Colombia Constitutional Court Finds Atrato River Possesses Rights
Press Release: The Court Finds the Atrato Possesses Rights to “Protection, Conservation, Maintenance, and Restoration” Rights of Nature Movement Gaining Ground as Court Declares Need to Move Away from Legal Systems in Which Humans are the “Dominator of Nature” “(I)t...
PR: India Court Declares Personhood for Ganga and Yumana Rivers
Mar 24, 2017 CELDF working in India to Recognize Rights of the Ganga River Basin Contact: Mari Margil mmargil@celdf.org MERCERSBURG, PA, USA: On March 20, the High Court of Uttarakhand at Naintal, in the State of Uttarakhand in northern India,...
Video Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza
Video que narra la creacion de la Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza y el Tribunal Etico por los Derechos de la Naturaleza.
Video Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza
Video que narra la creacion de la Alianza Global por los Derechos de la Naturaleza y el Tribunal Etico por los Derechos de la Naturaleza.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
