A river [is a] life system whose existence and biological processes merit the greatest possible legal protection that [laws and legislation] can grant: the recognition of rights inherent to a subject.
Agustín Grijalva Jiménez, quoted in Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
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CROW Ohio welcomes everyone with an interest or passion in restoring and protecting the Ohio River Watershed.
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Learn about the Rights of Nature as a paradigm shifting framework to protect our ecosystem.
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We’re passionate citizens working to use Nature’s Rights to protect, restore and preserve this great river.
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We recognize the sacred rights of the Ohio River Watershed to flourish as a life-giving natural ecosystem.
We are thus called as a community to listen to the river’s voice in order to protect and restore the beauty and biodiversity of its air, water, and soil.