The Primer walks you through the typical scenarios of what you can expect when a corporate project wants to come to town like elected officials saying…
CELDF Publication: CELDF’s Community Primer
The Primer walks you through the typical scenarios of what you can expect when a corporate project wants to come to town like elected officials saying their hands are tied or that if we just present all the information about how bad this thing is the powers that be will have to stop it.
Suggested Reading: How to Survive – Practicing Care in a Changing Climate
It’s not just a book; it’s a collective invitation to reclaim our future through collaboration and care.
Finger Lakes Times: Rights of nature/Rights of water
What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize actions that make our water and resources toxic?
Press Release: Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights Qualifies for May 2026 Ballot
Lane County’s watersheds provide drinking water, irrigation for farms, and habitat for fish and wildlife. Yet these waterways face increasing threats from pollution, overuse, and…
Press Release: First Rights of Nature Easement Established in Hawaii
Ecosystems on eight acres of land on the island of Kaua'i is now protected under a Rights of Nature easement - the first in Hawaii,…
Suggested Reading: Climate Mobilities
The final chapter, “Exist, Flourish, Evolve,” brings together CELDF’s Tish O’Dell with artist Andrea Bowers and curator Megan Reich to reflect on what it means…
Columbus Free Press: There is Much We Can Do – How a Columbus Anti-Preemption City Charter Amendment Would Interfere with the American War Machine
The folks in Columbus, Ohio with their anti-preemption city charter amendment, are attacking the structure of American law which protects the American war machine, the…
A Pennsylvania Community Wins a Reprieve on Toxic Fracking Wastewater
But trying to stop the harm in the first place would be a way of making sure local rights don’t get trampled by industry and…
ZNet Articles: Capitalism’s Missing Persons – Disappearing the Homeless, Immigrants, Native and Rural Communities, To Complete the Enclosure of the Commons
Disappearing the Homeless, Immigrants, Native and Rural Communities, To Complete the Enclosure of the Commons
CELDF’s 2025 Mid-year Impact Report
CELDF’s 2025 Mid-Year Impact Report Get Caught Up. Spread the Word. Give Generously. Celebrate CELDF’s 30th Anniversary!
CounterPunch: Moving Beyond Protest
July 22, 2025 by Kai Huschke Protests over the last 6 years The sheer number of protests in the first six months of 2025 resulting…
Press Release: “Solidarity Against Tyranny” Brings Together Activists from the Philippines and Appalachia
On July 21st, a special live streaming event will bring together grassroots activists from these places to share their experiences of repression and resistance. The event,…
Online Event: Solidarity Against Tyranny: Frontline Resistance Insights from the Philippines and Appalachian South
On July 21st at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT, we invite you to join us for a special event, “Solidarity Against Tyranny,” to help answer…
Press Release: Columbus, Ohio Residents Strike Back Against “Liquidation of the Right to Local Self-Determination”
COLUMBUS, OH – What can a community do when the democratic process itself has been outlawed? That’s the question facing residents of Ohio.
Press Release: “Can You Handle the Truth?” New Book Features Voices of Dissent and Radical Solutions
Contact: Tish O’Dell, CELDF Consulting Director Tish@CELDF.org 440-552-6774 A collection of essays that confront the root causes of the interconnected ecological and social crisis MERCERSBURG,…
CELDF now on Substack: Truth, Reckoning, and Right Relationship
Announcing Truth and Reckoning on Substack, a project of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). We’re launching this Substack newsletter as we celebrate our…
CELDF Publication: Can You Handle the Truth? E-book and Paperback
Can You Handle the Truth? – Essays of Hard Truths Aimed at Right Relationship with Earth and Each Other Can You Handle the Truth? is…
From Standing Rock to the Endangered Species Act: Why the Environmental Movement Can’t Afford More “Victories” That Will Utterly Undo Us
Feature photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen We are long past the time when we can afford to settle for Pyrrhic victories Despite growing awareness of…
Counter Punch: CELDF and the Rights of Nature
There is a critical need for a movement to recognize nature as a legal entity with rights. Just as human rights are enshrined in law…
Press Release: “A Slap in the Face” — Rights of Nature Advocates Silenced at the United Nations
Dozens of activists for the rights of nature who traveled to the United Nations to participate in a high-level meeting were unexpectedly barred from speaking…
Lake Erie is Talking but We Aren’t Listening
Regional environmental leader Tish O’Dell spoke to Cleveland State students about the legal system’s failure to protect nature and the urgent need for cultural change.
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