We must start trusting in ourselves and in our community members to be able to meet our needs, solve our problems and create truly participatory…
Watch the video: “Water is Us”
“Water Is Us” was moderated by ORCRN’s board member and CELDF organizer Kai Huschke. Joining him was: On February 22nd the ORCRN’s Webinar Wednesday meandered through a variety of…
Conservation Today: Kai Huschke and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Kai Huschke, with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, talks to us about the hierarchy of community rights, states rights, and corporate rights.
Wouldn’t You Say? – From Rights of Nature to Right Relationship
We are used to extracting not only metallic ores and fossil fuels, but ourselves and our communities from the natural world, and yet we don’t…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Materialism is Substance Abuse, Literally
Let’s be generous and call the COP–15 agreement a plan for conserving 1% of Earth’s biodiversity. That means that negotiators agreed to sacrifice 99% of…
Grant’s Fight is Our Fight
As we head into the new year, please join us in continuing to stand with Grant Township. And let’s not only support them with words…
Do No Harm: Protecting the Rights of Mangroves in Ecuador From Injury
Mangroves, according to the Ramsar definition, are considered wetlands - an area that CELDF is also helping to evolve coming out of the Declaration of the Rights of…
Wouldn’t You Say? – What Do We Mean by “Community Rights?”
Lakota advocate and water protector Debra White Plume (Wioweya Najin Wina), upon being introduced to the history of municipal subjugation in the United States during…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Municipal Maze
Refuse to be complacent. Refuse to be complicit. Refuse to be irrelevant.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Community Self-Government
Do you know what’s not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution? For one thing, government by the people.
Wouldn’t You Say? – Property
The Right to Property is Inalienable, Right? Some rights are defined as inalienable, meaning that they can’t be taken away from you. Heck, you can’t…
A Court Hearing for Grant Township: Eight Years Later, and Still No Injection Well
As many are aware, CELDF has stood with the people and ecosystems of Grant Township (Indiana County, PA, population 700) in their courageous efforts to…
Podcast with GrassRoot Ohio: Death by Democracy- Episode 2 – w/ Tish O’Dell
Carolyn Harding with Tish O’Dell, a powerful voice for justice in Ohio, the US, and Globally. Tish has been a Community Organizer for CELDF (Community…
COMMUNITY RIGHTS AT THE OREGON SUPREME COURT
Community Rights at the Oregon Supreme Court: Understanding the Impacts of Denying Direct Democracy
BOOK FOREWORD: Empowering Municipal Sustainability
They say that knowledge is power, but it’s not true. Knowledge fuels our actions and our actions are power.
Corporation Asks Nottingham, N.H. For Legal Fees After Suing Over Climate Ordinance
The Freedom From Chemical Trespass Rights-Based Ordinance asserted residents’ rights to a healthy climate and banned corporate activities that would interfere with those rights, punishable…
Press Release: Corporation Demands $40,281.50 From Town For Passing Climate Ordinance
As climate change brings suffering across the globe, in New Hampshire Judge Martin Honigberg has sided with a local corporate actor who seeks financial retribution…
Newsletter: Confronting Law Schools
Law schools must reckon with the harm they have caused in perpetuating this oppressive system of law! Toward this end, CELDF has been honored to…
Newsletter: Building International Rights of Nature Solidarity
CELDF is honored to work in solidarity with a new French-speaking network to advance the Rights of Nature in Europe. The network includes Loire Parliament,…
Newsletter: Collaborating With Academia
It will take many minds to birth a new legal and political paradigm. Engaging students and educators is critical. Toward that end, CELDF’s Chad Nicholson…
CELDF Sponsors Nationwide Screenings of New Award-Winning Documentary ‘The People vs. Agent Orange’
The new award-winning documentary “The People vs. Agent Orange” is now screening in theaters near you! The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is proud to…
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