Stephan Harding is the coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Sciences at Schumacher College in Devon, UK. He is the author of Animate Earth: Animated Gaia: Science, Intuition and Gaia (2006). This article by the author was published in The Guardian (3 April 2007). Translation: Jiří Zemánek. The only way to prevent the destruction of our planet is to give it legal rights. Stephan Harding Today…