kentgoodwin t1_jegi5z1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Reply to comment by TedMerTed in Ecuador court upholds ‘rights of nature,’ blocks copper mine proposed for biodiversity hotspot in cloud forest by erikmongabay

Actually, the status quo is unworkable in the long run. One of the things that will help save our bacon is the recognition that the rest of the family has rights too.

TedMerTed t1_jegjxgm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:19 PM

This philosophy has to have ties to a need to depopulate Earth. Also, what family are you talking about?

kentgoodwin t1_jego3wh wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:48 PM

If you have a look at the Aspen Proposal, you will see that it does indeed suggest a smaller population than the current 8 billion or the peak 10 billion. Fortunately, birth rates are falling everywhere and we should be able to ease our numbers down over a few centuries.

The "family" is all the species that co-evolved with us from common ancestors. Which is all the species on earth. One of the reasons humans are mucking things up, is that we only see our selves as human and not as part of a large extended family. Changing that mindset may help us fit in on this planet a little better.