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We assist communities to develop first-in-the-nation, groundbreaking laws for worker rights, houseless rights, democratic rights, and the Rights of Nature. We also provide free and low-cost legal services, grassroots organizing, and education support, to communities and governments facing injustice. Contact us now.
EARTH DAY-ZED AND CONFUSED
essays, poetry, blogs, music, and more by CELDF staff
While people around the world celebrate the planet we’re collectively killing and simultaneously trying to save, CELDF is looking forward and back, contemplating where we’ve been and where, if anywhere, we’re going. Over the upcoming weeks, we’ll share our thoughts, analysis, creativity and retrospectives. Stay in touch and share your thoughts with us…we really are all in this one together.
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Blogs
Earth Emancipation Now!
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…
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Blogs
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.
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News from the Grassroots
CELDF Response to “Can granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature stem biodiversity loss?” by Viktoria Kahui
The prospect of liability introduced by conferral of personhood status monetizes the relationship between humans…
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Should Rivers & Trees Have Rights?
On May 20, 2024, Rockland Sierra Club, Lower Hudson Group and ROAR (Religious Orders Along…
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Amicus Brief in support of Athens Plastic Bag Ban
Feature photo by Brian Yurasits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2024 Contact: Tish O’Dell tish@celdf.org…
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Wouldn’t You Say? – Paid Speech Isn’t Freedom of Speech
Feature photo by Christine Roy Like Junk Mail, Junk Speech is Trash Talk Freedom of…
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The Great Salt Lake is Disappearing… So Utah Bans Rights of Nature.
The Great Salt Lake. Image by Erin Testone. A growing number of American jurisdictions are…
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CELDF Co-sponsoring Justin Nobel’s Musical Book Tour: Petroleum-238
Book cover design by Sabrina Bedford, cover photo by Julie Dermansky Thursday, May 16 from 2-3:30 pm…
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Fast Facts
Our Fast Facts are quick introductions to big ideas and concepts tackled by the Community Rights Movement! Check out our Fast Facts and find resources to more information to further your knowledge on the topics! Watch them all here.
Rights of Nature
Community Rights
Box of Allowable Activism
[The Community Rights and Rights of Nature movement] is the beginning of a social movement that is greater than just the oil and gas industry, it is a potential game changer for all of corporate America.
Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico