河流宪章是建立保护自然和监督机构责任的‘道德’框架的一部分。
去年春天的一个周一早晨，12个人在布里斯托尔阿冯河的源头之一——乔伊斯池塘，在细雨中聚集，开始了首次阿冯河朝圣之旅。
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.
在八天的时间里，这些朝圣者从河流源头步行约100英里，直到河流入海的地方。
Over the course of eight days, a revolving cast of pilgrims walked about 100 miles from the source of the river to the point at which it reaches the sea, in some cases bivvying on the riverside at night.
途中他们植树、播种、修复步道，并向市政委员和决策者递交了一份由布里斯托尔环保组织Conham Bathing起草的初步阿冯河宪章。
Along the way they planted trees, sowed seeds, restored footpaths and presented councillors and decision-makers with a fledgling Avon charter, developed by the Bristol campaign group Conham Bathing.