Rush Township (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature
In 2006, Rush Township in Pennsylvania recognizing rights of nature and banning corporations from the land application of sewage sludge within the township.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.
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 →
Montgomery County (USA) Ordinance: anti-corporate takings and local self-governance
Members of CELDF drafted an ordinance for Montgomery County in Virginia recognizing rights of nature and residents’ rights to a healthy environment in 2006.Read More →
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 →
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 →