Nature is continuously reflecting to us the laws that govern her ways of functioning. As beings of Nature our laws are her laws and vice versa. Nature is where we need to look for answers – inside and out. If there is a gap between Nature’s law and human legality, then our laws work against, and not in alignment with the current of life. At the moment there are still many gaps. If we want to live, then we have to allow the tree to live, and we have to recognise its rights. It is a part of that ever-balancing system, as much as we are. If we destroy the tree wherever and in whichever way, then we destroy a part of ourselves. Our legal systems and the practical implementation thereof need to reflect that.

 

More and more of us realise this simple underlying truth – one which has always been clear to the indigenous peoples of this planet, and which used to be embodied by these peoples until systems of coercion and suppression took over. It is our responsibility to recognise Earth’s history and to find ways to realign what has been massively brought out of balance. No one culture is better, or more advanced than another. No one form of life is of higher value than another. No animal or plant is worth less than human beings.