Rights of Nature timeline
Learn all about how the movement took off and its key milestones and latest updates on this timeline compilation. Published by GARN (Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature). See the timeline on GARN's website.
Posthuman International Law and The Rights of Nature
Blog post of December 16, 2021 by Essex Law Research. Both posthuman theory and the rights of nature (RoN) movement have the potential to challenge the anthropocentrism of international environmental law (IEL). Scholars have begun to document the transformative shifts that could occur through the application of posthuman legal theory to IEL, but these theories [...]
Ltr to the Editor in New Hampshire: We need better local protections for the health of our water and ecosystem
Dec. 6 -- To the Editor: The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution recognizes the right for well-regulated militias being necessary for the security of a free state, to protect our freedom and Bill of Rights. However, we have no recognized local rights to protect our clean water and ecosystem! The government has regulatory agencies [...]
Climate efforts won’t succeed without secure community rights, says Nonette Royo
By Rhett A. Butler in Mongabay on 13 December 2021. Indigenous territories account for at least 36% of the world’s “intact forests” and Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ILPC) live in or manage about half of the planet’s lands, making these areas a critical imperative in efforts to combat climate change and species loss. Yet [...]
Markie Miller – A Voice For Lake Erie
By Suzanne Forcese in WaterToday Ohio on December 17, 2021 “I have been called to carry a message. It wasn’t something I planned, or something I could ever strive for, or even thought about. But, when I received ‘the call’, there was no other option. I know have a responsibility to act on that call. [...]
Lakeland Currents – The Legal Rights of Nature: Wild Rice Sues the State of Minnesota
This episode aired on PBS on Friday, December 17 at 8pm and video is available HERE. https://lptv.org/lakeland-currents-1509/ See the video HERE.
Tish O’Dell Community Organizer – Portrait of a water guardian
By Suzanne Forcese in WaterToday Ohio on December 9, 2021 I have lived all my life beside Lake Erie, drinking her water. When my mom was pregnant with me she lived in Cleveland and drank Lake Erie water. If you consider that our bodies are 70% water...then I am Lake Erie. I was Lake Erie [...]
Ridgway grants “rights” to its river, joining several Colorado towns in push for new water protections
This article by Michael Booth appeared in The Colorado Sun on Novembeer 17, 2021 The Uncompahgre may have a legal guardian in its future after a town vote, though critics of “rights of nature” resolutions call "personhood for the river" an empty gesture and a paradise for lawsuits from angry property owners. The Ridgway town [...]
November/December 2021 Newsletter: Community Rights on the Radio and in Print
Protecting the Rights of People & Nature From the Local Up Subscribe | CRUS Homepage | Donate Dear friends, Thank you for your previous support for our work! It’s really challenging to raise money for what we do. Foundations prefer to fund conventional single-issue groups. They really don’t understand the urgent need to DISMANTLE [...]
Informational Sessions: Oregon Supreme Court Chooses to Ignore the Vote in Lincoln County
Two sessions hosted by Lincoln County Community Rights. Dec. 16th 12:30pm & 6:30pm What started by a vote of the People in 2017 banning the practice of aerial spraying of toxic biocides, lead to the lower courts suppressing their vote in favor of corporate rights. The on-going court process recently ended when the Oregon Supreme [...]