Bay Area Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal
Sunday, October 5, 2014, 10am to 2pm “The Forum,” Laney College 900 Fallon St., Oakland (Lake Merritt BART) FREE; registration is required Click to Register Now! The Bay Area Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal will examine the violations of nature’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Beyond Personhood: Why Corporations Love the Constitution More Than You do
By Randy Hayes of Foundation Earth and Shannon Biggs of Global Exchange See full text at Global Exchange People to People Blog As we grimly mark the 3rd anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Citizen United ruling...
CELDF releases 2012 end-of-year Susquehanna!
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) highlights events and progress for year ending 2012 in their recent edition of Susquehanna! Read about November’s election results with three of our communities passing charter amendments establishing Community Bills of Rights while banning...
