THE ORBITAL Tracking the emergent movement for planetary systems governance

The Rights of Nature — Necessary Tomorrows

Sci-fi author Christopher Brown follows the growing legal movement that grants rights to rivers, forests, and ecosystems — a direct challenge to four centuries of law treating nature as property to be owned.

Why this matters → Legal personhood for ecosystems is no longer theoretical: communities are already wielding it in court against extractive industries.

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