This international event announcement was posted on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Funds website on September 18th, 2018. International Rights of Nature Symposium – Quito, Ecuador September 27, 2018 — September 28, 2018 what’s happening? Ten years ago, the Ecuadorian people adopted the first in the world constitution that recognized the Rights of Nature to [...]
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Ecuador’s Landmark Constitution A Blog Posting by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from September 22, 2018. Happy birthday, Mother Earth! Well, that’s not exactly accurate. How about… Feliz aniversario, Pachamama y Ecuador! Ten Year Anniversary for First Rights of Nature Constitution Next week marks the tenth anniversary of Ecuador’s Constitution, which recognizes [...]
First Tribal Nation to Advance Rights-Based Constitutional Framework to Protect Nature A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from September 17, 2018. MERCERSBURG, PA: On Saturday, the General Council of the Ho-Chunk Nation voted overwhelmingly – 86.9% in favor – to amend their tribal constitution to enshrine the Rights of Nature. The Ho-Chunk Nation is the [...]
This short VIDEO clip (3 min. 24 sec.) about the Rights of Nature aired on WGZR-TV, an NBC affiliate out of Buffalo New York. It looks like the Rights of Nature movement has found its way to a mainstream media outlet!
This article by Will Falk was published on the Voices of Diversity website, September 3rd, 2018. I need to come clean. When I joined Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado, the first-ever federal lawsuit to seek personhood and the rights of nature for a major ecosystem,my intentions were not completely sincere. The truth is, I never thought we [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade on August 31st, 2018. Two activist groups have filed separate lawsuits challenging the controversial decisions made by the Lucas County Board of Elections this past Tuesday to prevent their citizen-led initiatives from being placed on the Nov. 6 ballot. On Thursday, Toledoans for Safe Water [...]
This article by Lauren Lindstrom appeared in The Toledo Blade on August 27, 2018. Accusing Lucas County Board of Elections of thwarting democracy, supporters of two petitions excluded from the November ballot by board vote said they plan to sue for their inclusion. The two petitions — one seeking to keep the Lucas County jail in [...]
Lucas County Board of Elections stymies voting rights of the people of Toledo, Ohio A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 28, 2018. TOLEDO, OH: Today, the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE) voted to keep a Toledo citizen’s initiative entitled The Lake Erie Bill of Rights off the November ballot, despite residents qualifying [...]
Our legal system needs a radical overhaul that asserts the rights of the whole ecosystem. A forthcoming conference will discuss the set out the vision for a Wild Law. This article by Shehana Gomez appeared in The Ecologist, August 27th, 2018. Re-wilding the Law might sound like an odd proposition, even a contradiction. Law is not [...]
This letter to the editor by Thomas Linzey appeared in the Lagniappe Weekly, August 22nd, 2018. Editor: Having been born and raised in Mobile, I have fond memories of summer days spent playing in Dauphin Island’s surf, exploring Gaillard Island and walking the boardwalks over Mobile Bay. Due to the far-seeing acts of pioneering environmental [...]
