In the university course I was teaching, a recurring theme was emerging rights for nature and how they could be utilised to safeguard the wellbeing of non-human landscapes. Now, I am very excited about this idea. And I had some mixed success in passing that excitement onto my students. “Yes! Your project should absolutely be a speculative court case arguing for the legal personhood of a mountain ash forest! Why would you want to do anything else?” (they did something else).
So glad to have found this! I also teach architecture students! And in my ecological design course, we talk about the Rights of Nature movement. Well met! Thanks for this.
Great to hear Julie!! Yes teaching is something I really enjoy and I have great respect for architecture and design education so it’s a privilege to work with students and introduce them to concepts like non-human persons and legal rights for nature. Would love to hear more about your ecological design course!
Yay!! I was just in SF last week, first time in 3 years. Hope I can get back sooner than that next time. Hit me up after you’ve read it, and we can set up a zoom? Or a call, either.
Sometimes I wonder if humans are worth saving, but if they are it will only happen if democratic rights are extended to all beings. And we might say if we do expand rights to all life we are worth it, and if we don't, we're not. It would be the most meaningful paradigm shift since christian-capitalism, which is a piss poor obsolete way to live in this world.
So glad to have found this! I also teach architecture students! And in my ecological design course, we talk about the Rights of Nature movement. Well met! Thanks for this.
Great to hear Julie!! Yes teaching is something I really enjoy and I have great respect for architecture and design education so it’s a privilege to work with students and introduce them to concepts like non-human persons and legal rights for nature. Would love to hear more about your ecological design course!
It would be fun to talk sometime. Your work sounds fascinating and I really resonate with your Substack topics. Speaking of trees as people, here’s a story I serialized last April (this link is to the full story) - https://open.substack.com/pub/juliegabrielli/p/heartwood-full-story?r=4cg2x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Would love to chat sometimes! I’ve saved your story for after work reading today!
Yay!! I was just in SF last week, first time in 3 years. Hope I can get back sooner than that next time. Hit me up after you’ve read it, and we can set up a zoom? Or a call, either.
Sometimes I wonder if humans are worth saving, but if they are it will only happen if democratic rights are extended to all beings. And we might say if we do expand rights to all life we are worth it, and if we don't, we're not. It would be the most meaningful paradigm shift since christian-capitalism, which is a piss poor obsolete way to live in this world.
Yes. This. You've wrapped it up.