CELDF releases a Model Bill of Rights Elections Ordinance
January 17, 2012 – Mercersburg, PA: With the two year anniversary of the Citizens United decision upon us, today the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) released a statement examining the activism that’s emerged in the wake of the U.S....
WECC Voices from South Africa COP17 and Moving Forward in 2012
THE WOMEN’S EARTH AND CLIMATE CAUCUS – January 2012 By Wyolah Garden, Project Coordinator Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus “Apartheid seemed an overwhelming challenge that could not be defeated but we mobilized and defeated it. We need the same passion...
Rights of Nature – More than a Dream, a Viable Framework for our Planet
UN Climate Change Conference COP17 – Durban, South Africa – December 2011 My dream is that we as a human race will one day remember our connection to Mother Earth in a way that transforms the way we relate to...
Children of Romania share what nature means to them
In a touching video, children in Romania share what nature means to them. They children participated in a valuing nature workshop recently where they talked about why protecting Mother Earth is important for all of us. Rights of Nature Seen...
UNFCCC COP17 Rights of Nature Highlights in Durban
UN COP17 Climate Change Conference was held in Durban, South Africa Monday, November 28 – December 9, 2011. While key negotiators for member states ended with an agreement that leaves the planet vulnerable to 3 to 5 degree Celsius temperature...
Introducing Earth Law Network
Launched at Australia’s Wild Law Conference in September 2011, the Earth Law Network s to generate interdisciplinary and collaborative research and stimulate practical legal innovations in the the emergent areas of Earth Jurisprudence, Wild Law and related areas. The Earth...
Coming out of Durban – Calls for Cochabamba People’s Agreement as Antidote
From Climate Justice Now! “Despite talk of a “roadmap” offered up by the EU, the failure in Durban shows that this is a cul-de-sac, a road to nowhere. Spokespeople for Climate Justice Now! call on the world community to remember...
