Climate The Guardian — Environment · 2026-09-28T11:00:32Z · 1 min read

‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter

River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account One Monday morning in spring last year, 12 people gathered in the morning drizzle at Joyce’s Pool, one of the sources of the Bristol River Avon, and took the first steps of the inaugural Avon pilgrimage. Over the course of eight days, a revolving cast of pilgrims walked about 100 miles from the…

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