Bolivia grants "Earth Rights" to Nature

[Tsyal Makto]

Originally Posted by applejuice

Fortunately or unfortunately, we don't belong to that much of the world that consumes a lot of natural resources.
Concerning isolated tribes, a part of me wishes them to conserve their way of life, their traditions. After all, it's their life. On the other hand, when I see them, I see a lot of people living in infra-human life conditions. They are plagued with decease, lack of medicines, lack of food, almost an animal state. I think that if they were given the choice of a "civilized" life, most will adopt it and a fraction will reject it. That seems to be the way of progress.

That's actually not really true. If you've read a lot of the discussion we've had here, you'll see that that's sort of a falacy on the part of civilization. Here's an interesting read that's relevant. Might be a bit "fringe" for some, but still presents a pretty good case.

But I digress, let's not derail this thread.