Earth Emancipation Now! Synopsis: The American Empire was built on the model of European colonialism and the enclosure of the Commons. The Federalists, who crafted…
Earth Day Film Presentation at the Taos Center for the Arts in New Mexico on April 23rd 10 AM
A showing of the documentary “The Invisible Hand” at the Taos Center for the Arts in New Mexico will take place, with its producer, Melissa…
DAMAGES Podcast: The Backlash
Episode DescriptionIn 2019, after a decade-long campaign, voters in Toledo Ohio voted to approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, effectively giving the lake personhood.…
Portland Democracy School: May 2022
Join our community partner as they host a Portland Democracy School event.
OHCRN 2022 Empowering Community Film Festival: Santiago Rising
Filmed during the weeks after protests began, Santiago Rising meets social movements, protesters, and ordinary people in their struggle for equality and human rights. The film charts…
Lucrative Losses & Poisonous Profits Symposium: An Overview of the Domestic and Global Exploitation of Nature and the Way Forward
CELDF's Tish O'Dell is speaking on Panel #4, “Contamination of Water.” This Panel will take place on Friday, March 25 from 11:40 AM - 12:45…
LEBOR like bill in New York seeks Rights of Nature for Great Lakes
New York State Assemblyman Patrick Burke, a 37-year-old Democrat from the Buffalo area, has introduced legislation “that will create a Great Lakes Bill of Rights…
Andrea Bowers: Can the world mend in this body?
The Lake Erie Bill of Rights and CELDF are influencing Bower's work on Rights of Nature.
Press Release: NYS Assemblyman Patrick Burke Introduces Great Lakes Bill of Rights
The bill paves the way for litigation against polluters on behalf of the ecosystem Press Release Thursday, February 24th, 2022 NYS Assemblymember Patrick B. Burke…
Change That Matters by Jim Hightower | Creators Syndicate
Jim Hightower mentions CELDF in his publication on the growing Rights of Nature movement and the importance of protecting the health and survivability of ecosystems…
CELDF’s Ongoing Commitment to Expanding Community Rights
“The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is helping build a decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic,…
Thacker Pass Statement
We are firm in our support of human and civil rights for all people, including the transgender community, without exception.
Guest Blog: The Journey of a Film
It’s an uphill battle against some of the most powerful lobbies on earth. The threats against our health posed by heedless profit-seeking are heavily empowered.
Guest Blog: Community Rights in Buffalo, NY
Systems change doesn’t hinge on electing the right candidate – it’s advanced most forcefully when organized communities engage in direct action.
Message from the NCRN
Dear friends,Tom Groover, an NCRN and COCRN Board member, along with his wife Karen recently lost everything in the Boulder County Colorado Marshall Fire that…
Donegal County Council votes unanimously to adopt Rights of Nature
In December, the Donegal County Council in Ireland voted unanimously to adopt the Rights of Nature as “an important statement of intention that imbeds the…
Glen’s Parallax Perspectives – Interview with Kai Huschke
Glen Anderson interviewed two experts — Kai Huschke and Elliott Moffett — who have savvy insights and practical experience working to protect environments and establish…
Los Cedros Ecuador Decision (En Español)
La Corte Constitucional revisa la sentencia de segunda instancia emitida por la Corte Provincial de Justicia de Imbabura dentro de la acción de protección presentada…
Lessons from Ecuador
What will it take to advance the Rights of Nature in the United States?
Portrait of a water guardian – WT Interview with Tish O’Dell
What is the force that propels a woman forward in taking a courageous stand for water and the environment water creates? Here is what Tish…
Historic Rights of Nature Victory in Ecuador
The plaintiffs were able to introduce scientific studies that supported their claims that current government regulations would harm the forest ecosystem and sacred species.
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