Climate Train takes Peoples Charter thru South Africa
As the Climate Train toured 17 cities in South Africa from Capetown to the UN FCC Climate Change Conference in Durban, children and adults gathered to respond to and endorse the African Peoples Charter. At the closing ceremony on the...
Mother Nature Gets Her Day in Court
Discovery News – Friday January 27 Tim Will of Discovery News speaks with Mari Margil, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Linda Sheehan ,Earth Law Center, about Rights of Nature laws in the US, Ecuador and Bolivia. Ecuador and...
Wild Law UK celebrating 1st anniversary Monday November 14, 2011 with Exploring Wild Law Book Launch
On Monday 14th November, Wild Law UK will be celebrating its 1st year anniversary, and the UK launch of ‘Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence’ in London! Wild Law UK (www.wildlawuk.org) aims to secure rights of nature in...
Earth Jurisprudence – Peter Burdon and Mari Margil interview with Phillip Adams on ABC’s LateNightLive
Phillip Adams interviews Peter Burdon and Mari Margil on ABC’s LateNightLive. The discussion on Earth Jurisprudence was triggered by the recent Rights of Nature case awarding damages to the Vilcabamba River. Mari Margil talks about how earlier this year, a...
The new civil rights movement, away from anthropocentrism and toward a sustainable world…
By Neil Sinclair to Natalia Greene Slavery Management control. Incarceration of the soul. Subjugation of a people, Prisoners working in the fields. Plantation economy, wealth for the few, Women in servitude, labor as fuel. The exploitation of the innocent, Chain...
Wild law: Recognising the rights of Nature by Tom Brenan
Environmental lawyer, Tom Brenan introduces the concept of Wild Law in Permaculture – Inspiration for Sustainable Living blog on October 5, 2011. Brenan argues that we need to persuade governments to endorse the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother...
Creating a World Beyond Growth
In her October 5th Earth Island Journal article Creating a World Beyond Growth, Suzanne York explores how Recognizing Rights of Nature can Help us Achieve a Healthy Planet. For the complete article visit: Creating a World Beyond Growth – Recognizing...
Barry University – Inaugural Issue of Earth Jurisprudence Journal
Student-edited journal is first of its kind with a commitment to an Earth-based approach as a means of protecting the environment & eliminating environmental injustices Orlando, FL – Barry University School of Law created the Earth Jurisprudence and Environmental Justice...
Green Giveaway! Win 1 of 15 eBooks of Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law
Siber Ink and Little White Bakkie are giving away 15 eBook copies of renowned environmental attorney Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law: 2nd edition. The eBook is available for purchase from the Little White Bakkie online store at the already tempting price...
Vision: The Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth Is Our Roadmap to a Liveable Future
by NNimmo Bassey “It is time for humankind to humbly accept that we have arrived at the precipice of reckless living, exploitation and destruction of Mother Earth.” The following is excerpted from the recently released book, The Rights of Nature:...
