A Planetary Constitution is a distributed, revisable constitution for a livable planet. I expect it to be written as code more than as laws. Grasping the planet means moving toward one, whether we like it or not.
How the word moved
In Oct 2025, writing on metabolic sovereignty, I said it outright: the constitution would be drawn up as code. In the same month I heard its murmurings in the rights of rivers, in regenerative farming and in solarpunk. In Feb 2026 I cast the Elephant as the midwife of a planetary constitution. Midwife, mind you, not mother.
In my words
"That constitution, IMHO, will not be drawn up as laws but as code."
from Bhumics: The Weekly Planet #9: On Metabolic Sovereignty, 20 Oct 2025
"We need a planetary contract that can be enforced by a planetary sovereign."
from Bhumics: The Weekly Planet #9: On Metabolic Sovereignty, 20 Oct 2025
Related
- Depends on Protocol - if it's written as code, protocols are the medium.
- Related Philosophical Engineering - it's where philosophical engineering ends up.
- Related Elephant - the Elephant is the midwife of the constitution.
- Related Metabolic Sovereignty - metabolic sovereignty points toward it.
Still open
In Oct 2025 I asked for a planetary sovereign, and in Feb 2026 I said we don't need a king of the world. I haven't worked out how those two sentences live together.