Declaration from Wild Law: Australia’s First Conference on Earth
Jurisprudence Oct 16-18, 2009 We the participants of Wild Law,
declare that the perceived separation between nature and human
beings is a fundamental cause of the current environmental
crisis. Our law reflects this in treating nature as property and
by restricting rights to human subjects. We assert that law
needs to transition from an exclusive focus on human beings and
recognise that we exist as part of a broader earth community. We
recognise that the universe is composed of subjects to be
communed with, not objects to be used. Each component member of
the universe is thus capable of having rights. We commit to
evolving law so that it protects the natural world from
destruction and cultivating Wild Laws that are consistent with
the philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence. On 16-18 October 2009, 60
people including scientists, students, lawyers, government
workers, activists, educators and other concerned individuals
from all over Australia and the w