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The group holds "Protecting Mother Earth Gatherings", in which they discuss techniques and plans for protecting indigenous communities and lands. In their "Rights of Mother Earth" conference held in April 2004, they expressed their commitment in "creating a system of jurisprudence that sees and treats nature and Mother Earth as a fundamental ...
Prithvi is the most frequent Vedic word for both the earth and the Earth-goddess; [4] [5] and the poetic formula kṣā́m ... pṛthivī́m ('broad earth'). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The name Pṛthivī (Sanskrit: पृथि्वी) has its roots in Proto-Indo-European mythology, originating from the epithet Plt̥h₂éwih₂ , which means "the Broad One."
The 2011 Mother Earth Water Walk involved walks collecting water from the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Superior, Hudson River and the Gulf of Mexico. [ 4 ] Water from the four directions and four bodies of water was walked to Bad River, Wisconsin and mixed with Lake Superior waters during a ceremony on June 12, 2011.
International Mother Earth Day was established in 2009, by the United Nations General Assembly under Resolution A/RES/63/278. The Resolution was introduced by Bolivia and endorsed by over 50 member states. [ 1 ]
The law enumerates seven specific rights to which Mother Earth and her constituent life systems, including human communities, are entitled: [9] To life: It is the right to the maintenance of the integrity of life systems and natural processes which sustain them, as well as the capacities and conditions for their renewal
Saving Planet Earth is a season of nature documentaries with a conservation theme, screened on BBC Television in 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of its specialist factual department, the BBC Natural History Unit.
The Society for Ecological Restoration defines restoration as "the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed." [1] Restoration ecology is the academic study of the science of restoration, whereas ecological restoration is the implementation by practitioners. [21]
These rights include, among others, the recognition that "Mother Earth and all beings of which she is composed have... the right to life and to exist" [98] as well as the "right to integral health". [98] The UDRME adds that "[e]ach being has the right to a place and to play its role in Mother Earth for her harmonious functioning". [98] [3]