by Rights of the Salish Sea | Mar 5, 2021 | Rights of the Salish Sea
A Conversation Cafe hosted by CRSJI to discuss: Do county residents need a stronger voice in how we address climate change and the further degradation of all the beautiful wildness that surrounds us? Could a Bill of Rights that includes Rights of Nature language in...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Nov 28, 2020 | News
Coming up in December, we are co-hosting with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) an offering of their new Virtual Democracy School program: Democracy School is a stimulating and illuminating virtual course that teaches residents and activists an...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Oct 8, 2020 | News
PRESS RELEASE San Juan County Council Candidates Offer Different Visions & Priorities on Governance, Economy and Environment San Juan Islands, WA, October 8, 2020—Four San Juan County Council Candidates set themselves apart by offering different...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Oct 7, 2020 | News, Rights of the Salish Sea
Protecting the Salish Sea in the Time of Covid-19 A virtual round-table discussion over Zoom Hosted by Community Rights San Juan Islands (CRSJI) through the Lopez Island Library Tuesday, October 13th from 6-7:30pm Community Rights San Juan Islands (CRSJI) is a...
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...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Mar 12, 2020 | News, Podcast
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, and Voter Bill of Rights campaign efforts in Spokane,...
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...
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...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Dec 19, 2019 | News, Podcast
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 of Nature and begin the effort to bring Rights of Nature to San Juan County with the Rights of...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Oct 9, 2019 | Updates
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 fall Dance for the Salish Sea. In Rights of Nature news, the Yurok Tribe...
