What If Nature Had Rights?
RIGHTS OF NATURE 101 WEBINAR SERIES
how has RIGHTS OF NATURE become an international movement?
what might it be like to have rights of nature for our community?
Rights of Nature 101Webinar Series
Beginning June 17th, join us for Rights of Nature 101—a dynamic webinar series exploring the growing global movement to recognize ecosystems as legal entities with rights. Together, we’ll trace the history of Rights of Nature organizing in the Berkshires and the Northeast, learn from groundbreaking campaigns in Pittsburgh, PA and Orange County, FL, and hear from Indigenous leaders whose communities have long honored the Earth as a living relative. This series offers an accessible introduction to the legal, cultural, and spiritual foundations of this movement—rooted in the belief that protecting nature begins with recognizing its inherent right to exist, thrive, and evolve.
Taught by esteemed guests from the center for democratic & environmental rights:
Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel,
and Frank Bibeau, Director of the Tribal Rights of Nature Program in the United States
Thomas Linzey serves as Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights. He is widely recognized as the founder of the contemporary community rights movement which has resulted in the adoption of hundreds of municipal laws across the United States. Further, he drafted the very first rights of nature law in the world (Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania, 2006), and consulted on the very first rights of nature constitutional provisions (Ecuador Constitution, 2008).
Frank Bibeau is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and has spent most of his life on Leech Lake Reservation in Ball Club, Minnesota. Frank is a Tribal Attorney working extensively with Chippewa treaty rights, civil rights and sovereignty, on and off reservation. Frank also processes wild rice and smokes whitefish in Ball Club. Frank serves as Executive Director for the 1855 Treaty Authority.
WELCOME & INVITATION VIDEO
