Natural Rights

Elsa Dooling, Community Organizer for the Monterey Bay Area from Pesticide Watch, joined us in studio on Thursday.
Shannon Biggs is the director of the Local Green Economy program at Global Exchange. She recently co-authored a book, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots.
Ben Price, Project Director in the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's Corporations and Democracy Program.

Global Exchange rights-based organizer, Shannon Biggs, who partners with Elsa Dooling from CELDF to assist communities in passing these new laws, is blazing new ground in California: "Ecuador and U.S. communities—from Santa Cruz, California to rural Pennsylvania—are passing laws that assert the rights of nature to be wild, and boldly changing the way we protect the environment." Biggs is organizing with Monterey, Nevada City and Santa Cruz, which are among the first California communities working to pass local laws to change not only nature's legal status nature, but also its culture. Local Nevada City, California concerned resident Debra Weistar: "For 150 years, the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range has been exploited for profit. There is still a "gold rush" mentality here that implies that there are riches in these hills for the taking. Ecuador is leading the way on a national level, and it has created momentum that may evolve into a movement.

AMP Media was mentioned, Ben and Shannon will have discussions broadcasting on our local cable station
Telephone: (831) 333-1267 for information.

Elsa Dooling can be reached by E-Mail (Elsa@pesticidewatch.org) or call her at 831-236-8538

Ben and Shannon's Addresses are respictivly
Ben@globalexchange.org
Shannon@globalexchange.org

Assert your local rights!

Jeff