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....
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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,…
LEBOR like bill in New York seeks Rights of Nature for Great Lakes
...legal rights for the entire ecosystem and giving people and nature a role in the decision-making process regarding current and future projects that impact the…
Concord Monitor: My Turn: The rights of nature
This New Hampshire resident urges continued recognition of nature's rights to end the insane ravaging of Earth's ecosystem....
Common Dreams: The Rights of Nature
"The Rights of Nature movement...is about ushering humanity back onto a living planet."...
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…
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Rights of Lake Erie Recognized in Historic Vote
Lake Erie Bill of Rights is enacted by the people of Toledo, Ohio!...
Statement of County Commissioner John Olivas, Chairman, Mora County, New Mexico Board of Commissioners
...have their Community Bill of Rights Ordinance banning fracking overturned. Only through standing together, he says, can we recreate “we the people,” and begin to…
2014 Election Update: Record Number of Community Rights Initiatives on Ballot
Community Bills of Rights advance on Election Day 2014, with a record number of initiatives on the ballot, and a growing number of communities determined…
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…
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
...must follow the lead of community rights building efforts that have begun work to dismantle the body of law that perpetually subordinates people, communities, and…
Module 3: Nature’s Rebellion Against the Corporate State
...Module Three- Decolonizing Nature - A Movement's Voice in the Rebellion. Sign up for the final module in this three part webinar focused on Lake…
Bioneers: Bioneers Partners with CELDF on Rights of Nature in Indigenous Communities
Where indigenous communities seek a western legal framework to protect Rights of Nature, CELDF and Bioneers are working together to support them....
Rolling Stone: The Rights of Nature Movement Goes on Trial
...people of Grant Township, PA, are fiercely defending their right to clean air and water. A federal judge sanctions two attorneys for standing with Grant…
Imascalzoneit.com: Rights of Nature
An Italian interview with CELDF's leader of our International Center for the Rights of Nature, Mari Margil....
Press Release: Free Speech Advocate Moves to Lift Gag Order Regarding Radioactive Brine Used on Roadways
...movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the…
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