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…
Living in a Warzone in Oregon – Support CELDF in the Resistance!
CELDF and its partner Community Rights Lane County are not only resisting these violent assaults, we are attempting to flip the script all together. Read…
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?
Press Release: Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights Qualifies for May 2026 Ballot
Lane County’s watersheds provide drinking water, irrigation for farms, and habitat for fish and wildlife. Yet these waterways face increasing threats from pollution, overuse, and…
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,…
Columbus Free Press: There is Much We Can Do – How a Columbus Anti-Preemption City Charter Amendment Would Interfere with the American War Machine
The folks in Columbus, Ohio with their anti-preemption city charter amendment, are attacking the structure of American law which protects the American war machine, the…
Press Release: Columbus, Ohio Residents Strike Back Against “Liquidation of the Right to Local Self-Determination”
COLUMBUS, OH – What can a community do when the democratic process itself has been outlawed? That’s the question facing residents of Ohio.
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,…
Waste well to be plugged in Grant Township
Toxic frack-waste injection well to be plugged in Grant Township.
Got Community Resistance?
Dean Barlese, an elder of the Pyramid Lake Paiute-Shoshone, who told us “We've got to stand up for our ancestors, they gave their lives, they…
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.
Glen’s Parallax Perspectives – Interview with Kai Huschke
Glen Anderson interviewed two experts — Kai Huschke and Elliott Moffett — who have savvy insights and practical experience working to protect environments and establish…
Lessons from Ecuador
What will it take to advance the Rights of Nature in the United States?
Portrait of a water guardian – WT Interview with Tish O’Dell
What is the force that propels a woman forward in taking a courageous stand for water and the environment water creates? Here is what Tish…
Restoring Mother Earth Law
Restoring our relationship to nature means restoring our human systems, including the legal system, to function just as healthy ecosystems do. Learn and discuss how…
New Hampshire Municipal Outreach Campaign
As a means to gain feedback from local elected officials, the NHCRN launched a municipal outreach campaign this September.
Columbus Free Press: Beware the Brine
Members of OHCRN have called on Ohio’s Attorney General, Dave Yost, to open an investigation into the violation of Ohio law and the criminal actions…
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: Judge Rewards Corporation for Suing to Halt Implementation of Climate Ordinance, Orders Town to Pay Corporate Attorney Fees
As global carbon dioxide concentrations hit their highest level in 4 million years, a New Hampshire Judge has rewarded a local corporate actor in Nottingham…
Whose Constitution Is It?
Join CELDF attorney Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin for a presentation and discussion on the history and current significance of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the…
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