Walking the Bride by Kevan Manwaring - Little Toller Books
In this new essay for The Clearing Kevan Manwaring takes a long walk along the permissive footpath soon to be closed to the public, and considers the power of rivers.| Little Toller Books
In this fabulously written book, Robert Macfarlane journeys to rivers in three very different landscapes -- the cloud-forests of Ecuador, the city of Chennai, India, and the wilderness of northern Quebec -- seeking answers to the question are rivers alive and what would it mean if they were? Continue reading →| Unsolicited Feedback
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A contribution to the art project Forest Intervals – responding to the forests call a full-day public programme with the Public Art Agency engaging ecological and relational entanglements within Malin Arnell and Åsa Elzéns work Forest Calling – A Never-ending Contaminated Collaboration or Dancing is a Form of Forest Knowledge. Through the project, the forest – […]| Pella Thiel
Also at Medium As we are seeing the UN Decade of Biodiversity coming to a close this year, to say that we haven’t fulfilled its promises would be an understatement. If anything, we are beginning to understand the extent to which the Earths’ living systems are falling apart. One million species might go extinct in […]| Pella Thiel
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In this new essay for The Clearing Kevan Manwaring takes a long walk along the permissive footpath soon to be closed to the public, and considers the power of rivers.| Little Toller Books
There is a critical need for a movement to recognize nature as a legal entity with rights. Just as human rights are enshrined in law to protect individuals, the rights of the natural world also need to be legally acknowledged.| CELDF - Community Rights Pioneers - Protecting Nature and Communities
Dozens of activists for the rights of nature who traveled to the United Nations to participate in a high-level meeting were unexpectedly barred from speaking on April 22nd, Earth Day, due to a supposed “security breach.”| CELDF - Community Rights Pioneers - Protecting Nature and Communities
Regional environmental leader Tish O’Dell spoke to Cleveland State students about the legal system’s failure to protect nature and the urgent need for cultural change.| CELDF - Community Rights Pioneers - Protecting Nature and Communities
Today, April 22nd (Earth Day), advocates for the New York bill have been invited to the United Nations to address a high-level meeting on harmony with nature.| CELDF - Community Rights Pioneers - Protecting Nature and Communities
It is obvious that humanity's treatment of whale people constitutes an atrocity. This includes the deliberate murder of a so-called hunt, the quasi-deliberate murder of negligence, the effective murder of habitat destruction, or the oblivious murder of the unthinking.| Earth Tongues
Four years ago, I made an alarming observation that completely changed my game plan as a young organizer. I decided to use the power of story, word, and intention to confront a dominant narrative that defies the natural laws that govern life on Earth.| Earth Tongues
“Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights” introduced in New York State Assembly BUFFALO – What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities had the authority to enact laws that prevented pollution, extraction, and waste-dumping? This would be the case under a new... Read more »| CELDF
We attended the Rights of Rivers Summit, featuring workshops on different aspects of developing a River Charter.| Lawyers for Nature
A new report by LFN Researcher Alex May.| Lawyers for Nature
What happens when a 200 year old oak tree takes the Secretary of State for Climate and Ecological Breakdown to court?| Lawyers for Nature
On August 2, 2014, Toledo residents awoke to government alerts to not drink, bathe, use or touch the water coming out of their taps. The water could make adult humans very sick and even worse for babies, children, and anyone with compromised immune systems. Fish, animals, and plants weren’t even considered. What was clear though,... Read more »| CELDF
As global efforts to recognize the legal rights of nature have increased, one campaign took an unusual approach: nominating a glacier for president.| State of the Planet
