As the recognition of Rights of Nature grows globally, we must move beyond thinking of nature as having legal personhood rights. We must recognize rights…
CELDF at the May 2018 Permanent People’s Tribunal
On May 16, 2018, a CELDF representative presented at the PPT on fracking as a violation of the Rights of Nature and the human right…
Center for Humans & Nature: Does Fracking Violate Human Rights?
Check out the stories being submitted as evidence this week at the international Permanent People's Tribunal, where the PPT is considering fracking, climate change, and…
Fosters.com: A rights-based ordinance for the Great Bay
Newmarket, Durham, and Newington, NH, residents are a part of the growing Community Rights movement building across the state as they work to protect the…
The Daily News: Pig farm fight continues
Todd Township, PA, residents urge township supervisors to adopt their Community Bill of Rights banning a pig factory farm that threatens their community.
The Progressive: Across the U.S., Courts are Keeping Voter Initiatives Off Local Ballots
This is what it looks like when elected officials and courts block direct democracy - citizen initiative rights are stripped and communities' health, safety, and…
Tell Me a Story: Michelle Holman, activist
Michelle Holman is a Community Rights activist in Lane County, OR, where she is fighting aerial-sprayed pesticides with residents and allies. Here, a short video…
Oxford Human Rights Hub: RightsUp #RightNow – When Human Rights Are Not Enough: Defending the Rights of Nature
Human rights to a healthy environment are gaining recognition - and today, the rights of nature are growing as well. Here, CELDF's Mari Margil speaks…
The Progressive: Poll: Voters Want Local Control, Not State Takeovers
State preemption is growing, community members across the U.S. disapprove, and no liberal or conservative political party is coming in to save the day. Instead,…
The Amazon Conservation Team: Breaking News: The Colombian Amazon Has the Same Rights as a Person
"Colombia’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling combating climate change in Latin America."
The Guardian: It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
First initiated with CELDF in the U.S. in 2006, today our Rights of Nature is global. Here, its growing recognition in Australia to protect rivers…
The Register-Guard: Judge’s ruling on spraying initiative thwarts people’s will
A circuit court judge renders meaningless the right to citizen initiative in Lane County, OR. Here's how, why, and a call for the people to…
Jefferson Public Radio: Oregonian Wins Award For Opposition To Pesticides
Carol Van Strum has dedicated her life to fighting pesticides. Here an interview with Van Strum and CELDF's Kai Huschke on pesticides, Community Rights, and…
Daily Camera: Anti-fracking group’s attorney sends letter to Lafayette over possible legal action
Lafayette, CO, residents are unrelenting in their determination to protect their community from fracking harms. At City Council, they insist on enforcement of their Climate…
Broadway World: Core Dance To Participate In National Water Dance
Integrating art with the environmental movement, the 2018 National Water Dance will take place across the U.S. on April 14th. Core Dance is partnering with…
Daily Camera: Lafayette may again consider legalizing anti-fracking civil disobedience
Community members in Lafayette, CO, rally behind an amendment to their Climate Bill of Rights that would legalize non-violent civil disobedience if necessary to stop…
Mongabay: Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
Carol Van Strum, Community Rights advocate and long time activist, receives the international David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding environmental and social justice work.
Lane County, OR, residents vow to appeal decision blocking their rights-based initiative
See this story in The Register-Guard on Lane County, OR, residents fighting to protect themselves from aerially sprayed herbicides.
The Athens News: Bill of Rights group and CELDF deserve praise for their work
An Athens County, OH, community member makes it clear: The people of Athens aren't giving up their rights to govern themselves and protect their community…
The Monroe Monitor: Organizations rallying opposition to annual aerial spraying of pesticides in the Sky Valley region
Snohomish County, WA, residents partner with CELDF to assert their democratic rights and stop aerial sprayed pesticides.
Daily Camera: Lafayette’s oil, gas forum ‘day one in the real resistance,’ activists say
CELDF's Thomas Linzey speaks to an overflowing crowd in Lafayette, CO, on defending their Climate Bill of Rights. The City's ordinance bans fracking as a…
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