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…
Guest Blog: Community Rights in Buffalo, NY
Systems change doesn’t hinge on electing the right candidate – it’s advanced most forcefully when organized communities engage in direct action.
WGRZ.com: Nature’s Law: The Rights of Nature to Exist
CELDF is working with communities across the U.S. and around the world to advance the Rights of Nature - and the movement is growing.
CELDF Statement on New York Fracking Decision
We congratulate the victory in the New York Court of Appeals for banning fracking. We also recognize the Court, rather than affirming communities' right to…
Dr. Stephen Cleghorn signed the 1st Rights of Nature based legal easement on his 52 acre organic farm in late 2012. Click here to view a stirring speech he gave in 2011, passionately taking a stand to stop fracking and protect the land.
Presentation by Dr. Stephen Cleghorn, a sociologist and an organic farmer from Jefferson County, PA, and was recorded at the Epic No Frack Event at…
Stephen Cleghorn on Fracking the Farmland: The Resistance Begins With One Man
This is a really energetic presentation by Dr. Stephen Cleghorn, a sociologist and an organic farmer from Jefferson County, PA, and was recorded at the…
Buffalo NY Bans Fracking
On February 9th, 2011 Buffalo, NY became the first municipality in New York State to ban hydraulic fracking.
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