If corporations have rights, why not Nature? ** The film will be available for a 24 hour period starting Friday, June 10 at 6 pm till Saturday, June 11 at 6 pm. There will be a zoom discussion of the film June 12th at 2 pm EST. The link and password to view the film...
New Book: Death by Democracy
Death By Democracy - Protecting Water and Life: Frontline Stories from Ohioans Fighting Corporate and State Power is a collection of stories told by grassroots activists across the state. Each story details the efforts of community-led ballot initiatives that...
NCRN 2021: End of the Year Newsletter
Dear Friends,As 2021 comes to a close, we pause to reflect on the challenges as well as the connections that we experienced this year. As a network made up of individuals, groups and state affiliates, our efforts, though directed towards different issues using...
2021 Our year in review
Weekly Silent Vigil for BIPOC We are proud of our accomplishments this year. As we reflect on 2021, much gratitude arises for the many people who have supported us in our endeavors. We: Wrote a Community Bill of Rights with Buckingham neighbors impacted by a potential...
PRESS RELEASE: There’s gold in Virginia, but it won’t make you rich.
. Haile, South Carolina industrial gold mine For Immediate Release Contact: Chad Oba, chado108@icloud.com, 434-806-6332Heidi Dhivya Berthoud, heidi@vacommunityrights.org,...
My Turn: The case for local self-governance
LTE by Douglas Darrell: At some point in time in your community, you will be confronted with a corporate project, such as a landfill, gravel pit, high voltage power lines, fossil fuel pipeline, commercial water extraction, mountaintop removal wind turbines or sludge...
Help, I’ve Been Colonized and I Can’t Get Up (1998) (Take a lawyer and an expert to a hearing and call me in a decade…)
Are Regulatory Agencies a Good Thing? by Jane Anne Morris A third of your friends are locked down in an old growth grove or at a corporate headquarters, with law enforcement officers rubbing pepper spray in their eyes. Another third are preparing testimony so you can...
Challenging traditional Law: CELDF and NLG
Rights of Nature (recognition that all life has equal right to exist, thrive and evolve) is the fastest-growing legal and ethical movement in the world. Our legal system shapes our worldview. Advancing social and environmental justice requires us to take a closer look...
Podcast: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: A SHIFT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
Wild Virginia interviewed the Virginia Community Rights Network (VACRN) about their work in elevating the rights of Nature and Communities who value nature as a whole. VACRN represents a new paradigm in how to fight for the environment, as part of the environment....
Actor Mark Ruffalo Joins INVISIBLE HAND to Release World’s First Documentary on the Rights of Nature Movement
Join Mark Ruffalo and directors Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman for the virtual world premiere of INVISIBLE HAND on September 4th, 2020 at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. They will be joined by cast to take questions or comments from the public. Visit...