Harveys Lake (USA) Ordinance: fracking ban, community rights, and rights of nature
Council members refused to recognize an ordinance drafted by Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania residents and CELDF recognizing rights of nature in 2010.Read More →
Civil Society
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a group of people that have come together to support the initiative, but are not in a formally recognized non-governmental organization. These people may either be based in a particular community or be gathered together via a common movement/initiative.
Ecuador court case: rights of the Vilcabamba River
A 2011 Ecuadorian constitutional injunction resulted in court-ordered remediation for a road project dumping material into the Vilcabamba River.Read More →
West Homestead Borough (USA) Ordinance: natural gas drilling ban, community rights, and rights of nature
West Homestead Borough, Pennsylvania adopted a community bill of rights recognizing rights of nature and banning the commercial extraction of gas in 2011.Read More →
Wales (USA) Town Ordinance: protection of natural resources
Wales, New York adopted a community rights ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning the commercial extraction of natural gas and oil in 2011.Read More →
Wilkinsburg (USA) Town Ordinance: natural gas drilling ban, community rights, and rights of nature
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania adopted an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning natural gas drilling in 2011.Read More →
Forest Hills Borough (USA) Ordinance: natural gas drilling ban, community rights, and rights of nature
Forest Hills Borough, Pennsylvania adopted an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning natural gas drilling in 2011.Read More →
Newfield (USA) Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature
Newfield, Maine passed an ordinance giving nature personhood and banning corporate mining of water in response to Nestle’s potential water mining in 2009.Read More →
Van Etten (USA) Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature
Van Etten, New York passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporate mining of water in 2009.Read More →