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While not tending toward an unproductive apocalyptic sensibility, the uneven
socio-ecological processes sound an important warning about the need to seek alter-
native forms of thinking about, and action toward, the world around us. To this end,
Gibson-Graham and Roelvink suggest “responding to the challenges of the
Anthropocene is not simply about human beings fi nding a technological or norma-
tive fi x that will control and restore the earth. It is about human beings being trans-
formed by the world in which we fi nd ourselves—or, to put it in more reciprocal
terms, it is about the Earth's future being transformed through a living process of
inter-being” (
2010
, p. 322). Following Ecuador's lead in spelling out the rights of
nature might be a step in this direction, though Ecuador's recent permitting of
increased oil drilling within the Yasumi National Park, a UNESCO biosphere
reserve, suggests how fragile nature's rights may be.
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