Planète-Vie and the Jane Goodall Institute cordially invite you to an international symposium on the interdependence of the living world in Brussels on 13-15 May 2016.
The concept of interdependence and solidarity between different life forms will confront the competitive neo-Darwinist model prevailing in our societies. A model which contradicts the fundamental laws of evolution, and which today is showing its limitations.
Foundations of mutual respect need to be laid down before this game of interdependence can take place. The symposium will put forward logical arguments regarding the status of all creatures, particularly the rights of animals to be considered as non-human legal persons.
This symposium will invite scientists and other prominent people to present various aspects of this concept, and suggest possible ways forward to Belgian, European and other stakeholders. The symposium will end with a debate where the audience will get the chance to express their views and further feed the discussion.
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“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Albert Einstein