Bi-weekly meetings
Community Rights San Juan Islands is meeting bi-weekly (first and third Thursdays, usually late afternoon or early evening), now on Zoom. If you’d like to participate, please let us know …
Interview with Kai Huschke
Kai is the Northwest and Hawaii organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). He was centrally involved in the first-in-the-nation Community Bill of Rights, Worker Bill of Rights, …
Lake Erie Bill of Rights: Jan 28, 2020 Hearing
Tomorrow is a big day for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, with a scheduled hearing to determine whether the citizen-led initiative can be invalidated. As an article in the …
Rights for Lake Erie? Why corporate rights and preemption must go
Corporate rights and state preemption can make it difficult or impossible for communities to protect themselves from harm. Will Falk and Sean Butler lay out how the structure of the legal system makes meaningful environmental protection illegal in this excellent article about Rights of Nature and Community Rights.
Interview with Kai Sanburn
This is an interview with Kai Sanburn, the founder of Community Rights San Juan Islands. In this interview she talks about what inspired her to get involved in the Rights …
Help us protect the Salish Sea
Hello, Since our last update, we’ve been busy learning more about Rights of Nature, meeting people at the farmer’s market throughout the summer, and celebrating the Salish Sea at our …
Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?
by Dana Drugmand, August 30, 2019 YES! Magazine In the San Juan Islands, a group called Community Rights San Juan Islands, supported by the defense fund, is working on advancing …
The Salish Sea needs you. We need you. Join us.
We are a group committed to protecting the Salish Sea by advancing a Rights of the Salish Sea Proclamation this fall to be followed by a legally binding initiative on …
Rights of Nature progress and news
Since January, Community Rights San Juan Islands has focused on our goal to educate ourselves and others about the Salish Sea Bill of Rights. We are spending time researching the …
Happy New Year, 2019
Happy New Year! In early December, our group met with groups and individuals on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan islands to discuss bringing a Rights of the Salish Sea (RoSS) …