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In Remembrance of Gail Darrell
...Darrell. For nearly a decade, Gail has worked to protect communities across New England from corporate and government interests that sought to override the rights…
Highland Township
Highland Township in Elk County, PA, adopted a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance in January 2013, codifying the community’s rights to clean air, water, the…
Wouldn’t You Say? – The Law Did not Save Grant Township’s Water, the People of Grant Did
...souls an affront to the rights of the community, and their attack on the municipality’s home rule charter an assault on democracy. Grant Township was…
Restructuring Ohio State Government
November Elections Update
CELDF Publication: Wouldn’t You Say?
...Beliefs that Doom Western Society Ignorance as License Property What are the Rights of Nature? Nature is What’s Real Personhood Saving the Economy means not…
It’s Inevitable – More to Come in Chile
...It is inevitable. CELDF is here to support the journey in Chile along with all the other efforts happening in the name of community rights…
Invisible Hand Screening
Sunday, June 27th @ 6:30 pm PT INVISIBLE HAND is a “paradigm-shifting” documentary about the creation of the ‘Rights of Nature.’ The defining battle of…
Suggested Reading: English Translation & Webinar of the Landmark Decision in Ecuador to Protect Los Cedros Forest over Mining Profits
...in the language of upholding the Rights of Nature, but it demonstrates what it looks like in legal language to uphold the rights of a…
The Colorado Statesman: Activists tweak message, timing in latest anti-fracking ballot fight
Activists will take another crack at passing the Colorado Community Rights Amendment, a proposed ballot initiative designed to give localities a veto over corporate activity,…
Bellingham Community Rights vs. Corporate Rights
Why support Bellingham, WA's Community Bill of Rights? Suzanne Ravet, a member of Coal-Free Bellingham, gives her account. Read more here from Northwest Citizen....
Benton County Community Rights Coalition co-founder Clint Lindsey on TVSet to talk about Community Rights vs. GMOs
...and food systems in the Willamette Valley. The summit was co-sponsored by CELDF, Benton County Community Rights Coalition, Oregon Tilth, Oregonians for Farm and Food…
July 2013 CELDF Update
Envision Worker Rights Media Statement: City Files Legal Challenge to Block the Democratic Rights of Voters
Despite the constitutional right of Spokane, WA, citizens to vote on their own Worker Bill of Rights, the City of Spokane files suit in an…
Media Release: New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Hijacked by Party Politics
The New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment, CACR8, went before the state House of Representatives last week. It was blocked from advancing to a vote by…
Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference: Understanding Rights, Respect, and Reciprocity
Tom Goldtooth opens the last day of the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference at the Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS. CELDF's Ben…
Envision Spokane: Neighborhood Rights, Not Corporate Developer Rights
Today, corporate developers have more rights than our neighborhoods. Prop. 1 would require developers to obtain neighborhood approval for zoning changes involving significant development. It…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Municipal Maze
...even more crazy, violating the civil rights of the corporation. You say, “What civil rights violation? We’re not discriminating against the corporation’s race, gender, or…
“Living As Nature” 2025 Year-end Newsletter
Living As Nature is Alive! – Support CELDF in 2025 See what we’ve brought together for you in the CELDF’s Living As Nature 2025 Newsletter.…
Envision Spokane Successfully Qualifies Initiative to the Ballot
Envision Spokane's Brad Read on the "Community Bill of Rights" Initiative....