ESRA   Environmental Social Responsibility Amendment

Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaking at the NSP Conference. 

ESRA was proposed by Rabbi Lerner and Peter Gable and is being advanced through the work of the NSP in consultation with Rep Dennis Kucinich.  In the spirit of the Equal Rights amendment which, although never ratified, changed the culture of our Country, the intent of the ESRA is to:

 a)  protect the planet Earth and its inhabitants from environmentally destructive behavior and  economic arrangements, and to increase environmental responsibility on the part of all  corporations and government bodies. 

b)  in response to the Supreme Court Decision granting personhood rights to Corporations,  increase U.S. citizens’ democratic control over American economic and political institutions and ensure that all people, regardless of income, have the same electoral clout and power to shape policies and programs .

c) promote the well-being of citizens of the United States by recognizing that our well-being  depends on the well being of Earth and all its inhabitants, which in turn requires . . . the rise of a new global ethic of genuine caring and interdependence

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php/20100427162647109