Maybe we can work together in community to build grassroots power, take direct action, disrupt unjust systems, and resist corporate encroachment.
“Common Sense” Newsletter – June 2026: Forests, Racism, Turtles, Walls, and Truckers
We are featuring our 2026 Mid-year Campaign in this month's newsletter. We gathered up a collection of some of the CELDF highlights so far in…
State of Rights of Nature 2026 Report
The report is available now, for free, on the CELDF website and as the most authoritative and truth-telling resource on the rights of nature movement,…
Suggested Reading – How Implementing the Rights of Wetlands Provides Benefits to People and Wetlands: Relationships, Rights, Responsibilities, Experiences, and Actions
The article covers what rights for wetlands need to be recognized as, the responsibilities of humans towards and with wetlands, the legal structures necessary to…
CELDF Publication – State of Rights of Nature Report
This first edition of CELDF's State of Rights of Nature Report represents yet another important contribution from CELDF to those studying, documenting, or actively working…
“Protecting the Rights of Nature: From Concept to Success” featuring Will Falk
CELDF's Will Falk gave a presentation on Rights of Nature for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club's Cape Cod & Islands Group. The Cape…
Press Release: “Water is Life” — Lane County, Oregon Seeks Watershed Rights
Should people have a right to clean drinking water and healthy rivers and streams? Or, should corporations have the legal right to pollute and harm…
Humanists of Greater Portland talk by Kai Huschke
Kai Huschke explains why revolution is necessary and potentially successful.
CELDF Publication – Who is CELDF?
Our "Who is CELDF?" printable flyer is here! Learn more what we do, who we partner with, what services we offer, and CELDF's three primary program…
Resistance Grows as Border Wall Construction Threatens Jaguars
Though there are sections of border wall that have been in place for decades, the desire of the current regime to build a complete wall…
Rights of Nature Event with CELDF’s Will Falk at Georgetown Law in Washington D.C.
Will Falk will explore the Rights of Nature in the context of American property law, where current legal frameworks fall short, and what it means…
If you’re not already reading CELDF’s Truth + Reckoning, you should be
Since launching early last year, CELDF’s Truth + Reckoning newsletter on Substack has become a hub for our most recent articles, podcasts, interviews, press releases,…
New! “Common Sense” Monthly Newsletter – December 2025: A Personal Message from Kai Huschke
CELDF's new monthly newsletter, Common Sense, Collective Action for Right Relationship is here! Our monthly newsletters will include a more personal message and the great…
Funding the Transformation with Kai Huschke
Kai Huschke is the Executive and Development Director at CELDF, and has been part of the movement since 2009. In this personal message, Kai discusses…
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?
NY Rights of Nature and Local Self-Governance Workshop – August 14, 2025
Our goal is to assist others in NY educate their community about the bill and also to inform residents of other states as they contemplate…
Press Release: New Book Reflects on 30 Years of Activism for Community and Nature’s Rights
A new book of essays written by a trailblazer in the Rights of Nature movement tackles the enduring myths behind the environmental crisis.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Paid Speech Isn’t Freedom of Speech
Feature photo by Christine Roy Like Junk Mail, Junk Speech is Trash Talk Freedom of speech isn’t what it used to be. Toward the end…
The Great Salt Lake is Disappearing… So Utah Bans Rights of Nature.
The Great Salt Lake. Image by Erin Testone. A growing number of American jurisdictions are outlawing Right of Nature as we embark on the greatest…
Raising Awareness Through Film: “What We Do to Nature, We Do to Ourselves”
Artist, Andrea Bowers, brought us the “Exist, Flourish, Evolve” art show on Rights of Nature & the Great Lakes and also offers this documentary film,…
AM I AN ACTIVIST?
Testimony of a Community Organizer CELDF’s Consulting Director, Tish O’Dell, submitted her testimony, “Am I an Activist?” to the 2024 Spring Activism Peace Chronicle publication.…
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