How did the Global Pact initiative come into being, and where is it heading? The movement for creating a global legal framework for environmental protection can be traced back to the Stockholm Conference of 1972. This landmark event led to the creation of domestic environmental laws around the world.

I am aware that the rate of Covid-19 cases could easily spike again in New York, as it has in other states. Now that we are a few months into the pandemic, this game of chess between the government and the virus has shed light on a crucial lesson: that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

In this week’s blog we share writing from Anne Salmond, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland, prize-winning author on Māori life and one of New Zealand's most prominent scholars in history and anthropology. The following writing “Think like a Fish: Pacific Philosophies and Climate Change” was previously published as an afterward in the book, Pacific Climate Cultures: Living Climate Change in Oceania (De Gruyter Open Press).

What does life on Earth owe to Old Growth Forests, and how can we protect these ecosystems?

Legally recognizing the inherent rights of the Elliott State Forest could help strengthen its protection.

Plastic pollution on Earth is downright rampant. How can Earth Law help us reverse this trashy trend?

See how the Earth Law movement manifests itself across the world!

What is cryptobiotic soil, and what can we do as Earth Law advocates to protect it?

How can corporations help alleviate the environmental crisis and in what ways is corporate sustainability falling short?