You wouldn’t think, in a rational society, that anyone would have to be told this, but reality doesn’t care what anybody believes is true; it…
It’s Inevitable – More to Come in Chile
Despite the claims of the corporate-minded, rejection of the new constitution by the voters of Chile is not a repute of what the new constitution…
Unveiling Rights of Nature Artwork and Logo
We want to begin this next chapter of the Nature Leads Series by unveiling CELF's beautiful new Rights of Nature artwork and logo designed by…
Why CELDF will be watching more than sports this Sunday
As Chilean voters are poised to go to the polls this coming Sunday, September 4, to hopefully become the second country in the world to…
“Putting the rights of nature on the map. A quantitative analysis of rights of nature initiatives across the world.”
The Rights of Nature (RoN) promote a new understanding of the human environment, where natural entities are conceived as subjects with intrinsic value independent of human interests.…
Truthout: Nature Isn’t a “Vault” Full of Material Value. It Is a Treasure to Be Valued.
CELDF's Ben Price wrote this article, featured in Truthout, about a mining corporation's scam plan, pushed as an environmentally friendly investment opportunity.
Available Now: English Translation & Webinar of the Landmark Decision in Ecuador to Protect Los Cedros Forest over Mining Profits
We at CELDF were excited to be able to read the full decision of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador upholding the rights of the Los Cedros…
Wouldn’t You Say? – Personhood
The Right of Free Speech Includes the Right to Clean Air to Speak With Look, if corporate property can be called a legal person, and…
The Elephant in the Zoo(m): Should Non-Humans and Natural Resources be Considered “Persons” Under the Law?
NYWBA’s Animal Law and WBASNY’s Environmental Law Committees presents a webinar on June 20, 2022 at 6:00 – 7:30 PM (Eastern Time) On May 18,…
What do we want? Clean Water! When do we want it? Yesterday!
Our communities deserve more than just the right to Clean Water; our entire ecosystem, our Mother Earth depends on us to end the poisoning. It…
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…
DAMAGES Podcast: The Backlash
Episode DescriptionIn 2019, after a decade-long campaign, voters in Toledo Ohio voted to approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, effectively giving the lake personhood.…
Lucrative Losses & Poisonous Profits Symposium: An Overview of the Domestic and Global Exploitation of Nature and the Way Forward
CELDF's Tish O'Dell is speaking on Panel #4, “Contamination of Water.” This Panel will take place on Friday, March 25 from 11:40 AM - 12:45…
LEBOR like bill in New York seeks Rights of Nature for Great Lakes
New York State Assemblyman Patrick Burke, a 37-year-old Democrat from the Buffalo area, has introduced legislation “that will create a Great Lakes Bill of Rights…
“New Normal” Needs a New Constitutional Amendment
"New Normal" Needs a New Constitutional Amendment discussion from the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference PIELC.
Andrea Bowers: Can the world mend in this body?
The Lake Erie Bill of Rights and CELDF are influencing Bower's work on Rights of Nature.
Shifting the Lens: Energy & Environment Series
Would recognizing Rights of Nature affect you, the community and possibly the planet? Instead of looking at nature as mere property and as resources, what…
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.
Book: The Politics of Rights of Nature
How Rights of Nature laws are transforming governance to address environmental crises through more ecologically sustainable approaches to development.
Newsletter: Asheville Climate Bill of Rights Begins Signature Gathering
A new ordinance seeks to place a Climate Bill of Rights on the 2022 ballot, which explicitly challenges North Carolina's infamous state preemption scheme and…
Conversation: United Church of Christ Becomes First Mainline Church Body to Declare Earth has Rights
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ has become the first mainline Protestant body to publicly proclaim that nature has rights.
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