...criticism, anger, and the shocking experience of being blackballed from environmental forums. At the beginning of my current work with Community Rights and Rights of…
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The Killing of Lake Erie and Discovering Right Relationship Ten Years Later
...paper entity and its corporate rights. The system’s veto of the Rights of Nature didn’t end there. In April 2019, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce…
CELDF Endorses Proposal for Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands
...developed a proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. CELDF is excited to endorse the efforts as a step toward recognizing and…
Blog: Ganga’s Rights are Our Rights
CELDF is partnering with local groups and NGOs in India to advance the rights of the Ganges River through the National Ganga River Rights Act....
Press Release: Columbus, Ohio Residents Strike Back Against “Liquidation of the Right to Local Self-Determination”
...paid leave, and many others.” Since 2012, over three dozen rights of nature and community rights initiatives for inclusion on city and county ballots in…
Press Release: NYS Assemblyman Patrick Burke Introduces Great Lakes Bill of Rights
...Rights with the goal of securing legal rights for the entire ecosystem and giving people and nature a role in the decision-making process regarding current…
CELDF featured at Peatfest 2022, 30th August – 4th September
This year’s Peatfest is focusing on the rights of peatlands. Inspired by the overall rights of nature movement and the CELDF assisted Declaration of Rights…
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court Gives Group Chance to Defend Right to a Healthy Climate Law from Corporate Lawsuit
...CELDF — Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of…
Do No Harm: Protecting the Rights of Mangroves in Ecuador From Injury
Feature photo by Rod Long Once again an important court decision upholding the legal rights of nature has come out of the country of Ecuador.…
The Rights of Nature & Self-Governance – San Andres Archipelago, Colombia
The Raizal people of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina off the coast of Colombia work with CELDF to recognize the Rights…
Reuters: ‘Dramatic’ global rise in laws defending rights of nature
From Bolivia to New Zealand, rivers and ecosystems in at least 14 countries have won the legal right to exist and flourish, as a new…
Rights of Nature Podcast: Kai Huschke
Check out this interview with CELDF's Hawaii and Northwest organizer, Kai Huschke, on CELDF's partnerships with communities across the U.S. who have spearheaded the Rights…
Rights of Nature Interview on KB00 Radio!
Pacific Northwest organizer, Kai Huschke, details how COVID-19 has opens timely conversation about the Rights of Nature as a legal framework for protecting Nature....
Interview on the Great Lakes and NY State Waters Bill of Rights: Does Nature Have Rights?
...to the ecosystem and human health. “The rights of nature movement is gaining momentum around the world as global warming, species extinction, fresh water scarcity,…
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court: Allow People to Defend Against Corporate Lawsuits
...movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the…
Guest Blog: Energy Democracy: Community Rights in New Hampshire
...to featuring diverse perspectives and ideas in the quest to bring about a community rights and rights of nature existence into full being. References Johnson,…
Guest Blog: Community Rights in Buffalo, NY
...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…
Press Release: Historic Vote on Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment in NH Legislature
The New Hampshire legislature takes an historic vote on the first Community Rights state constitutional amendment considered by a state legislature....
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Newsletter: Ohio Update
...allies, they have become friends, united around the shared values for Community Rights and Rights of Nature. They have differences of opinion but work through…
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