East Brunswick (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature
In 2008, a court overturned a 2006 East Brunswick, Pennsylvania ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning certain corporate uses of sewage sludge.Read More →
Rights Of Nature
This page identifies initiatives that frame ecological jurisprudence in terms of rights of nature. Initiatives are included in this category when they explicitly recognize any non-human element of Nature (e.g., ecosystems, plant species, animal species) or Nature in general as a subject with rights.
Campbell County (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature
In 2007, CELDF drafted an ordinance for Campbell County, Virginia recognizing rights of nature and banning the corporate land application of sewage sludge.Read More →
Tamaqua Borough (USA) Ordinance: corporate waste and local control
In 2007, Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania adopted an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporations from dumping toxic waste.Read More →
Bethel (USA) Ordinance: corporate toxics and local self-governance
In 2007, CELDF drafted an ordinance for Bethel, Alaska recognizing rights of nature and banning toxic substances within the city and its watershed.Read More →
Peach Bottom Township (USA) Ordinance: sustainable agriculture, community rights, and rights of nature
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
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
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
In 2008, the town of Halifax, Virginia passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and opposing corporate mining.Read More →