It’s in your hands

The destruction of our environment is a crime. A crime for which those responsible should be held accountable. This crime has a name: Ecocide.

Eco-cide derives from the Greek oikos meaning house or home and the Latin caedere meaning strike down, demolish, kill. It literally translates to killing our home.

As a group of citizens, we have proposed a law to the European Union to make ecocide a crime. However, we cannot make this happen alone. We need your vote for the EU to consider our proposal. Make use of your legal right to participate in policy making by voting to end ecocide.

Why we need the law of ecocide:

• Honour our duty towards future generations
• Preserve and protect biodiversity
• Trigger the transformation towards a green economy
• Help establish a shift in values to give the earth rights
• Embrace a holistic approach to nature (as opposed to current legislation where only individual elements of the environment are protected, such as fauna and flora, soil, etc, but not entire ecosystems)

Learn more about ecocide and see examples of potential ecocides.

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is a direct democratic tool enabling EU citizens to propose EU legislation. Signing an ECI is like voting. When at least 1 million EU citizens from 7 different countries support it, the law will be discussed at EU level. Contrary to an ordinary petition, it has the legal authority to influence politics. That's why also some information (such as your address, birth date, and ID number, depending on your country) is required.

• Click on the green SIGN NOW button
• Then press 'support' at the bottom
• Select your country and insert all your details
• Click 'submit' at the bottom of the page
• Only when you see a signature ID your signature was actually counted
• Invite all your friends and family to sign

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