{"id":19858,"date":"2023-01-19T01:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=19858"},"modified":"2023-01-19T01:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:49:42","slug":"quick-takes-in-service-of-gaia-utopian-cities-climate-trails-british-lawyers-for-nature-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/01\/19\/quick-takes-in-service-of-gaia-utopian-cities-climate-trails-british-lawyers-for-nature-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 In Service Of Gaia: Utopian Cities; Climate Trails; British Lawyers For \u201cNature Rights\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Live in the pod while paying reparations Gaia, complete with lawyer\u2019s expenses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-T_HHcrj4o\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p[[caption id=\"attachment_9685\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9685\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mother_nature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mother_nature.jpg 480w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mother_nature-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> Mother Nature thinks they&#8217;ve missed the point\u2026[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your purported better know where you <em>ought to<\/em> live, and they are looking at empty low-density states to build their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/news\/for-his-new-smart-desert-city-billionaire-marc-lore-eyes-nevada-utah-and\/628483\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">utopian cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe beginnings of a new, sustainable city in the American desert could emerge within just eight years, according to billionaire Marc Lore, founder of Diapers.com and Jet.com, and others working on the Telosa project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Despite capitalism and all its strengths, and the great material progress we\u2019ve made, it\u2019s not perfect,\u2019 he said. \u2018So we thought about: Is there another way?\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cScandinavian countries such as Denmark fund their extensive social services through taxes, Lore said. The full tax rate for an individual in Denmark is 52%, though the effective tax rate is lower in most cases due to deductions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Of course<\/em> this will be <em>post-capitalism<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And <em>of course<\/em> it will be one of those \u201cwalkable\u201d cities dense urban hellhole lovers wax poetic about.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u201cTelosa will have 36 districts, each of which is envisioned as a \u201815-minute city\u2019: It will take residents of each district no more than a 15-minute walk or a shorter bike ride to reach their daily needs, including offices and living spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-19858-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jahy-sama-i-will-not-eat-the-bugs.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jahy-sama-i-will-not-eat-the-bugs.mp4\">https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jahy-sama-i-will-not-eat-the-bugs.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--more-->Courts in the past have invented rights and and presumed non-existent harms, so why not sue the state for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-11284829\/First-childrens-climate-trial-history-set-2023-16-youngster-sue-Montana.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not appeasing Gaia<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA lawsuit filed by 16 children against Montana that argues the state&#8217;s continuous use of fossil fuels that the lawsuit claims has contributed to the climate crisis will go to trial on June 12, 2023 and concluded on June 23.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis will be the first children&#8217;s climate trial in US history, which will see the young plaintiffs argue how the state is violating their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe lawsuit, filed in March 2020, describes how children are more vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, noting it \u2018harms their physical and psychological health and safety, interferes with family and cultural foundations and integrity, and causes economic deprivations.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Kingdom\u2019s equivalent of the bar association has declared that it supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-law-society-in-u-k-endorses-nature-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giving Gaia legal rights<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe nature-rights movement continues to move from the fringe into decidedly establishment circles, with virtually no push back and a foolish, \u2018It will never happen here,\u2019 shrugging of the collective shoulders. Now, the U.K.\u2019s Law Society \u2014 the organization that represents solicitors, roughly equivalent to the ABA \u2014 has issued a report calling for the establishment of nature and non-human rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026granting rights to non-humans would be a cornucopia for lawyers since these laws allow anyone to bring lawsuits to enforce nature\u2019s purported rights, which the Law Society well understands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing like \u00fee olde \u201cfilthy lucre\u201d to get the non-believers to pray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Live in the pod while paying reparations Gaia, complete with lawyer\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/01\/19\/quick-takes-in-service-of-gaia-utopian-cities-climate-trails-british-lawyers-for-nature-rights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19862,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858\/revisions\/19862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}