This article by Matthew Green was published in Reuters on September 10, 2019. FROME, England (Reuters) - Nobody knows exactly how ancient masons, wielding chisels made from deer antlers, managed to build Stonehenge, the standing circle that has enchanted southern England for thousands of years. But one theory about the epic undertaking reserves a special [...]
This blog post by Susan Shaw, Solicitor & Founder Living Law, was posted on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website on September 6th, 2019. Editor’s Note: CELDF is pleased to present a guest blog from our partner Susan Shaw, a solicitor and founder of Living Law, in Scotland. We have been engaging with groups [...]
This letter to the editor by Sol Solomon appeared in the Concord Monitor on September 5th, 2019. The natural world is under siege. Rather than heed the dire warning signs staring them in the face, those who ravage the Earth’s resources are stepping up their efforts. They are in a frenzy to wrest every drop [...]
Colombian cyclist Egan Arley Bernal Gómez and this year’s winner of the Tour de France has captured the world’s attention as the first Latin American to don its leading yellow jersey. What readers may not know is that Colombia also wears the yellow jersey in the race for protection of Mother Earth – blazing the [...]
This article by Dana Drugmand was published in YES! magazine on August 31, 2016. In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature. The Pacific Northwest’s most iconic species—the orcas that live in the Salish Sea year-round—are on the brink [...]
Reflections on Community Rights from Rural America is a monthly column by CR activist and organizer Curt Hubatch. Curt is an unschooling father of two young children and one young adult. Currently he works as a substitute rural letter carrier for the USPS. He lives in a cordwood house that he built with his wife, [...]
This blog post by Mari Margil, Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, was posted on August 14th, 2019. We now know that July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded human history, with 2016 – 2018 the hottest years in recorded history. We know that more than 1 million species are at risk as human activities push “the planet towards [...]
Thomas Linzey, Esq., Senior Counsel for the nonprofit Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), will be in Duluth, Minnesota to hold a Rights of Nature workshop. Details below: This one-day workshop will provide an overview of the movement in the United States and abroad to recognize legally enforceable rights for ecosystems. The workshop will focus [...]
A new motion from the City of Toledo cites ‘fatal’ flaws in the corporate lawsuit against LEBOR. Petitioners file amicus brief supporting the City This media release was published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund on August 13th, 2019. TOLEDO, OH: The City of Toledo has exposed serious errors and misrepresentations in Drewes Farms Partnership’s [...]
From preventing toxic algae blooms to banning aerial pesticide spraying, the fight for local control over environmental decisions elevates the rights of nature as a key step in the larger community rights movement. This article by Valerie Vande Panne appeared in Next City on August 12, 2019. I've been following articles and news updates on [...]
