RESOURCES
Bioneers’ Guide to the Rights of Nature in Indian Country
Rights of Nature & Mother Earth Made by Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement Rights, and Women Earth & Climate Action Network
ARTICLES
Should Trees Have Standing
CDER timeline of Rights of Nature Laws
Article on Ecocide and Humans
RIGHTS OF NATURE LAWS
Here is a great place to look at all the Earth Law and Rights of Nature Laws Emerging
Use the Toolkit to search for Rights of Nature Laws by location
Here is another database of Rights of Nature Laws
RIGHTS OF NATURE LAWS
Laws Mentioned in Class 1
1. Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania, USA (2006)
Tamaqua Borough Sewage Sludge Ordinance
2. Ecuador Constitution (2008)
Ecuador Constitution (English Translation) See Title 2 Rights, Chapter 7Rights of Nature
3. Bolivia’s Law of the Rights of Mother Earth (2010)
Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra
4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (2010)
Pittsburgh Rights of Nature Ordinance
5. New Zealand’s Whanganui River (2017)
Te Awa Tupua Whanganui River Claims Settlement Act 2017
6. Colombia’s Atrato River (2017)
Colombian Constitutional Court Ruling T-622 of 2016
7. India’s Ganges and Yamuna Rivers (2017)
Uttarakhand High Court Ruling
8. Toledo, Ohio, USA – Lake Erie Bill of Rights (2019)
Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR)
9. Orange County, Florida, USA – Rights of Nature Charter Amendment (2020)
Orange County Charter Amendment
ARTICLES & VIDEOS ON THE CASES WE COVERED
FILM RECOMMENDATIONS
Link to the documentary The Invisible Hand; A Gripping Documentary on the Modern Developments in the Rights of Nature Movement
A Civil Action is a must-watch drama about the failure of our court and legal system to give proper justice to victims of environmental damage.
BIONEERS MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATURE
A “MUST-READ” RECCOMENDATION FOR NEXT WEEK
Bioneers’ Guide to the Rights of Nature in Indian Country
Rights of Nature & Mother Earth Made by Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement Rights, and Women Earth & Climate Action Network
ARTICLES
Should Trees Have Standing
CDER timeline of Rights of Nature Laws
Article on Ecocide and Humans
RIGHTS OF NATURE LAWS
Here is a great place to look at all the Earth Law and Rights of Nature Laws Emerging
Use the Toolkit to search for Rights of Nature Laws by location
Here is another database of Rights of Nature Laws
RIGHTS OF NATURE LAWS
Laws Mentioned in Class 1
1. Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania, USA (2006)
Tamaqua Borough Sewage Sludge Ordinance
2. Ecuador Constitution (2008)
Ecuador Constitution (English Translation) See Title 2 Rights, Chapter 7Rights of Nature
3. Bolivia’s Law of the Rights of Mother Earth (2010)
Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra
4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (2010)
Pittsburgh Rights of Nature Ordinance
5. New Zealand’s Whanganui River (2017)
Te Awa Tupua Whanganui River Claims Settlement Act 2017
6. Colombia’s Atrato River (2017)
Colombian Constitutional Court Ruling T-622 of 2016
7. India’s Ganges and Yamuna Rivers (2017)
Uttarakhand High Court Ruling
8. Toledo, Ohio, USA – Lake Erie Bill of Rights (2019)
Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR)
9. Orange County, Florida, USA – Rights of Nature Charter Amendment (2020)
Orange County Charter Amendment
ARTICLES & VIDEOS ON THE CASES WE COVERED
- Boomer v. Atlantic Cement (Court opinion)
- Article on Boomer v. Atlantic Cement
- Video on the Issue of Private Nuisance and Public Nuisance
- Sierra v. Morton
- Lujan v. Defender of Wildlife
- Mini Harvard Lecture on the Case (if you want to skip the article)
- Cartoon Run-through of the caseSierra v. Morton
- Natural Resource Defender v Winter
FILM RECOMMENDATIONS
Link to the documentary The Invisible Hand; A Gripping Documentary on the Modern Developments in the Rights of Nature Movement
A Civil Action is a must-watch drama about the failure of our court and legal system to give proper justice to victims of environmental damage.
BIONEERS MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS
- Dan Wildcat on the Rights of Nature
- Indigenize the Law Part 1
- Indigenize the Law Part 2
- The Rights of Nature Movement in Indian Country and Beyond: From Grassroots to Mainstream
- International Perspectives on the Rights of Nature
ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATURE
- Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights
- Earth Law Center
- Community Legal Defense Fund
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Honor the Earth
- Movement Rights
- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
- Center for Earth Jurisprudence
A “MUST-READ” RECCOMENDATION FOR NEXT WEEK
Resource List constructed by Guy Reiter