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Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court Gives Group Chance to Defend Right to a Healthy Climate Law from Corporate Lawsuit
...CELDF — Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of…
The Rights of Nature & Self-Governance – San Andres Archipelago, Colombia
The Raizal people of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina off the coast of Colombia work with CELDF to recognize the Rights…
Rights of Nature Interview on KB00 Radio!
Pacific Northwest organizer, Kai Huschke, details how COVID-19 has opens timely conversation about the Rights of Nature as a legal framework for protecting Nature....
Reuters: ‘Dramatic’ global rise in laws defending rights of nature
From Bolivia to New Zealand, rivers and ecosystems in at least 14 countries have won the legal right to exist and flourish, as a new…
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
Interview on the Great Lakes and NY State Waters Bill of Rights: Does Nature Have Rights?
...to the ecosystem and human health. “The rights of nature movement is gaining momentum around the world as global warming, species extinction, fresh water scarcity,…
Do No Harm: Protecting the Rights of Mangroves in Ecuador From Injury
Feature photo by Rod Long Once again an important court decision upholding the legal rights of nature has come out of the country of Ecuador.…
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court: Allow People to Defend Against Corporate Lawsuits
...movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the…
Guest Blog: Energy Democracy: Community Rights in New Hampshire
...to featuring diverse perspectives and ideas in the quest to bring about a community rights and rights of nature existence into full being. References Johnson,…
Press Release: Historic Vote on Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment in NH Legislature
The New Hampshire legislature takes an historic vote on the first Community Rights state constitutional amendment considered by a state legislature....
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Press Release: Civil Rights Leaders in One of Nation’s Poorest Cities Launch Environmental Justice, Ecosystem Rights Ballot Initiative
...decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to…
Corporations and Natural Rights By Charles A. Beard
CELDF Statement: Spokane Initiative Decision
In the face of corporations and government joining together to suppress the democratic rights of the people of Spokane, WA, to vote on a Community…
Blog: Ceiling Preemption: A Weapon Against Democracy
State and federal governments use ceiling preemption to suppress rights. It's time for communities to use floor preemption to stop harm and expand rights....
Tribal Sovereignty, White Man’s Reservations, and the Need for Tribal-Municipal Solidarity To Protect Our Collective Future
...non-Native communities to help those communities assert their right to local self-government and the rights of nature. With CELDF, I assisted the citizens of Toledo,…
Pachamama Hosts Global Alliance for Rights of Nature in San Francisco
Rights of Nature panel at Global Alliance for Rights of Nature, San Francisco....
Rights of Nature on the Santa Monica City Council Agenda
Santa Monica City Council introduces California's first community rights ordinance, recognizing the right to self-governance, clean air and water, sustainable food and energy systems, and…
Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity: Finally Being Heard: the Great Barrier Reef and the International Rights of Nature Tribunal
Just over a year ago, the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth sat for the first time in Quito, Ecuador. Here,…
Common Dreams: The Rights of Nature
"The Rights of Nature movement...is about ushering humanity back onto a living planet."...
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