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Truth, Reckoning & Right Relationship
...and the courts to enforce new community rights laws to protect things like the rights of nature and the people’s right of local self-governance as…
Blog: Fracking Resistance in the UK
The British are fighting to protect their communities from fracking, as we are in the U.S. We share a common history: the claimed rights of…
Blog: The US Constitution Is So 1789. It’s Time for a Serious Overhaul
2016: A Year in Review
What an amazing year - from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire, to Washington and Oregon, people are growing Community Rights and protecting their communities from…
Should Rivers & Trees Have Rights?
...movement is growing around the rights of nature, arguing that rivers, lakes, and forests should have legal rights for themselves, not for their value to…
What’s in a Community Bill of Rights (CBOR)?
Community Bills of Rights (CBOR) come in a variety of forms, including municipal or county ordinances, home rule charters, charter amendments, state legislation, and state…
Press Release: Grant Township Moves to Dismiss PA DEP Lawsuit
...Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights…
Press Release: Citizen Initiative Removes Corporations from Election Campaigns, Caps Campaign Contributions
OHCRN Statement: Broadview Heights, OH, County Court Decision Evokes Rallying Cry from Residents
While a County Court elevates corporate claimed "rights" over community rights in Broadview Heights, OH, residents assert the decision is illegitimate and determine to continue…
Blog: Who Needs Sanctuary? We All Do
People can’t be illegal, but policies that strip them of fundamental rights can be. What can we do? Govern ourselves in the places we live,…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Materialism is Substance Abuse, Literally
...river to thrive independently of human needs Living in nature: which refers to the importance of nature as the setting for people’s sense of place…
CELDF Statement: A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
Press Release: Toledo Voters Enact Lake Erie Bill of Rights
An historic vote by the people of Toledo, Ohio, marks the first time in the U.S. that the rights of an entire ecosystem are secured…
Press Release: Ohio Group Submits Signatures to Recognize Rights for Michindoh Aquifer
Community Rights and Rights of Nature continue to grow in Ohio as Williams County residents submit their citizen initiative to protect themselves from corporate water…
CELDF: The Real Frackasaurus Coloring Book
Lake Erie Bill of Rights!
...Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) is on the February special elections ballot. Check out news coverage and the growing support for Toledo residents' pioneering efforts…
Blog: A Right to Survive is Born in Denver
Wealthy interests seeking to crush human rights in Denver, Colorado, out raised local supporters of the Denver "Right to Survive" initiative 23:1. This is the…
Blog: America Denies “Personhood” to the Poor
The more property you own, the more rights you are accorded. If you're homeless, propertyless, imprisoned, or undocumented, your rights are almost nil. That's not…
Center for Humans & Nature: Does Fracking Violate Human Rights?
...being submitted as evidence this week at the international Permanent People's Tribunal, where the PPT is considering fracking, climate change, and the violation of the…
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