Launch of Earth Law Portal to Transform Ideas to Action
Launch of Earth Law Portal to Transform Ideas to Action
Every day we see troubling news of climate change impacts or environmental degradation around the globe, reminding us that we need to transform ideas to action for a healthier planet. Flooding in Pakistan. Areas of the Amazon rainforest and Earth’s climate reaching new tipping points.
Earth Law is the body of law that evolves legal and governance systems to view Nature as a living being, recognizing our human responsibilities to and interdependent relationship with the environment. This legal movement is emerging worldwide with frequent new developments. Just this year: Panama passed a Rights of Nature law, Mar Menor ecosystem was recognized as a legal entity, and the Convention on Biological Diversity increased support for the Rights of Mother Earth. But to further momentum, we need a method to scale these efforts and provide access to robust and effective legal models.
Earth Law Portal
Earth Law Center and partners will launch a portal called Earth Law: Transforming Ideas to Action for a Healthier Planet in summer 2023. This will be a digital portal and repository of Earth Law legal models and templates. Here, legislators, activists, and others can customize and download Earth laws—much like other law template sites, but for the planet!
This new initiative will generate a user-friendly website to mainstream Earth-centered laws (e.g. Rights of Nature, Rights of Future Generations, Right to a Healthy Environment, Indigenous Inherent Relationships, Rights of Mother Earth, etc.). Many of these movements are already advancing around the world. Our vision for Earth Law is to amplify these efforts and partner with organizations and allies to make best practices and resources accessible to all—-to empower communities, governments and everyone to take action for Nature.
In addition, the portal will provide educational resources to grow awareness and understand how to implement these templates. By seeking to restore balance to our relationship with Nature, we collectively protect human well-being by contributing to the protection of ecosystems that support all life.
ELC is excited to advance this initiative, and will keep readers informed with updates as it progresses. If you have any questions about Earth Law, or your organization has interest in partnering with us (to share your templates or resources within the shared portal), we invite you to send queries to info@earthlaw.org.
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