Mind the gap: Climate negotiators and civil society don’t agree
By Elisa Garcia for Global Sisters Report Photo: Indigenous leader from Ecuador speaks to crimes against nature by Chevron to a 13-member international panel of judges headed by South African lawyer Cormac Cullinan, author of Wild Law. Left is co-prosecutor...
Reconnecting with Mother Earth IS a solution
Osprey Orielle Lake closed a very moving Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network Press Conference on the impact of Women on the Frontline of Climate Change around the world at the UN FCCC. Each of these women speak movingly of...
Fighting for Our Shared Future: Protecting Both Human Rights and Nature’s Rights.
By Linda Sheehan and Grant Wilson, Earth Law Center (ELC) Available online at: http://bit.ly/1Ng3VyQ. Paris, France—December 3, 2015, San Francisco Bay Area-based Earth Law Center (ELC) released a comprehensive report detailing “co-violations” of nature’s rights and human rights worldwide. “Co-violations”...
International Rights of Nature Tribunal AGENDA
December 4-5, Maison des Metallos, 94 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Download International Rights of Nature Program ~ Click for English Cliquez pour le français INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OF NATURE TRIBUNAL A unique, citizen-created initiative to testify publicly about the destruction of...
Ccnference “Rights for the Earth: Towards New International Norms”
THE PLACE TO B – 3RD DECEMBER 14H30/17H30 PLACE TO B 5 rue de Dunkerque, 75010, Paris, France Download agenda: ~ Click for English Cliquez pour le français To clarify initiatives convergence towards international frames to protection of the...
Rights of Nature & Mother Earth: Sowing seeds of resistance, love and change.
Edited by Shannon Biggs and Tom BK Goldtooth Movement Rights, Indigenous Environmental Network and Global Exchange are proud to announce the release of their new report for the Paris climate talks! Edited by Shannon Biggs and Tom BK Goldtooth, this...
Giving Mother Earth a Voice in Paris
NEWS RELEASE November 27, 2015 Click for Press Release PDF CONTACT: Natalia Greene, Secretariat nati.greene@gmail.com Giving Mother Earth a Voice in Paris International Tribunal on Rights of Nature Convenes during COP21 December 4-5, 2015 – Maison des Métallos Paris,...
Making Peace with the Earth
Vandana Shiva asked us to share this personal video message to Paris and to everyone on “Making Peace with the Earth.” Please watch and share. http://youtu.be/Pr_Rkdc5ghk We also invite you to sign A People’s Pact for Protection of the...
Donner une voix à la Terre Mère
Alors que les négociations internationales de la COP21 présentent de fausses solutions au réchauffement climatique et sont vouées à l’échec, nous pouvons et nous devons montrer d’autres voies. Le Tribunal des Droits de la Nature se présente comme un véritable...
Pat Siemen on Pope Francis and Rights of Nature
Sister Patricia Siemen, Director of Barry Law School’s Center for Earth Jurisprudence, spoke to News 13 in Orlando, Florida about Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’.
