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PEOPLE'S PLURIVERSE:
Transformative initiatives
by Davide Matassoni, Martina Pucci, Francesca Rossi, Elsa Tranquillo
GENERAL AIM
different approaches
discovery of "pluriversal" paths
SPECIFIC AIM
diffusion of alternative worldviews
choices for sustainable and equitable future
Patricia Gualinga
Patricia Gualinga
- indigenous rights defender, leader and spokesperson of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku
- one of the representatives of the case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2012.
- currently working to protect the Kichwa People of Sarayaku human rights
- Climate Change Summit of COP23 (2018)
- supports the paradigms proposed by the people of Sarayaku
KAWSAK SACHA
KAWSAK SACHA
I. "living rainforest" (energy + human spirit)
Shamans (yachags) encounter traditional knowledge
II. runakuna kawsay (life of the people): equilibrium and harmony among beings of Pachamama
ex. Kawsak Yaku (living water) and
yakumama (anacondas)
III. organization in the community based on traditional techniques and system of solidarity: identity of
Kichwa People
gives us everything
Emphasis on sense of belonging: our ancestral knowledge
our own techniques
success of alternative approaches
- worldview of Sarayaku
- equilibrium with nature
Sutej Hugu
• Tribal sovereignty activist who organizes alternative collective livelihoods.
• Co-founder and Secretary general of the Taiwan Indigenous Conserved Territories Union (TICTU)
• Regional Coordinator for East Asia of the ICCA Consortium.
• Former CEO of the Tao foundation.
Tao Worldview
Topic
• Sutej Hugu focuses on the Austronesian Tao people.
• Livelyhood dependant on Ecocalendars, to keep track of the lunar cycle and the solar cycle to alternate their fishing seasons.
• Three mayor ceremonies to initiate each season with critical ethical value: Mivanoa, Mivaci and Mipazos
Tao Indigenous Ontology
Topic
• The design of Material World is given by the Spiritual world.
• Nature is embedded with “gifts” (food and teachings) all embedded in the landscape prior to the arrival Men.
• Knowledge is supposed to passed down through Oral Traditions.
• There is Unity and Interconnectedness among all participants in reality and Equality, Sharing and Empathy are paramount to their livelihoods.
Topic
Suej Hugu aims to propose to the modern world a paradigm shift and transition of planetary governance, applying creatively indigenous worldviews as a realistic and visionary alternative for our common future.
Rob Hopkins
• Founder of the Transition Movement.
• He holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth
• Authored several books on Transition where he writes extensively on the need for more resilient local economies.
Transition Movement
Topic
• Began in 2005 in the UK, conceived as a 'detox for the affluent West'.
• Inspire people to conceive the scale of cuts in in carbon emissions required by Western nations as a step “towards” something rather than a move “away from” something irreplaceable.
• A movement of communities reimagining and rebuilding our world.
REconomy
• Many Tranistion groups set up development projects in communities but lack the skills to turn them in sustainable enterprises.
•REconomy develops tools and models for enabling community investment such as Local entrepreneur Forums and share options, and the development of tools to allow Transition groups to argue the economic case for what they do.
Approach on Development
Inner Transition
Focuses on:
• Appropriate localization
• Resilience
• Low Carbon
• Community assets
• Natural Assets
• The Transition Movement is spreading and gaining more influence in Universities and Local governments.
• "Transitioners" argue that their approach of actively seeking a different definition of what constitutes "political", is an equally valid approachto achieving structural change.
Topic
Ramiro Ávila Santamaría
- Judge of Ecuador's Constitutional Court
- Coordinator and professor of criminal law at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar.
- Law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
- Masters degree in law from Columbia University; Master and PhD degrees in Juridical Sociology (UPV, International Institute of Juridical Sociology).
- He is Prosecutor for the Earth in the The International Tribunal For The Rights of Nature.
TRIBUNAL:
RIGHTS OF NATURE
THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATURE
BACKGROUND:
- January 2014
- The GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATURE -> International Rights of Nature Tribunal in Quito, Ecuador.
- The Tribunal is a permanent international people’s tribunal for Rights of Nature.
ETHICAL TRIBUNAL:
Topic
The tribunal is:
- ethical space
- space where nature gains voice through humans persons who know it and feel it.
They speak on behalf of forests, rivers, insects, the horrors of contaminations and the blasts in the oil fields.
Ethically, nature is heard and justice is done.
Sebastião Salgado, Genesi
RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT
Topic
Yasuni National Park's case.
This is one of the cases, in which the Tribunal announces the violation of nature's rights and assigns responsabilities and measures according to
- UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF MOTHER EARTH,
- ECUADORIAN CONSTITUTION (ch.7, in the photo on the right).
Techical Secretariat: activists, scientists, politicians that are aware of the RIGHTS OF THE NATURE AND THE NEED TO DEFEND HER.
CIVILIZATIONAL CRISIS
Topic
Contrary to conventional civilizational right-> WILD RIGHT
AIM: There is the need of a different way of relating to nature
Not anymore feeling of superiority and dominion over nature-> type of law that sees nature=object and a physical resource
instead transition to a law in which nature= SUBJECT
Sebastião Salgado, Genesi
Lesley Le Grange
- Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
- Vice-President of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS).
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in the UK in 2015.
Ubuntu Ethic:
Ubuntu
- "We are therefore I am".
- Moral obligation: care about others and natural resources.
- Social power > environmental issues + social justice.
Limit and comments:
Topic
- De contestualization and assimilation into Western perspective.
- Community empowerment and education.
"Contributions from a multiplicity of thoughtful and creative minds define the path forward."
- David Korten