ELC works to transform the law to recognize and protect nature’s inherent rights to exist, thrive and evolve.
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Earth Law Center a voice for environments around the world
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#TerritorioAmazonas 🍃 La Federación Huaynakana Kamatahuara Kana 🇵🇪 sus aliados presentan, en la #COP16 🇨🇴, la victoria judicial que reconoce al río #Marañón y sus afluentes como sujeto de derechos. El proceso legal fue impulsado por mujeres kukama kukamiria.🧵
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Check out Earth Law Center's new 3-minute trailer about our work to give Nature a voice in the legal system: youtube.com/watch?v=ucvVu3AP…
Don't miss the live reading and premiere of the play version of THE ANIMALS LAWSUIT AGAINST HUMANITY on Sept 23, 10am, at Climate Week NYC! Tickets here (in person or livestream): givebutter.com/VaW1c9. In this 1,000-year-old fable, animals sue humans for their poor treatment.
Check out Will Falk's brilliant and poetic "little bound book" called How Dams Fall. He makes the point that the Colorado River can speak without us, but we cannot speak without her. Thanks to Boulder Rights of Nature for sending us a pile of books for our ecocentric law library!
Should deep-sea species themselves have a formal seat & vote within the International Seabed Authority? This is part of the movement to give ecosystems and species a voice in law.
Read more here docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Express your interest here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Should deep-sea species have a formal seat within the International Seabed Authority, giving a voice (via a human proxy) to deep-sea species & ecosystems at risk from mining and other threats? Reach out to [email protected] if you think yes!
📰🌎 Great article on the #RightsofNature from journalist Katie Surma on a lawsuit in #Colombia to uphold the rights of #jaguars, #macaws, and tropical dry forests and protect them from mining. Insightful quote from ELC's Constanza Prieto Figelist
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As suspected, conservative legislation group @ALEC_states is peddling anti-Rights of Nature (RoN) laws 🫤: alecexposed.org/wiki/An_Act_….
I think it will actually galvanize the pro-Rights of Nature movement.
What state will be first to pass a pro-RoN law? #RightsofNature #EarthLaw
Standing in solidarity with Lummi Nation to safeguard sacred lands against BP and development 🌎 Check out this article to learn more about their inspiring efforts:
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#ProtectSacredLands #LummiNation #nature #earthlaw #naturesrights
Earth Law Center is proud to be a member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, a global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts. #ocean #sealife #oceanlife
Felices de haber formado parte del #festivalsomoscuenca puedes ver el post completo en nuestro Instagram!
Deepen your awareness! Join us in person at Victoria University of Wellington or online to explore Earth laws valuing animals. Learn about progressive approaches and real examples for greater rights. 🌎 #AnimalRights #EarthLaws #JoinTheConversation
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With @theoceanrace and partners, we're hosting the Ocean Race Summit today, focusing on how developing inherent rights of the ocean 🌊 is vital to its protection.
Joining a host of speakers and experts is our @UlrikaModeer.
🕖 6:30pm EST
📺 bit.ly/3Lue16O
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