Government representatives, acting on behalf of industry, have failed to protect Lake Erie. Toledo, Ohio, residents advance a Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot measure…
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 destruction of nature for the production of profit, and enslaves people through low wages.
The Guardian: Fighting pollution: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie
While elected officials do nothing substantive to protect Lake Erie, Toledo residents follow in the footsteps of indigenous and other communities, voting next week on…
New York Times: Legal Rights for Lake Erie? Voters in Ohio City Will Decide
As the well-being of Lake Erie deteriorates, Toledoans are taking action, voting next week on a Lake Erie Bill of Rights citizen initiative. This is…
The Daily Sentinel: Meigs BOE among defendants in Civil Rights lawsuit
Meigs County, Ohio, residents join six other communities in a federal Civil Rights lawsuit. The suit alleges Ohio government officials have routinely blocked valid citizen…
StarTribune: Minnesota tribe asks: Can wild rice have its own legal rights?
Traditional indigenous legal principles view nature and people as part of a whole. Today, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe is part of a growing…
The Rights of Wild Rice
The Rights of Nature is growing. Now, a Chippewa tribe recognizes, in law, what they have known and respected for generations: manoomin has the right…
Press Release: White Earth Band Enacts First-of-its-Kind Rights of Nature Law
CELDF assisted Honor the Earth to develop the first Rights of Nature law to protect a plant species, which was adopted by the White Earth…
The Gazette: Boards of elections, secretary of state sued over ballot rejections
Medina County, Ohio, residents are part of a federal Civil Rights lawsuit filed to protect the rights of Ohio citizens to vote on proposed citizen…
21WFMJ: Environmentalists from Youngstown, six counties file federal lawsuit
Ohio officials have blocked citizen initiatives advancing communities and nature's rights since 2015. In response, citizen have filed suit against Ohio's Secretary of State and…
The Columbus Dispatch: Federal lawsuit seeks to stop elections boards from blocking ballot initiatives
Fighting to protect Ohioans' right to citizen initiative, seven communities partner with CELDF to file a Civil Rights lawsuit in federal court.
News Release: Ohio Community Members File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
Communities from across Ohio file a federal lawsuit against local Boards of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State for multiple rights violations - including…
The Blade: To the editor: Vote for Lake Erie Bill of Rights
An Ohio resident urges support for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in Toledo to overcome devastating harms to the Lake's ecosystem and communities' drinking…
Yes! Magazine: The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice. Here’s Why
Winona LaDuke speaks to the White Earth band of Ojibwe passing a law formally recognizing the Rights of Manoomin, or wild rice, in December.
Cleveland.com: Toledoans to vote on Lake Erie Bill of Rights
"If there's a problem to be treated, there's a problem to be solved." Toledoans take steps to solve the problem of contaminated water in Lake…
CELDF is Hiring!
CELDF is hiring a Communications Coordinator. Learn more here!
Lake Erie Bill of Rights!
Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) is on the February special elections ballot. Check out news coverage and the growing support for Toledo residents' pioneering…
Cleveland.com: The Ohio Supreme Court has rightly affirmed that Toledoans get to vote on a proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights
Cleveland.com editorial board member cheers the Ohio Supreme Court's recognition of Toledo residents' right to vote on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights initiative in…
Inforum: The Rights of Wild Rice
In December 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe recognized the “Rights of Manoomin," or the rights of wild rice. CELDF assisted tribal members to…
The Bayou Brief: Red Tides, Green Lakes, Dead Zones: How a Single City Ordinance Could Change It All
Communities geographically far apart share similar threats to their water from red tides and green algae blooms. They also share looking at Rights of Nature…
Imascalzoneit.com: Rights of Nature
An Italian interview with CELDF's leader of our International Center for the Rights of Nature, Mari Margil.
The Blade: Recognizing the rights of nature
CELDF's Australian partners champion the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, understanding the Great Lake - like the Great Barrier Reef - must be recognized as…
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