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Earth Law Center Blog
Corporations can help address today’s environmental crisis
How can corporations help alleviate the environmental crisis and in what ways is corporate sustainability falling short?
Earth Law Strengthens Move Towards Smarter Energy Choices
Earth Law can be used as a tool to revolutionize our use of energy sources, reduce our reliance on nonrenewable energy sources, and lessen our emissions of greenhouse gases.
Pollinators Need Rights, Too
Insects are small but important to virtually every ecosystem on Earth. Earth Law can help address the threats facing them today.
Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink
Addressing the global water crisis will require going beyond existing solutions.
Youth Find Voice and Hope through Activism
Climate change will affect subsequent generations more than us. That generation is already starting to speak up for their rights to a healthy, sustainable future.
Rights for the Coral Reefs
Coral reefs across the planet are under attack. How can Earth Law help protect these vital ecosystems?
Applying Earth Law to the Humane Treatment of Factory Farm Animals
How can Earth Law combat the inhumane treatment of animals in the agricultural industry?
Seeking Rights for Natural Forests in El Salvador
Sí Por La Naturaleza and ELC are partnering to protect El Salvador’s diminishing forests using a Rights of Nature framework.
Rights of the Pacific Ocean Initiative
A convention to legally recognize and protect the Rights of the Pacific Ocean is one way that Pacific Islanders can develop a system to adapt to, mitigate and address the root cause of climate change.
The Orchid and the Wasp: Toward Becoming Vegan and Establishing Earth Law
We can use a broader vision of veganism to mobilize environmentalism and the Earth Law movement more effectively.
Recycling 2.0 - Getting to Zero Waste
We are all consumers, and our consumption produces waste that has negative impacts on the environment. How can we be better, more conscious consumers and create less waste?
Young Doljanka River Defender Needs Your Help
Bosnia River Action Network Advocacy (BRANA) talks to Dženan Šašić, part of the fierce local movement resisting hydroelectric development on the Doljanka River in Slovenia.
Towards Plant Perception as a Case for the Rights of Nature: An Introduction
Our growing understanding of how plants interact with the environment can help us fight for Rights of Nature.
Earth Law for Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are facing multiple threats across the globe, but Earth Law can help save them.
Earth Law Center Advances Ocean Rights
Ocean Rights Manager at ELC Michelle Bender discusses Ocean Rights and the heart of the Earth Law approach.
How Earth Law Can Help Wildlife Corridors
In our increasingly urban world, wildlife corridors allowing free, safe movement for life are more important than ever.
Earth Law Communication Tips
Helen George discusses effective writing and communication techniques for Earth Law advocates.
Is the Green New Deal a Good Deal?
How does Earth Law and Rights of Nature fit into the new environmental plan from U.S. Democrats?
Earth Law Makes Economic Sense
Nature and the world’s economies are intertwined. Giving nature rights will benefit us materially as well as environmentally.
Costa Rica: paving the way for Rights of Nature?
Costa Rica is a model for conservation and green political action. Is Earth Law the next step?