Over the past five years, organizers in seven Ohio communities (three cities, four counties) have qualified ballot measures to recognize enforceable rights of ecosystems and…
Rights of Nature with United Church of Christ Pastor
The UCC hosts CELDFs Tish O'Dell for a Rights of Nature presentation. Watch the full webinar here!
Press Release: Toledo Residents Experiment With Civilian Rights of Nature Enforcement
Toledo, Ohio residents give oral arguments in Lake Erie Bill of Rights pro se lawsuit to advances one avenue for participatory Rights of Nature enforcement.
Staying Home with Josh Fox: Preemption and Property Rights
Ben Price discusses Rights of Nature and how the concepts of preemption, claimed corporate rights, and property rights challenge local democracy and ecosystem rights.
Webinar: Expanding Rights-Based Organizing During a Crisis
A live Q&A with CELDF organizers on Expanding Rights-Based Organizing During a Crisis.
A Closer Look: Exploring the Rights of Nature on June 3
A Live Q&A Session with CELDF organizers taking a Closer Look at the Rights of Nature.
Press Release: Judge Refuses to Acknowledge Lake Erie’s Rights
In Toledo, OH, a federal judge joined a long list of enablers complicit in the destruction of the natural world by invalidating the democratically enacted…
Rights of Nature: Ohio Organizer Tish O’Dell on Top of Mind with Julie Rose
If corporations have individual rights under US law – like freedom of speech - why not a grant a lake or forest or river the…
Mother Jones: Some Indigenous Communities Have a New Way to Fight Climate Change: Give Personhood Rights to Nature
The Yurok Tribe recognizes the rights of the Klamath River this summer as part of the growing Rights of Nature movement.
My Plainview: How giving legal rights to nature could help reduce toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie
An analysis of Rights of Nature laws as a path forward to protecting ecosystems in the face of continuing environmental harms.
Press Release: EXPOSED: Chamber of Commerce Wrote Ohio Law Banning Rights of Nature Enforcement
Investigation by Ohio citizens finds the Ohio Chamber of Commerce drafted Ohio legislation language to stop Rights of Nature enforcement.
Lake Erie Advocates’ Media Statement: Ohio Legislature Attacks Rights of Nature, Protects Polluters in Budget Bill
Community groups release joint statement revealing not only the Ohio legislature's efforts to stop Rights of Nature, but also expanding protections of industrial agricultural operations.
Press Release: Ohio Legislature Bans Rights of Nature Enforcement
While Rights of Nature grows in Ohio, the state legislature tries to ban its enforcement. Undeterred, Ohio communities continue advancing laws to protect ecosystems based…
Common Dreams, Inc. : How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers
Jim Hightower, national radio commentator, author, and public speaker, points to the Rights of Nature movement as a grassroots effort to protect the biosphere and…
Press Release: Multi-Prong Attack by State of Ohio Against Rights of Nature
Ohio Attorney General files complaint to overturn Lake Erie Bill of Rights on behalf of industry, arguing there is a right to pollute.
Salud America: Toledo Mom Fights for Clean Drinking Water for Her Own, All Children
The story of one Toledo mom and her taking action to protect her children, her community, and the Great Lake Erie through Community Rights and…
Press Release: Judge Denies Toledoans and Lake Erie Access to Court
As a judge denies Toledoans and Lake Erie intervention to defend the Lake Erie Bill of Rights against an agribusiness lawsuit to overturn it, community…
National Geographic: A Voice for Nature
More than just recognizing legal rights, the growing Rights of Nature movement is a paradigm shift in the relationship between human beings and nature.
The Blade: Watch: Lake Erie activist addresses the United Nations
Community Rights leader Markie Miller, from Toledo, Ohio, speaks to the UN General Assembly. She was invited to talk about the Lake Erie Bill of…
The Blade: United Nations invites Lake Erie activists to speak about bill of rights
Community members from Toledo, Ohio, are invited to the United Nations this month to speak about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights adopted by citizens…
Rights of Lake Erie Recognized in Historic Vote
Lake Erie Bill of Rights is enacted by the people of Toledo, Ohio!
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