Presented by Halton Hills EcoFilm Fest
“The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement” tells the story of a growing environmental initiative in which natural areas are given legal status. The filming team traveled to Ecuador, New Zealand and Santa Monica, California to learn how each of these locations have changed laws and mindsets to recognize the rights of nature.
Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature. 52.min. 2020.
Film begins at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm - come early to connect with local eco-groups.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Available online or in person at the John Elliott Theatre box office (in the Georgetown library)