Rights of Nature is gaining traction in the U.S. and around the world - the beginning of a paradigm shift. Here's what it looks like…
Florida Politics: Can rivers have rights? Orange County, others, mulling the question
The Rights of Nature is taking root in Florida, as counties begin working with CELDF to protect water ecosystems from relentless corporate harms.
Bryan Times: Forum: County charter being stonewalled
Williams County, Ohio, residents are working to protect their county's water source from privatization. Their own government is trying to stop them.
Next City: Can Cities Grant Nature the Right to Exist, and Thrive?
More and more cities are taking action to end the commodification and exploitation of people and nature for corporate profit, using Community Rights and Rights…
NPR: Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans? A Growing Number Of Voices Say Yes
NPR covers this story on the growing Rights of Nature movement across the U.S. and around the world. "'[W]e have to change our environmental protection…
Truthout: States Are Thwarting Cities’ Attempts to Govern Themselves
The federal court’s decision to uphold the Berkeley cellphone radiation disclosure law should not be mistaken for judicial deference to the right of local self-government.
Reuters: That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet
Recognizing legal rights of ecosystems is a growing movement gaining momentum around the world.
The Columbus Dispatch: Letter: Budget section tramples on community, nature’s rights
Community members in Columbus, Ohio, call out the state legislators' shameful efforts to quash Rights of Nature in the budget bill.
CELDF on the Daily Show: The Fight to Turn Lake Erie into a Person
The Daily Show's Michael Kosta covers Toledo residents' work to protect Lake Erie by recognizing the Lake's rights...and he takes the Lake's...hand in marriage?!
WGCU: The Rights of Nature Movement Comes to Lee County
CELDF co-founder Thomas Linzey on the growing Rights of Nature movement as the people of Lee County, Florida, look to recognize the rights of the…
Mother Jones: A New Wave of Environmentalists Want to Give Nature Legal Rights
Common Dreams: The Meek Be Damned on Global Warming
A call to action by CELDF's Thomas Linzey - the time to act is now, advancing community democracy in the name of sustainability, and the…
The Blade: Activists seeking court order to protect Lake Erie Bill of Rights
Toledoans file lawsuit to affirm their Lake Erie Bill of Rights and as part of the growing movement for Rights of Nature.
Invisible Hand Director Calls In Communities, Calls Out Big Green
Joshua Pribanic, Director of Invisible Hand, issues a call to action for Elizabeth, Pennsylvania; Food & Water Watch responds by withdrawing support.
Blanca Livier Blog: Colima makes history: They recognize the Rights of Nature in the Constitution
The State of Colima in Mexico recognizes the Rights of Nature in its constitution.
Ecologist: Ohio state government attacks Rights of Nature
CELDF's community organizer Tish O'Dell on what it takes to protect Lake Erie and Rights of Nature as the state of Ohio attacks both.
E&E News: Ohio pushes court to sink legal rights for Lake Erie
As Ohioans make strides to advance Rights of Nature, the people's own state government fights to stop them.
The Indiana Gazette: Grant Township took proper stance
Grant Township, PA, resident speaks out on criticism aimed at Township's efforts to protect the community from a toxic fracking wastewater injection well.
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Protecting Mother Nature
A Toledo woman's journey to discover and join the Rights of Nature movement, protecting her daughter, community, and the rights of Lake Erie.
Common Dreams, Inc. : How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers
Jim Hightower, national radio commentator, author, and public speaker, points to the Rights of Nature movement as a grassroots effort to protect the biosphere and…
Resistance Radio Interview with CELDF’s Ben Price
Derrick Jensen interviews CELDF's Ben Price on his newly published book, How Wealth Rules the World.
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