The first rights of nature law in Florida was overwhelmingly approved by voters on Election Day, November 3, 2020! Hear from the leaders of the campaign and about the growing movement in Florida on this edition of the monthly webinar series, Global Developments in the Rights of Nature. The Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights [...]
A virtual round-table discussion October 13, 2020 Presented by Community Rights San Juan Islands On October 13, the Community Rights San Juan Islands (CRSJI) local group in Washington State hosted a virtual round-table discussion on "Protecting the Salish Sea in the Time of Covid-19". Check out the presentation by Community Rights attorney Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, discussing the work to change laws so [...]
"Something is not right around the court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it." Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 by Common Dreams by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams staff writer Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse used his 30 minutes of allotted time during Tuesday's [...]
Learn all about Democracy--why we don't have it and how we can get it from now through December. Video lectures and 3 live discussions sponsored by N2K Need to Know: Oct 21, Nov 4, and Dec 2, all 5PM PST/ 8PM EST. About the Event Welcome to the Democracy discussion group of N2K Need [...]
Episode 9 of CELDF's Fast Fact Friday Series is about Eminent Domain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNiwq8PrMfw
CELDF published this video October 9, 2020 with these comments: With current events, we swapped out our originial topic and brought this one forward. It's a heavy hitter, but is worth the wait. For more information, head over to DenverHomelessOutLoud.org Follow them on facebook and across all media. The Right to Survive is more important [...]
Here's the video of the CDER Webinar on Rights of Nature in the Philippines that took place Thursday, Sept 17, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4MUOaIv5w&feature=emb_logo
CELDF shares an eight-part video series highlighting their grassroots work with partner communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Oregon. The series was completed in association with the Myrin Institute and with the support of the JustPax Fund. Episode Eight: Violation of the Sacred (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Mark and Malinda Clatterbuck are long time residents of [...]
CELDF shares an eight-part video series highlighting their grassroots work with partner communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Oregon. The series was completed in association with the Myrin Institute and with the support of the JustPax Fund. Episode Seven: Exercising Our Rights (Lane County, Oregon) Community Rights Lane County and founding members Michelle Holman [...]
CELDF shares an eight-part video series highlighting their grassroots work with partner communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Oregon. The series was completed in association with the Myrin Institute and with the support of the JustPax Fund. Episode Six: We the People (Youngstown, Ohio) Be prepared to be inspired: Meet Hattie Wilkins, Susie Beiersdorfer, [...]
