(64) THE RIVERS ARE OUR BROTHERS
... you must remember to teach your children that the rivers are our brothers, and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness that you would give my brother.
Indian Chief Seattle's reply, in 1854, to The Great White Chief in Washington Franklin Pierce, who had made an offer to buy a large area of Indian land - this document was published by the United Nations for the celebration of World Environment Day in 1976.
Ethnographic Park [select Museos » Parque Etnográfico] and the Arnoia River, at Allariz - Ourense, Galicia - Spain.
If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
(idem, ibidem)
[NOTE: Because of some html limitations, it is not possible to insert a direct link to the Ethnographic Park web page. Here is the full document, in spanish].
[Portuguese post on Mar 3rd, 2008]
Category: THE WATER
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