Santa Cruz (USA) Ordinance: local control, pesticide and chemical trespass
CELDF drafted an ordinance for Santa Cruz, California recognizing rights of nature and residents’ right to be free from chemical trespass in 2009.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.
Shapleigh (USA) Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature
Shapleigh, Maine passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporate mining of water in response to Nestle’s potential water mining in 2009.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 →
Blaine Township (USA) Home Rule Charter (2009)
Blaine Township in Pennsylvania adopted a charter recognizing rights of nature and refusing to recognize any private claim to ownership of nature in 2009.Read More →
Florida (USA) court case: Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia County
Citizens who filed a lawsuit on behalf of Loggerhead and Green turtles facing barriers to reach the ocean from county vehicles partially lost the case in 1995.Read More →
USA Federal Court Case: Cetacean Community v. Bush
In 2004, the “Cetacean Community” (plaintiffs) filed and lost a lawsuit to halt actions by the U.S. Navy that cause harm to Cetaceans.Read More →
Blaine Township (USA) Ordinance: corporate land development and rights of nature
Blaine, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and preventing land development from non-family corporations within the township in 2006.Read More →