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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily
	Episode:		Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans \| Kelsey Leonard
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:13:21
	Publish Date:		2020-12-23 11:00:00
	Description:		Water is essential to life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected -- leaving many communities without access to safe drinking water, says legal scholar Kelsey Leonard. In this powerful talk, she shows why granting lakes and rivers legal "personhood" -- giving them the same legal rights as humans -- is the first step to protecting our bodies of water and fundamentally transforming how we value this vital resource.
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