Kai Huschke explains why revolution is necessary and potentially successful.
Who is CELDF?
Our "Who is CELDF?" printable flyer is here! Learn more what we do, who we partner with, what services we offer, and CELDF's three primary program…
Resistance Grows as Border Wall Construction Threatens Jaguars
Though there are sections of border wall that have been in place for decades, the desire of the current regime to build a complete wall…
Rights of Nature Event with CELDF’s Will Falk at Georgetown Law in Washington D.C.
Will Falk will explore the Rights of Nature in the context of American property law, where current legal frameworks fall short, and what it means…
If you’re not already reading CELDF’s Truth + Reckoning, you should be
Since launching early last year, CELDF’s Truth + Reckoning newsletter on Substack has become a hub for our most recent articles, interviews, press releases, action…
New! “Common Sense” Monthly Newsletter – December 2025: A Personal Message from Kai Huschke
CELDF's new monthly newsletter, Common Sense, Collective Action for Right Relationship is here! Our monthly newsletters will include a more personal message and the great…
Funding the Transformation with Kai Huschke
Kai Huschke is the Executive and Development Director at CELDF, and has been part of the movement since 2009. In this personal message, Kai discusses…
Finger Lakes Times: Rights of nature/Rights of water
What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize actions that make our water and resources toxic?
NY Rights of Nature and Local Self-Governance Workshop – August 14, 2025
Our goal is to assist others in NY educate their community about the bill and also to inform residents of other states as they contemplate…
Press Release: First Rights of Nature Easement Established in Hawaii
Ecosystems on eight acres of land on the island of Kaua'i is now protected under a Rights of Nature easement - the first in Hawaii,…
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 speech isn’t what it used to be. Toward the end…
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 outlawing Right of Nature as we embark on the greatest…
Raising Awareness Through Film: “What We Do to Nature, We Do to Ourselves”
Artist, Andrea Bowers, brought us the “Exist, Flourish, Evolve” art show on Rights of Nature & the Great Lakes and also offers this documentary film,…
AM I AN ACTIVIST?
Testimony of a Community Organizer CELDF’s Consulting Director, Tish O’Dell, submitted her testimony, “Am I an Activist?” to the 2024 Spring Activism Peace Chronicle publication.…
Press Release: Beaver Creek
100% of the water from the Seal Rock Water District (SRWD) comes from Beaver Creek.
Trust the Children, Not the System
Featured photo: The plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montana walking and chatting outside the courthouse. (Photo: Robin Loznak) It will take an extended commitment…
Wouldn’t You Say? – When Democracy is Privatized
The centuries-long Enclosure (privatization) Movement in the U. S. is nearing completion.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Ignorance as License
Anti-intellectualism is as American as hot dogs.
15 Questions that Are More Useful than “What New Regulation Should We Fight For?”
Difficult as it may be, we’d all be better off focusing on how to change the legal system itself instead of pleading for stricter regulations.
Wouldn’t You Say? – The Law Did not Save Grant Township’s Water, the People of Grant Did
If the persistence of the people of Grant Township in pursuit of justice took ten years for them to prevail, it is because they insisted…
A Pennsylvania Community Wins a Reprieve on Toxic Fracking Wastewater
But trying to stop the harm in the first place would be a way of making sure local rights don’t get trampled by industry and…
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