Global Alliance for Rights of Nature

"In September 2010, a groundbreaking International Gathering for Rights of Nature met in Patate, Ecuador.  The gathering included individuals and organizations from four continents who have worked to promote the recognition of Rights of Nature. Participants traveled from South Africa, the United States, Australia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador to participate.  Their intention was to explore ways to expand the concept of Rights of Nature as an idea whose time has come.  They recognized the unique opportunity to further galvanize the momentum of Ecuador’s recent adoption of  Rights of Nature in its Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth from the People’s Conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and growing community developments in the United States.  Out of this four-day meeting, the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature was formed...

"The Global Alliance also aims to become a platform to share the experience and expertise of its Founding Members. Among these organizations are: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund [CELDF] in the United States, which helps community groups and municipalities write and adopt laws that assert community rights, including the rights of nature; Fundación Pachamama and Pachamama Alliance that promoted the incorporation of Rights for Nature into the Ecuadorian Constitution; and EnAct International whose Director, Cormac Cullinan wrote the groundbreaking book Wild Law, A Manifesto for Earth Justice which played a significant role in informing and inspiring a growing international movement to recognize Rights for Nature."

Executive Committee
Accessed December 2013:


 * Mari Margill
 * Cormac Cullinan
 * Natalia Greene
 * Bill Twist
 * Vandana Shiva
 * Michelle Maloney
 * Liz Rivers

Staff
 * Robin R. Milam - Administrative Director

Founding Organizations and Members
Accessed December 2013:

Latin America
 * Fundación Pachamama, Ecuador www.pachamama.org.ec
 * Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazónico (CEDIA) www.cedia.org.pe
 * Shinai www.shinai.org.pe
 * Fundación Herencia www.herencia.org.bo
 * Comité Permanente de la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos www.cdh.org.ec
 * Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia www.texacotoxico.org
 * Comité de Solidaridad con Bolivia
 * Ecolex, Corporación de Gestión y Derecho Ambiental www.ecolex-ec.org
 * Fundación Ambiente y Sociedad www.ambienteysociedad.org

North America
 * Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) www.celdf.org
 * Global Exchange www.globalexchange.org
 * Pachamama Alliance www.pachamama.org
 * Council of Canadians www.canadians.org

Australia
 * Australian Earth Laws Alliance (Formerly Earth Laws) http://www.earthlaws.org.au/

Africa
 * EnAct International www.enact-international.com

Europe
 * Gaia Foundation www.gaiafoundation.org
 * WildLaw UK www.wildlawuk.org

Asia
 * Navdanya International www.Navdanya.org

Expansion Members
 * A1 Builders & Adaptations Design Studio http://a1builders.ws/
 * Active Remedy Ltd www.activeremedy.org.uk/
 * Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (“AEHR”) www.ehumanrights.org
 * Alfombra Bird Observatory, Costa Rica
 * L’Association Citoyenne pour le Suivi, l’Etude et l’Information sur les Programmes d’Intervention Climatiques et Atmosphériques (ACSEIPICA) acseipica.blogspot.com
 * Beautiful Economy www.beautifuleconomy.com/
 * Beyond War www.BeyondWar.com
 * Biodiversity Matters www.biodiversitymatters.org (Canada) Michael Leveille - Executive Director of Biodiversitymatters - also works at St-Laurent Academy
 * Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa www.bdaasa.org.za
 * BioHabitats www.biohabitats.com
 * Canadians for Action on Climate Change www.climatesoscanada.org/
 * Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON) www.cecoedecon.org.in
 * Center for Earth Jurisprudence www.earthjuris.org/
 * Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental www.ceda.org.ec
 * Chelsea Green Publishing http://www.chelseagreen.com/
 * Community and Family Aid Foundation http://cafaf.webs.com/
 * COP10 http://www.cop10.org/
 * Crafty Sue www.craftysue.com/
 * Earth Junkies www.earthjunkies.org
 * Earth Justice www.earthjustice.org
 * Earth Law Center www.earthlawcenter.org/
 * Earth Life Institute www.earthlifeinstitute.eu/
 * Eco Cuba Exchange
 * Ecobirth – Women for Earth and Birth www.ecobirthwomenforearthandbirth.org
 * Ecologie Organics www.ecologieorganics.com.au
 * Edible Planet www.EdiblePlanet.org
 * Empowerment works www.EmpowermentWorks.org
 * The Enviro Show www.enviroshow.wordpress.com
 * Eradicating Ecocide www.eradicatingecocide.com
 * La Esperanto-Klubo Sudtirolo esperantosudtirolo.wordpress.com
 * Flutewalker Musical Arts www.flutewalker.com
 * Food and Trees for Africa www.trees.co.za
 * Foundation for a Sustainable Future www.sustainable-future.org
 * FourYears.Go www.fouryearsgo.org/
 * Gaia University www.gaiauniversity.org/
 * Global Advocates for Justice (Kenya) fssg.blogspot.com
 * Great Lakes Earth Institute www.glei.org
 * Hapicultuur http://hapicultuur.be/
 * Human Dimensions TV http://www.humandtv.com/
 * Humanity's Calling
 * Inter_Culture www.inter-culture.org
 * Iracambi en.Iracambi.com
 * Mercy Global Action www.mercyworld.org/
 * Native Women's Association of Canada www.nwac.ca
 * International Organization Childhood Cancer / Organizacion Internacional Del Cancer Infantil OICI www.OICI.com.ar
 * One World Awake www.OneWorldAwake.com
 * Oshen 2 Oschen
 * Pan African Climate Justice Alliance www.pacja.org
 * Panted Monkey – DOWS Radio
 * Polidoc Productions www.polidoc.com
 * Project 90 by 2030 www.90×2030.org.za
 * Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
 * Red Bear Healing Home Society www.redbearhealinghome.ca
 * Resistence – Holistic Health Studio http://www.resistense.com
 * Rights of Mother Earth Signature Campaign www.RightsOfMotherEarth.com
 * Share the World's Resources www.stwr.org
 * Solidaridad Internacional www.sol-inter.org
 * South Gate News www.south-gate-news.com/
 * Spreading Planetary Awarement www.facebook.com/spreadingplanetaryawareness
 * Tantra Foundation www.TantraFoundation.org
 * The Bridge (US) www.thebridgetampa.com
 * Transition Express www.TransitionExpress.vpweb.com
 * Uganda Coalition www.ugandacoalition.or.ug
 * Vital Systems www.vitalsystemsca.com
 * Well Worn Theatre Company www.wellworn.org.za
 * Whale of A Time www.whaleofatime.org
 * Wiser Earth www.wiserearth.org/group/TechSkepticsUnited
 * Women's Earth and Climate Caucus www.iwecc.org
 * WonderWorks Consulting www.WonderWorksLeadership.com
 * Yoga et Sante www.yogaetsante.net/
 * Youth Ecology Club – Serbia
 * Zero Waste Kauai www.zerowastekauai.org
 * Ziraat Concentration of North America www.ziraat.org

Contact
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