A more honest report on the East Palestine disaster and details how the system itself is to blame and why these horrific and deadly events…
The Trains Don’t Always Run on Time:

Watch the video: “Water is Us”
“Water Is Us” was moderated by ORCRN’s board member and CELDF organizer Kai Huschke. Joining him was: On February 22nd the ORCRN’s Webinar Wednesday meandered through a variety of…

Conservation Today: Kai Huschke and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Kai Huschke, with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, talks to us about the hierarchy of community rights, states rights, and corporate rights.

RIGHTS OF NATURE PANEL DISCUSSION: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm PST
Rights of Nature Panel Discussion: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm PST

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) 2023 Panel: “Protecting our Vital Watersheds – Transitioning to Rights of Nature”
March 3rd at 1:15pm to 2:45pm PST/4:15pm to 5:45pm EST. CELDF's Kai Huschke will be facilitating this panel on "Protecting our Vital Watersheds - Transitioning…

Community Conversation: Rights and Rites
Using illustrator and writer Shaun Tan’s short story “Bears with Lawyers” as a touchstone, this discussion will interrogate the societal conception of rights (and rites)…

CELDF is seeking a Grant Writer | Job Opening
The person in this position will play an integral role in expanding CELDF’s support for its mission to advance democratic and environmental rights. This is…

“Water is Us” – This Time on Webinar Wednesday…
“Water Is Us” will be moderated by ORCRN board member and CELDF organizer Kai Huschke. Please send your request for the Zoom link to: info@orcrn.org

Yamhill County, Oregon, Virtual Democracy School
The Yamhill County Raging Grannies are sponsoring and online virtual Democracy School. Democracy School is made up of 4 sessions. Please plan to attend each…

Tumbled by the surf: Figuring out which wave to ride next for recognizing rights
We must think about our history- the Revolutionaries were proposing an alternative to being a colony of England, abolitionists were fighting for an alternative to…

Grant’s Fight is Our Fight
As we head into the new year, please join us in continuing to stand with Grant Township. And let’s not only support them with words…

Do No Harm: Protecting the Rights of Mangroves in Ecuador From Injury
Mangroves, according to the Ramsar definition, are considered wetlands - an area that CELDF is also helping to evolve coming out of the Declaration of the Rights of…

Cleveland State trustees vote unanimously to strip John Marshall’s name from the college of law
Feature Photo by Gabriel Kramer / Ideastream Public Media Taru Taylor, a guest blogger with CELDF, helped spearhead efforts to rename law schools named after…

Press Release: Back to the Future — Ohioans Still Poisoned After All These Years
"The spreading of toxic and radioactive well waste brine on Ohio roads and other surfaces threatens all Ohioans,” stated FaCT Brine Education Committee Chair, Ron…

CELDF presenting in the New England Environmental Justice Youth+ Summit — FREE WEBINAR OPEN TO ALL
November 19, 2022 ~ 11AM ET Ben Price – Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) – will be presenting at 11:00AM ET on “Nature as…

Join the OHCRN: Virtual film screening and discussion of “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva”
View the film on your own or with others (organize a viewing party!) from Friday November 18 to Sunday November 20. The OHCRN will host…

CELDF Allies with the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature in Siena, Italy
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) gathered in Siena Italy at the 13th century monastery, Certosa di Pontignano, from October 15-18, and…

CELDF presenting with “turn” on October 11th at 9 AM PT/12 PM EDT
CELDF organizers Tish O’Dell, Michelle Sanborn, and Chad Nicholson will present a panel discussion, October 11th at 12 PM EDT, on "Tapped Out: Is Water…
The rights of nature movement cannot be stopped
By Pamela Haines September 27, 2022 From the Navajo Nation to a small town in Pennsylvania to Ecuador, then across the world, the idea of enshrining…

Happy Anniversary Rights of Pachamama Ecuador!
We at CELDF want to recognize and celebrate the 14-year anniversary of this historic date when the country of Ecuador codified Rights of Pachamama into…

Water Speaks to Ohio Department of Natural Resources
YES, the waters have a voice in this project....or at least they should.