Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans | Kelsey Leonard
Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans | Kelsey Leonard
TED Talks News and Politics · Kelsey Leonard
December 13, 201913m 8s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (download.ted.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Water is essential to life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected -- leaving many communities without access to safe drinking water, says legal scholar Kelsey Leonard. In this powerful talk, she shows why granting lakes and rivers legal "personhood" -- giving them the same legal rights as humans -- is the first step to protecting our bodies of water and fundamentally transforming how we value this vital resource.
Topics
TED