SUPPORTING ECOCENTRIC RIGHTS OF NATURE FOR RIVERS
We’re excited about our “Rights of Nature for Rivers” campaign!. We are working in collaboration with local, national, and global groups — and legal scholars — on this campaign.
First, check out the “Universal Declaration for Rights of Rivers” here: https://www.rightsofrivers.org/
Second, check out our press release when Save The Colorado launched its program here: “Save The Colorado Launches ‘Rights of Nature’ Program To Counter Wall-Street Takeover of Colorado’s Rivers”
Third, below is a list of resources we are compiling to help incubate and accelerate the “Rights of Nature for Rivers” efforts across the planet!
Rights of Nature Background Resources
- For an informative overview watch: “Rights of Nature – A Global Documentary“
- A book that parallels the film and provides background on many of the rights of nature campaigns both in the U.S. and around the world: The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World by David R. Boyd
- Ted Talk by Kelsey Leonard.
- Community Toolkit from Earth Law Center, link here to pdf:
- An overview from the Waterkeeper Alliance, link here to Youtube video:
- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature Map (also a list of video and book resources etc.)
Rights of Rivers, recent articles
- “Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature”, Issue 94: Evolving — Nautilus
- “Florida County Overwhelmingly Supports Giving Legal Rights to Rivers”, Circle of Blue
- “Should Rivers Have The Same Legal Rights As Humans?” — NPR
- “Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time”,Yale 360
- “Dramatic Global Rise in Laws Defending Rights of Nature”, Reuters
- “Could the Ohio River have rights? A movement to grant rights to the environment tests the power of local control”, Environmental Health News
- “Rights of Rivers Enter the Mainstream”, by Grant Wilson in Ecological Citizen
- “Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights? Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.”, MinnPost
- “Time To Recognize and Respect Rivers’ Legal Rights”, Third Pole
Law School Textbook (new in 2021)
Connections with Groups (local, national, international) promoting Rivers’ Rights
More coming soon:
- Connections with legal resources and scholars
- Samples of local resolutions, ordinances, and charter amendments in other U.S. cities and towns