...control land use and protect environmental rights, worker rights, democratic rights, and rights of nature in neighborhoods. The city’s daily newspaper ran an op-ed on…
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Guest Blog: Energy Democracy: Community Rights in New Hampshire
...proposed for town meeting, the Nottingham Water Rights and Self-Governance Ordinance, a rights-based ordinance created to protect their town’s water. USA Springs was slated to…
Wouldn’t You Say? – From Rights of Nature to Right Relationship
...and institutionalize legal rights, unless they are rights attached to property, wealth, and their accumulation. We are right to advocate for and institute legal rights…
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…
Press Release: Rights of Nature Law Forces Pennsylvania to Revoke Industry Permit
...a “Community Bill of Rights.” The Charter bans injection wells as a violation of the rights of those living in the township and recognizes rights…
Why CELDF will be watching more than sports this Sunday
...looks like when Rights of Nature are enforced. Photo by Robinson Recalde Since 2006, CELDF has continued to be an active and long-term contributor to…
Finger Lakes Times: Rights of nature/Rights of water
...York State Assembly by Patrick Burke. If it becomes law, the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights, would recognize the “unalienable and fundamental…
Why a Rights-Based Ordinance in Nottingham?
The rights of municipal corporations and communities have been eroded over time to where we, municipality and community, have very little power over our own…
CELDF in Otavalo, Ecuador, for a Rights of Nature conference.
CELDF, a founding member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, joined in an international gathering hosted by the Alliance in Octavalo, Ecuador,…
CELDF Statement: A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
Press Release: Ohio Group Submits Signatures to Recognize Rights for Michindoh Aquifer
Community Rights and Rights of Nature continue to grow in Ohio as Williams County residents submit their citizen initiative to protect themselves from corporate water…
Community Rights Paper #1: The Spirit of ‘73 and the Right to Local Self-Government
Blog: The US Constitution Is So 1789. It’s Time for a Serious Overhaul
July 4th: Take a 2nd Look at American Revolutionaries, Corporate Rights and State Preemption
Press Release: First Rights of Nature legislation introduced in Australia
The first Rights of Nature legislation is introduced in Australia, into the Western Australia Parliament. CELDF's International Center for the Rights of Nature assisted in…
Blog: With Justice Kavanaugh, Forget Everything You Were Taught About How to Resist Injustice
The U.S. Supreme Court will not be backing our efforts to advance rights. We must advance those rights anyway, seeking guidance and inspiration from movements…
Press Release: Toledo Voters Enact Lake Erie Bill of Rights
An historic vote by the people of Toledo, Ohio, marks the first time in the U.S. that the rights of an entire ecosystem are secured…
Press Release: For All to See – Bias of New Hampshire Judiciary Exposed in Rights of Nature, Healthy Climate Proceedings
...rights of ecosystems “to naturally exist, flourish, regenerate, evolve, and be restored” and rights of townspeople to a “climate system capable of sustaining human societies.”…
OHCRN Statement: Rejecting the Munroe Falls Decision
Envision Spokane: Community Rights, not Corporate Rights
It is time to reign in corporation so that they serve people, not the other way around. In Spokane, corporations are given the same legal…
Rights of Nature with United Church of Christ Pastor
The UCC hosts CELDFs Tish O'Dell for a Rights of Nature presentation. Watch the full webinar here!...
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