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Australian Earth Laws Alliance Updates
Australian Wild Law Alliance (AWLA) announces that as of 22nd July they have changed to the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA). AELA’s new logo was created by designer Skeet Booth. The human fingerprint embedded in the leaf is a lovely...
Fracking up the Environment: Organization Urges Public to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in California
UCSB – The Bottom Line, by Kyle Skinner April 24, 2013 The Santa Barbara Public Library hosted an information session on hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as “fracking,” put on by Global Exchange on Friday, April 19. The group brought along...
First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
In a press release by Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Thomas Linzey, Esq. announces that Mora County, NM has become the first county in the US to ban oil and gas extraction via an “ordinance that calls for a State Constitutional...
Santa Monica Recognizes Legal Standing for Ecosystems
Legalizing Sustainability? Santa Monica Recognizes Rights of Nature 11th April, 2013 – Posted by Shannon Biggs Reprinted from Global Exchange Media Release First-in-California law seeks to make sustainability legal On April 9, the City Council of Santa Monica voted 7-0...
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Pennsylvania farmer protects Rights of Nature through Conservation Easement
In November 2012, Stephen Cleghorn, PhD, a Pennsylvania organic farmer, became the first landowner in the United States to use a conservation easement to recognize the rights of water, forest, and wild ecosystems. The easement bans activities, like shale gas...
A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
Today’s global Rights of Nature and Rights of Communities over Corporate “Personhood” movement started over a decade ago in Pennsylvania’s heartland. Thomas Linzey of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF.org) has been working in the forefront with these communities. Read...
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Grafton, New Hampshire Adopts Community Bill of Rights
Bans Land Acquisition for Unsustainable Energy Systems Massive wind turbines installed by an Iberdrola project tower over ridges in Grafton County, New Hampshire and have had a devastating impact on the environment and this rural community. Iberdrola is Spain’s largest...
Books and ArticlesCommunity Bill of RightsHarmony with NatureRights of Nature lawsRights of Nature perspectivesUnited States
Grafton, New Hampshire Adopts Community Bill of Rights
Bans Land Acquisition for Unsustainable Energy Systems Massive wind turbines installed by an Iberdrola project tower over ridges in Grafton County, New Hampshire and have had a devastating impact on the environment and this rural community. Iberdrola is Spain’s largest...
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CA Communities Rise Against Fracking
Who decides if fracking happens in a community where YOU live? With California facing new fracking proposals, communities around the state are rising up. Global Exchange helps communities to organize, write laws to protect their communities, and assert their rights...
Books and ArticlesCommunity Bill of RightsRights of Nature lawsRights of Nature perspectivesUnited StatesUseful Resouces
CA Communities Rise Against Fracking
Who decides if fracking happens in a community where YOU live? With California facing new fracking proposals, communities around the state are rising up. Global Exchange helps communities to organize, write laws to protect their communities, and assert their rights...
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