Any contract is based on reciprocity, exchange and the recognition of the rights of each of the parties. From the Earth we receive everything, life and the means of life. Correspondingly, in terms of the natural contract, we have a duty of gratitude, to give back and to care for it so that it maintains its vital force in order to do what it has always done for us. But we broke this contract long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite all the breaches of the natural contract, Mother Earth is still sending us positive signals. Despite global warming, the erosion of biodiversity, the sun still keeps coming out, the Brazilian song-thrush sings every morning, the flowers smile at passers-by, the humming birds still hover over the lily flowers, children keep being born and confirming to us that God still believes in humanity and that it has a future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Renewing the natural contract implies recovering the vision and values represented in the speech Chief Seattle of the Duwamish people made before Isaac Stevens, the governor of Washington territory, in 1856 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This we know : The earth does not belong to man ; man belongs to the earth. This we know.
All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life : he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 22 April 2009, after long and difficult negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the idea that the Earth is Mother. This declaration is full of significance. Earth as soil or ground can be moved around, used, bought and sold. Earth as Mother cannot be sold or bought, but only loved, respected and cared for in the same way as we treat our own mothers. This attitude would reaffirm the natural contract that is needed to give sustainability to our planet, because it re-establishes the relationship of mutuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Restaurer le contrat naturel implique de r\u00e9habiliter la vision et les valeurs port\u00e9es par le discours du cacique Seattle, de l\u2019ethnie Duwamish, qu\u2019il pronon\u00e7a devant le gouverneur de l\u2019\u00e9tat de Washington, Isaac Stevens, en 1856 ; \u00ab D\u2019une chose, nous pouvons \u00eatre s\u00fbrs : la Terre n\u2019appartient pas \u00e0 l\u2019homme. C\u2019est l\u2019homme qui appartient \u00e0 la Terre. Toutes les choses sont li\u00e9es entre elles. Ce qui appartient \u00e0 la Terre appartient aussi aux fils et aux filles de la Terre M\u00e8re. Ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019\u00eatre humain qui a \u00e9labor\u00e9 le tissu de la vie ; il en constitue seulement un fil. Tout ce qu\u2019il fait au tissu, il le fera en d\u00e9finitive \u00e0 lui-m\u00eame\u2026 Nous comprendrions les intentions de l\u2019homme blanc si nous connaissions ses r\u00eaves, si nous savions quelles esp\u00e9rances il transmet \u00e0 ses enfants durant les longues nuits d\u2019hiver, quelles visions du futur il leur propose, afin qu\u2019en retour ces derniers puissent formuler leurs d\u00e9sirs d\u2019avenir. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le 22 avril 2009, apr\u00e8s de difficiles n\u00e9gociations, l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e de l\u2019ONU adopta \u00e0 l\u2019unanimit\u00e9 l\u2019id\u00e9e que la Terre est M\u00e8re. Cette d\u00e9claration est lourde de signification. La terre en tant que sol peut \u00eatre enlev\u00e9e, utilis\u00e9e, achet\u00e9e et vendue. Au contraire, la Terre en tant que M\u00e8re ne peut \u00eatre vendue, mais seulement aim\u00e9e, respect\u00e9e, choy\u00e9e \u2013 tout comme nous nous comportons vis-\u00e0-vis de nos propres m\u00e8res. Ce comportement r\u00e9affirme le contrat naturel qui donnera plus de soutenabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la vie sur la plan\u00e8te, dans la mesure o\u00f9 il restaure une relation de mutualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rehacer el contrato natural implica rescatar la visi\u00f3n y los valores representados en el discurso del cacique Seattle, de la etnia de los duwamish, pronunciado delante de Isaac Stevens, gobernador del territorio de Washington en 1856 : \u201cDe una cosa estamos seguros : la Tierra no pertenece al hombre. Es el hombre quien pertenece a la Tierra. Todas las cosas est\u00e1n interligadas entre s\u00ed. Lo que hiere a la Tierra, hiere tambi\u00e9n a los hijos e hijas de la Madre Tierra. No fue el ser humano quien elabor\u00f3 el tejido de la vida ; \u00e9l es solamente un hilo de ella. Todo lo que haga al tejido, se lo har\u00e1 a s\u00ed mismo… Comprender\u00edamos las intenciones del hombre blanco, si conoci\u00e9semos sus sue\u00f1os, si supi\u00e9semos qu\u00e9 esperanzas trasmite a sus hijos e hijas en las largas noches de invierno, qu\u00e9 visiones de futuro ofrece a sus mentes para que puedan formular deseos para el d\u00eda de ma\u00f1ana\u201d.
El 22 de abril de 2009, tras largas y dif\u00edciles negociaciones, la Asamblea de la ONU acogi\u00f3 por unanimidad la idea de que la Tierra es Madre. Esta declaraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 llena de significado. La Tierra como suelo y tierra puede ser removida, utilizada, comprada y vendida. La Tierra como Madre no puede ser vendida ni comprada, sino amada, respetada y cuidada como lo hacemos con nuestras madres. Este comportamiento reafirmar\u00e1 el contrato natural que dar\u00e1 sostenibilidad a nuestro planeta, pues restablece la relaci\u00f3n de mutualidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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