Nice! He must be working with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund celdf.org. This is the group that is headed up by Thomas Linzey (speaker at two past Bioneers conferences). They have worked a lot in Pennsylvania, and this strategy is right out of CELDF's Democracy School, which I took last year. Like Cleghorn says, this is a complete paradigm shift. Anyone who is interested in learning more about this can check out the CELDF website. Also, here is a link to a presentation that Thomas Linzey made at Maharishi University of Management in September - "The Rights of Nature Making Sustainability Legal." It'a about an hour long, but it gives an overview of the strategy of the Democracy School. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQAm-uoOsmM Personally, I think that using this strategy is the only way we will stand up to corporations and reclaim true democracy. It's a long-term strategy, but you have to start somewhere. Diane Rosenberg From: Debbie Neustadt <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 7:45 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Interesting way for farmers to protect their land from fracking I would think that subsurface is like mineral rights. My grandfather sold rights to store natural gas under his property. Even though he sold the surface, I get an inheritance on the mineral rights. Enough to have a very fancy dinner once a year; a fine way to remember my grandfather. > -----Original Message----- > From: Donna Buell > Sent: Dec 4, 2013 7:10 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Interesting way for farmers to protect their land from fracking > > A conservation easement affects subsurface rights owned by others? I guess I > don't understand. There are lots of conservation easements in Iowa. But we > don't usually care much about subsurface separate ownership, at least out here > in NW Iowa. > > Donna Buell > > --Sent from my iPhone > . > > > On Dec 3, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Nicole Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I'm not familiar with this - farmers using Rights of Nature easements on >> farmland. Is anyone in Iowa pursuing this? >> >> http://onthecommons.org/magazine/how-one-farmer-protects-his-land-fracking >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To >> unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: >> [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists >> support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe > from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists > support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To > view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp