Lecture by Prof Dr Riccarda Flemmer & Dr Matthias Kramm: "Why nature should have rights"
Wednesday, 24 January at 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Online and at Münchner Zukunftssalon
FREE OF CHARGE
Nature is increasingly being granted its own rights. In this way, endangered forests, rivers, or lakes are to be better protected against harmful environmental impacts caused by humans. The proposal dates back to the early 1970s but was only implemented in 2008 when Mother Nature ("Pacha Mama") was granted her own rights as part of a constitutional amendment in Ecuador.
In the meantime, other Latin American countries, as well as New Zealand and the USA, have introduced such rights for certain ecosystems. Indigenous movements and philosophies have often played a decisive role in this. In 2022, Spain became the first European country to follow suit and recognise the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon as a legal entity.
The lecture shows how the idea of the Rights of Nature came about, how it has gained momentum over the last 15 years and how it can help us to better protect nature and endangered ecosystems in the future. The two speakers will be travelling through various countries and continents and presenting specific applications and initiatives.
Riccarda Flemmer is a junior professor at the University of Tübingen and a political scientist specialising in political movements for the Rights of Nature in the Global South and North.
Matthias Kramm is a political philosopher and researches the Rights of Nature in Mexico at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Nature is increasingly being granted its own rights. In this way, endangered forests, rivers, or lakes are to be better protected against harmful environmental impacts caused by humans. The proposal dates back to the early 1970s but was only implemented in 2008 when Mother Nature ("Pacha Mama") was granted her own rights as part of a constitutional amendment in Ecuador.
In the meantime, other Latin American countries, as well as New Zealand and the USA, have introduced such rights for certain ecosystems. Indigenous movements and philosophies have often played a decisive role in this. In 2022, Spain became the first European country to follow suit and recognise the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon as a legal entity.
The lecture shows how the idea of the Rights of Nature came about, how it has gained momentum over the last 15 years and how it can help us to better protect nature and endangered ecosystems in the future. The two speakers will be travelling through various countries and continents and presenting specific applications and initiatives.
Riccarda Flemmer is a junior professor at the University of Tübingen and a political scientist specialising in political movements for the Rights of Nature in the Global South and North.
Matthias Kramm is a political philosopher and researches the Rights of Nature in Mexico at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
"Lawyers of nature" The rights of nature as a theater performance
Tuesday, January 23 at 20 p.m. at LTT - in cooperation with the University of Tübingen
Do trees have rights? - When Christopher D. Stone posed this question 50 years ago, it sounded almost naive, or at least innocent. But in view of the current ecological threats, the rights of nature could prove to be a decisive lever for putting a stop to disastrous developments such as the climate crisis and the extinction of species. For this reason, more and more states are declaring individual actors of nature to be legal subjects. In 2022, for example, the Rivière Magpie in Canada and the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in Spain were granted the status of legal entities. Are we at the beginning of a huge cultural transformation movement?
In Lawyers of Nature, conférencieuse Carrie Getman de Agudo, accompanied by music legend Kevin Mooney, embarks on a tour d'horizon to examine the changing relationship between nature and law. The planned visit soon develops into a wild journey that leads not only into the past and present but also into the future. With the traditional concept of an object-like nature, the historical continuum that leads from the dark zones of the mythical ages into the light-flooded world of omniscient rationality also collapses. Frank Raddatz: writer, director and artistic director of the Theatre of the Anthropocene, which is based on Humboldt's idea that only an intact bond between man and nature, woven from knowledge and experience, empathy and emotion, can form the basis of a sustainable civilization. In cooperation with the University of Tübingen, Riccarda Flemmer Professorship "Political Struggles in the Global South" and funded as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. Get your tickets here! Admission price: 12 euros, reduced 7 euros |
PLURIVERSUM - Voices from around the world - discourses for a just future
Thursday, 19 October 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in Alte Aula (Münzgasse 30, Tübingen)
Come and listen to exciting impulses by the editors Arturo Escobar, Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Federico Demaria as well as the winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize Nnimmo Bassey, with moderation by Alberto Acosta and Sandra Weiss, passionate music by Grupo Sal, and video projection art by Johannes Keitel!
The final and highlight of the fall tour will be the release of the German language edition of "PLURIVERSUM - An Encyclopedia of Good Living". The multimedia event will take place in German and English on 19 October 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in Alte Aula (Münzgasse 30, 72072 Tübingen). Admission is free and everyone is very welcome! Download the event flyer here. |
Knowledge Dialogues on Rights of Nature: 3° Forests-Bosques-Sacha-Wälder
Thursday, 6 July 2023 at 18h in Alte Aula (Münzgasse 30, Tübingen)
Have you ever wondered...
What rights would forests need? How do we know that a forest is "doing well"? What actually is a forest? What would (have to) change in our conception and treatment of forests, if forests were recognized as legal entities and could sue? Which human representatives should be allowed to speak for a forest and which should not? These are some of the questions we will speak about:
For online participation, please register here/ Para participar en línea regístrate aquí: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/667695574437 |