After decades of failed regulations to "protect" Lake Erie and several years of record-breaking algae blooms, Toledo, Ohio, residents prepare to vote on the Lake…
CNN: An Ohio city will vote on whether Lake Erie has the same rights as a person
Government representatives, acting on behalf of industry, have failed to protect Lake Erie. Toledo, Ohio, residents advance a Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot measure…
The Guardian: Fighting pollution: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie
While elected officials do nothing substantive to protect Lake Erie, Toledo residents follow in the footsteps of indigenous and other communities, voting next week on…
New York Times: Legal Rights for Lake Erie? Voters in Ohio City Will Decide
As the well-being of Lake Erie deteriorates, Toledoans are taking action, voting next week on a Lake Erie Bill of Rights citizen initiative. This is…
StarTribune: Minnesota tribe asks: Can wild rice have its own legal rights?
Traditional indigenous legal principles view nature and people as part of a whole. Today, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe is part of a growing…
The Rights of Wild Rice
The Rights of Nature is growing. Now, a Chippewa tribe recognizes, in law, what they have known and respected for generations: manoomin has the right…
Press Release: White Earth Band Enacts First-of-its-Kind Rights of Nature Law
CELDF assisted Honor the Earth to develop the first Rights of Nature law to protect a plant species, which was adopted by the White Earth…
News Release: Ohio Community Members File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
Communities from across Ohio file a federal lawsuit against local Boards of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State for multiple rights violations - including…
Yes! Magazine: The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice. Here’s Why
Winona LaDuke speaks to the White Earth band of Ojibwe passing a law formally recognizing the Rights of Manoomin, or wild rice, in December.
Cleveland.com: Toledoans to vote on Lake Erie Bill of Rights
"If there's a problem to be treated, there's a problem to be solved." Toledoans take steps to solve the problem of contaminated water in Lake…
Lake Erie Bill of Rights!
Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) is on the February special elections ballot. Check out news coverage and the growing support for Toledo residents' pioneering…
Cleveland.com: The Ohio Supreme Court has rightly affirmed that Toledoans get to vote on a proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights
Cleveland.com editorial board member cheers the Ohio Supreme Court's recognition of Toledo residents' right to vote on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights initiative in…
Inforum: The Rights of Wild Rice
In December 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe recognized the “Rights of Manoomin," or the rights of wild rice. CELDF assisted tribal members to…
The Bayou Brief: Red Tides, Green Lakes, Dead Zones: How a Single City Ordinance Could Change It All
Communities geographically far apart share similar threats to their water from red tides and green algae blooms. They also share looking at Rights of Nature…
Imascalzoneit.com: Rights of Nature
An Italian interview with CELDF's leader of our International Center for the Rights of Nature, Mari Margil.
The Blade: Recognizing the rights of nature
CELDF's Australian partners champion the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, understanding the Great Lake - like the Great Barrier Reef - must be recognized as…
National Lawyers Guild Incorporates Rights of Nature into Constitution
The National Lawyers Guild overwhelmingly adopts Rights of Nature in its constitution.
Press Release: New Hampshire Legislators to Consider Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment
New Hampshire legislators consider the NH Community Rights state constitutional amendment, with bi-partisan support from ten co-sponsors.
Fosters.com: NH constitutional amendment for local self-governance backed by nonprofit
In this LTE, New Hampshire resident and Community Rights advocate speaks to the NH Community Rights state constitutional amendment, proposed and supported by ten legislators.
Cleveland Scene: Citizen-Led Ballot Initiative Will Allow Toledo Residents to Vote on ‘Lake Erie Bill of Rights’
Overcoming numerous hurdles, Toledo, Ohio, residents will vote on their Lake Erie Bill of Rights in February. The measure recognizes the rights of Lake Erie…
The Blade: Lake Erie Bill of Rights headed to Feb. 26 ballot
Toledo, OH, residents celebrate advancing their Lake Erie Bill of Rights citizen initiative to the February 2019 ballot, despite state and industry efforts to stop…
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