the Future of Books | NYRB
This is a tipping point in the development of what we call the information society.
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James Boyle: An Environmentalism for Information
There’s a fine line between protecting your intellectual property rights and arguing that different ways of doing business should be illegal, which is what they often slip into.
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Thomas Linzey: Community Bill of Rights | Democracy Now
Corporations today have the same constitutional rights as you or I, but because of their wealth, of course, they can exercise those rights to a greater extent.
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Steven Chu: Sharing Intellectual Property | YouTube
We should be working very hard to work in a very collaborative was, and by collaborative I mean: share all intellectual property, as much as possible.
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Greenhouse Development Rights
It is people – not nations or economies – that possess the right to development. We believe this intra-national focus is the key to breaking out of the North / South trap and, thus, the climate impasse.
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Greenhouse Development Rights
It is people – not nations or economies – that possess the right to development. We believe this intra-national focus is the key to breaking out of the North / South trap and, thus, the climate impasse.
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The Greenpeace Kingsnorth Six - A Lawful Excuse?
When twelve normal people say that it is legitimate for a direct action group to shut down a coal-fired power station, then one has to ask where exactly that leaves government energy policy.
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The Greenpeace Kingsnorth Six - A Lawful Excuse?
When twelve normal people say that it is legitimate for a direct action group to shut down a coal-fired power station, then one has to ask where exactly that leaves government energy policy.
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Mary Wood: Nature’s Trust
The most important function of environmental law is to assure society’s compliance with Nature’s laws, all of which, in the end, determine whether citizens will survive and prosper, or suffer and perish.
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Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? | Chatham House
Inventions in the energy sector have taken two to three decades to reach the mass market. This is mirrored by the time it takes a specific patent to become widely used in subsequent inventions – an average of 24 years across the six sectors.
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Kenyan Constitution Considers Future Generations
Every person has the right to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations through legislative and other measures.
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Four Types of Goods
Two distinctions about goods make four types. Goods can be rival or non-rival, and excludable or non-excludable.
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Four Types of Goods
Two distinctions about goods make four types. Goods can be rival or non-rival, and excludable or non-excludable.
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