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Happening this fall: Rights of Nature Events

Happening this fall: Rights of Nature Events

by Rights of the Salish Sea | Sep 15, 2020 | Rights of Nature, Updates

Seeds of Resistance: Indigenous-led Rights of Nature on Turtle Island September 22, 2020 11:00am Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes...
Lake Erie Bill of Rights: Jan 28, 2020 Hearing

Lake Erie Bill of Rights: Jan 28, 2020 Hearing

by Rights of the Salish Sea | Jan 27, 2020 | News, Rights of Nature

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 Toledo Blade describes: “The latest showdown over the ever-controversial Lake Erie Bill of...
Rights for Lake Erie? Why corporate rights and preemption must go

Rights for Lake Erie? Why corporate rights and preemption must go

by Rights of the Salish Sea | Dec 24, 2019 | News, Rights of Nature

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...
Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?

Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?

by Rights of the Salish Sea | Aug 30, 2019 | News, Rights of Nature, Rights of the Salish Sea

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 a countywide Bill of Rights for the Salish Sea. The group is aiming to get the initiative...

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Lopez Island, WA 98261

Taking steps to recognize that nature, and yes, the planet itself, has certain rights; and empowering those who care about nature to step into the shoes of rivers, oceans, forests, and mountains to legally defend those rights in front of courts and environmental agencies, would be one big step for nature, one small step for humankind.

[T]his is the beginning of a long journey to rediscover our place on this planet. As Derrick Jensen, an environmental author, writes, “If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from our isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home.”

— Thomas Linzey, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights

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