Boston Globe: In a bid to save it, college class incorporates Earth
Sitting around their steamy University of Vermont conference room, the discussion was both academic and technical, esoteric and political. Ultimately, it was practical for a dozen students from the University of Vermont and Vermont Law School, who set out on a simple but bold mission — to incorporate the Earth.
The goal: Prepare a report for the 6 billion “shareholders” of Earth Inc. about the state of the planet’s air, water and human resources, using corporate culture to inspire the world’s inhabitants to think of Earth — and its resources — as something in which they have a stake.