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.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*TSXjOV8mOv393wdxxabIfg.jpeg"><figcaption>Water has many values. Picture: <a href="https://pixabay.com/nl/users/jeevan-604776/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=621065">Jeevan Singla</a> via <a href="https://pixabay.com/nl/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=621065">Pixabay</a></figcaption></figure><p id="b423">In <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/ganges-and-yamuna-rivers-granted-same-legal-rights-as-human-beings">India, the Ganges</a> has received the same right of law as humans in 2017. Now we are finding ways how to uphold those rights.</p><div id="2e41" class="link-block"> <a href=

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"https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/21/rivers-legal-human-rights-ganges-whanganui"> <div> <div> <h2>Now rivers have the same legal status as people, we must uphold their rights</h2> <div><h3>Several geographically-distant but related events signalled a dramatic mind shift in humanity's troubled relationship…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*76UqIv9PGBRf_TQT)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="84a4"><i>© Désirée Driesenaar</i></p></article></body>

The shift of humanity is happening in our courtrooms. The Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess would have been so happy. His Deep Ecology vision is really changing the world now.

We are not only realizing that people are part of nature. We are one. But our law systems are now also acting upon the fact that nature has an intrinsic value. Not to be measured in money. Rivers are the veins of our planet. Undeniably valuable for spirituality and clean drinking water for all species.

Water has many values. Picture: Jeevan Singla via Pixabay

In India, the Ganges has received the same right of law as humans in 2017. Now we are finding ways how to uphold those rights.

© Désirée Driesenaar

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