Earth law update – March 24, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation Here are some recent Earth law developments: The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) has issued a call for papers in preparation for its conference on 20th and 21st October 2016, ‘The future of Australian environmental...
What would the Delta say? Putting California’s Twin Tunnels on Trial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2016 Contact: Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998 shannon@movementrights.org Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730 lsheehan@earthlaw.org Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta(209) 479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org BAY-DELTA TRIBUNAL PUTS STATE & NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM ON TRIAL California’s Proposed...
The Paris COP21 failure demonstrates climate justice lies beyond the “Red Line”
Movement Rights Blog, By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, December 21, 2015 If you’ve been confused by the conflicting reports of the success COP 21 negotiations, you’re not alone. On the final day of the UN climate talks, President...
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...
Responding to the Great Work: The Role of Earth Jurisprudence and Wild Law in the 21st Century
By Dr. Michelle Maloney* and Sister Patricia Siemen** ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH LAW JOURNAL, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Vol. 5 (2015) > Iss. 1 I. Introduction Despite a proliferation of environmental law in the United Statesand around...
Responding to the Great Work: The Role of Earth Jurisprudence and Wild Law in the 21st Century
By Dr. Michelle Maloney* and Sister Patricia Siemen** ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH LAW JOURNAL, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Vol. 5 (2015) > Iss. 1 I. Introduction Despite a proliferation of environmental law in the United Statesand around...
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’.
Law, Environment, and Religion with Linda Sheehan
A Communion Of Subjects: Law, Environment, and Religion, with Linda Sheehan Yale University hosted the second installment of “A Communion of Subjects: Law, Environment, and Religion” which features an interview with Linda Sheehan, Executive Director of the Earth Law Center....
Natalia Greene on Politics of Rights of Nature in Ecuador
Natalia Greene was interviewed by Melissa Arias, F&ES ’15 of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Notes on her presentation: As part of a major restructuring of the country’s legal framework, in 2008 Ecuador adopted a new Constitution...
March for Real Climate Leadership – Oakland, CA
Click to learn more and SIGN UP NOW! Join us from around California and across the US! Many of you participated in the Peoples Climate March in New York either marching yourselves or catching the energy of the movement...
