All Nature

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is all of Nature in general.

Peach Bottom Township (USA) Ordinance: sustainable agriculture, community rights, and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Failed in 2007

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature, Food & Agriculture

An ordinance for Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania recognizing rights of nature, personhood for nature, and banning corporate sewage sludge failed to pass in 2007.Read More →

North Plainfield (USA) Ordinance: community rights and rights of nature

Location:New Jersey, USA

Status:Failed in 2007

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

In 2007, an ordinance in North Plainfield, New Jersey recognizing rights of nature and prohibiting the use of certain corporations for land development failed.Read More →

Atkinson (USA) Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature

Location:New Hampshire, USA

Status:Approved in 2007

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Atkinson, New Hampshire passed an ordinance recognizing personhood for nature and residents’ right to use water from sustainable water cycles in 2008.Read More →

Halifax (USA) Ordinance: corporate mining, chemical trespass, community rights, and rights of nature

Location:Virginia, USA

Status:Approved in 2008

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

In 2008, the town of Halifax, Virginia passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and opposing corporate mining.Read More →

Mahanoy Township (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Approved in 2008

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Mahanoy, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and limiting the powers of corporations within the township in 2008.Read More →