07: Rights of Nature

Rights of nature? Legal Personhood? Good Idea? Good Intentions? Or wildly missing the mark? And if we're the ones speaking for nature because it doesn't have an audible voice, whose interpretation is correct?

Daniel P. Selmi's book, "Dawn at Mineral King Valley" is available wherever books are sold.

Listen to the entire oral arguments in "Sierra Club v. Morton" on Oyez.

Watch Kat Houghton's TEDxAsheville talk, "The Rights Of Nature."

Check out 99% Invisible's episode, "The Rights of Rice and Future of Nature" to learn more.

"Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant" is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Trail Weight is produced and written by Andrew Steven. Our Story Producer is Monte Montepare. Executive produced by Jeff Umbro and The Podglomerate.