Episode 9: Mother Earth Laws and Citizens United

Climate change is hard. Environment studies equal sophisticated sci-fi contraption devises that few have access to. How can we trust the internet or TV news to not be lying? At the moment, in North America it’s difficult to definitively see too much changing climate that can’t be attributed to a bad year. We’re just not feeling it yet or we’re feeling it as a temporary unpleasantness that will pass if we sit and wait awhile. Our hope in sitting is that climate change talk, too, will pass with time. The solution to climate change is easy, just don’t talk about it. Instead, let’s divert attention to stuff that doesn’t require a lot of pie charts, measuring sticks, barometers, Geiger counters, statistics, or thermometers. So, let’s do that. Today, we will NOT be talking about climate change. Let’s talk about Law. Specifically, the laws proposed by Bolivian citizens, (“Ley de Derechos de La Madre Tierra” as contrasted with the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Music: Jenny Mayhem and Seeing Stars