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Event [Oct 1 & 2, 2020]: Rights of Nature and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment in Dialogue
September 19, 2020
This two-day Global Forum will feature experts from around the world – including Ecuador, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, and from tribal nations – discussing the interplay ...Read more...
Reimagining an Earth Centered Economy with Michelle Maloney
August 8, 2020
Have a listen to AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, chat with "Post Growth Australia" podcast host Michael Bayliss, about Earth laws, Earth jurisprudence and Earth centred economies.Read more...
Video: Here are 4 countries that give the natural world the same rights as humans
April 16, 2020
Read more...A positive story in the middle of lockdown:
Plaintiff: Humanity.
Defendant: The whole ecosystem.
Blue Mountains council resolves to integrate Rights of Nature into operations and planning
April 16, 2020
Blue Mountains City Council will investigate integrating the Rights of Nature into future operations and planning following a successful push by the mayor at the last council meeting.Read more...
Media Release: First Rights of Nature bill introduced in Australia
November 24, 2019
Read more...Diane Evers, a Member of the Western Australian Parliament, has introduced a Bill to recognise the Rights of Nature and Future Generations. This is the first time that legislation aiming ...
Recognizing Rights of Great Barrier Reef Could Help Defeat Destructive Coal Mine Project
August 16, 2019
Read more...by Michelle Maloney and Mari Margil
Conventional environmental laws have allowed Adani’s Carmichael coal mine go forward in Australia. It’s time we changed them.
Rights of nature laws are key to protecting Blue Mountains: Greens candidate
May 13, 2019
Affording nature the same rights as a person is an emerging legal movement globally that is gathering steam in Australia, says the Federal Greens candidate for Macquarie.
Kingsley Liu ...Read more...
The Rights of Nature: Building a New People’s Movement for the Earth
April 14, 2019
Read more...Guest Blog Post By Mari Margil, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
When Dr. Seuss’s Lorax sees the Truffula trees being destroyed, he declares: “I speak for the trees. I speak for ...
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