This press release was published by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights on January 21, 2021. SPOKANE, WA: With our partner group, Non-Toxic Neighborhoods, the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) developed and is releasing a new model local ordinance, the Children’s Environmental Bill of Rights. The model ordinance, intended for passage by [...]
While public consultation launches on legal definition Press Release January 21, 2021 In an amendment to its report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019, the European Parliament has voted to urge “the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of [...]
The Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights has announced the launch of a National Council on the Implementation of the Rights of Nature. The purpose of the Council will be to make recommendations to President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration on ways to integrate the rights of nature into federal law, and to propose new legislative and [...]
CDER proposes legislative changes to implement the Rights of Nature. Quito, Ecuador: The Biodiversity Commission of Ecuador’s National Assembly – the national legislature of Ecuador – has issued its report to the National Assembly on suggested changes to the main environmental law in Ecuador. The report includes a number of proposals submitted by the Center [...]
Lots of upcoming chances to watch the award-winning film About the film from IMBD: Four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian plains to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of "Climate Justice". Their path through [...]
Press Release from the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights Join us for our webinar and hear from leaders of the campaign that passed the biggest rights of nature law in the U.S.! Date and Time Thu, November 19, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST About this Event On Election Day in the USA, [...]
Press release from Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights Becomes Largest Municipality in the U.S. to Adopt a ‘Rights of Nature’ Law November 3, 2020 Contact: Chuck O’Neal, Chairman Florida Rights of Nature Network chuckforflorida@gmail.com 407-399-3228 Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights tal@pa.net 509-474-9761 ORANGE COUNTY, FL: Orange County, Florida, [...]
N2K (Need to Know) is hosting another democracy discussion Nov 04, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST Discuss Democracy with Thomas Linzey About the Event Welcome to the Democracy discussion group of N2K Need to Know - a platform that shares and activates pathways to a world that works. As part of our beta launch, and [...]
Orange County, FL, to Vote on Right to Clean Water, Rights of Nature – Would Become Largest Jurisdiction in U.S. to Protect Rights of Nature Press release from the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights October 27, 2020 Contact: Chuck O’Neal, Chairman Florida Rights of Nature Network chuckforflorida@gmail.com 407-399-3228 Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel Center [...]
Invisible Hand, the rights of nature film released September 2020, will be screening several times in the coming weeks, including today! A note from Public Herald, those behind the documentary: INVISIBLE HAND received attention at the end of Sen. Bernie Sanders' climate crisis town hall [two days ago] as over one hundred thousand viewers tuned [...]
