🎧 New #RightsofNature podcast episode! Nature’s Paramedics: Paraecology, Merging Science and Community Action 🌳🚑  We speak with Dr. Mika Peck about paraecology: the equivalent of a paramedic for the biodiversity and climate crises 👉 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature 🎨 Radha Jaramillo

With deep sorrow, GARN mourns the passing of Jane Goodall, one of the greatest defenders of life on our planet 🍃 🐒 Her tireless commitment to animals, ecosystems, and a more just and harmonious world with Nature has been a profound inspiration to our movement.

The Colorado River is this tribe’s ‘lifeblood,’ now they want to give it the same legal rights as a person https://f.mtr.cool/escdvtaitk

In case you missed it 🌿 GARN's Indigenous Council gathered at the People's Forum during Climate Week on the autumn equinox—a moment of balance—to emphasize that defending Indigenous rights and Rights of Nature are inseparable struggles that form the foundation of peace:

Talking Rivers will be hosting the Rights of Nature Answered Lab, a circle of law practitioners, policy scholars, students, and community organizers who will come together to discuss and answer questions about #Rights of #Nature within the context of New York State #law. Register: buff.ly/OYlADFx

I’m speaking at the Green Party conference on Friday so please come to our panel if you are going! We are discussing rights of nature and deputy leader Rachel Millward will also be on the panel as well as lawyers for nature founder Paul Powlesland. 💚

🌊 GARN proudly recognizes Callie Veelenturf as our Outstanding Member of the Month for her trailblazing work advancing Rights of Nature - from co-drafting Panama’s Rights of Nature Law 287, to helping pass a world-first law recognizing sea turtles as legal entities: garn.org/callie-veelenturf

It’s Time Rivers Stood Up For Their Own Rights Dr Rajendra Singh, revered as India’s “Waterman” for his five decades of work in reviving rivers, has called for urgent recognition of rivers as legal persons: https://f.mtr.cool/frrwvqllgl

🌍 #RightsofNature at #IUCNCongress2025 (Oct 9–12) This year, key motions call for recognizing ecosystems as living beings with inherent rights. Why it matters: these decisions shape global conservation & environmental law.  📣 Learn about the motions & how to support them: garn.org/uicn-2025

🌍💧 Rivers are more than water flowing through our lands: they are the lifeblood of our planet. Defending them means defending our future generations  🌱💪 This #WorldRiversDay, let’s honor rivers by protecting them, respecting their rights, and standing with the communities who safeguard them. 💙

🎙️🍃 Have you heard our newest podcast episode? Craig Kauffman dives into the Eco-Jurisprudence Monitor, a platform tracking the #RightsofNature movement across the globe.  🎧 Listen now to discover more: garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature

My first segment for Great Lakes Now. Grateful to be able to cover a topic like the rights of nature. We looked into NY's "Great Lakes Bill of Rights," & the history of the short-lived "Lake Erie Bill of Rights" (spoiler...it was challenged in court by agricultural company, Drewes Farms).

Leo Cerda, Casey Camp Horinek, and Julie Horinek opened the Indigenous Council Meeting at the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature during Climate Week in NYC. #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeek2025 #RightsOfNature #IndigenousLeadership

📖 Nuevo libro sobre #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza 🌿 de @fimaong.bsky.social  reúne miradas críticas desde la filosofía, el derecho y las ciencias para repensar nuestra relación con la Naturaleza. ⬇️ Descarga gratis: https://f.mtr.cool/amytcprple

While the dangerous effects of climate change continue to worsen, legal efforts to address a range of environmental issues are also on the rise: https://f.mtr.cool/ewgdgoayzq

‘If the reef had a voice, it'd sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef? As it faces mounting ecological threats, traditional owners and environmental lawyers call for a new approach: https://f.mtr.cool/cvnojeinwd

🌱 Alessandro Pelizzon on Episode 7 of our podcast: From building the GARN Academic Hub to redefining law as ecological jurisprudence, and re-seeing Nature as Country, as Gaia, a web of relations we live within. 🎧 Listen now & access all resources: garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature

The Most Environmentally Imaginative Country Is Under Assault: In Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa’s reforms are opening the door to mining, silencing civil society, and endangering the Rights of Nature https://f.mtr.cool/nbwlezcfpj

🌍International Rights of Nature Tribunal: Defending Earth, People and Climate against Fossil Fuels Tues, 23 Sept 2025 at 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET. People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York. RSVP ➡️https://luma.com/sawwtjvt

GARN is proud to be participating in the Global #DayOfListening2025 on Sep 21, 2025, a day for people around the world to pause, listen, and reconnect to the wisdom of the Earth. Make your pledge to listen where you live: https://f.mtr.cool/gnpwkabprf

🌊 Northern Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, Lough Neagh, is in crisis. Toxic algae blooms, pollution and political deadlock have pushed it to the brink. Can Rights of Nature offer a path to protection? 

🌊 El río Magdalena en Colombia ha sido reconocido como testigo y víctima del conflicto armado y sujeto de derechos, fuente de vida, cultura y sustento. https://f.mtr.cool/eylorfebfy

🗺️⚖️ In our newest episode of Conversations with Mother Nature, discover how the Eco-Jurisprudence Monitor is empowering activists, lawyers, policymakers, and researchers to turn data into action for environmental justice ✊ Listen now & access all resources ➡️ garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature

🌍 Webinar: The Road of the Rights of Nature to #COP30 - Join us for a pivotal conversation on why the Rights of Nature must be at the heart of global climate discussions. 🗓️ Wednesday, Oct 1, 2025 – 2:00 PM (Ecuador time) 👉 Register on Zoom: bit.ly/rights-of-nature-to-cop30 🗣️ Languages: EN / ES / PT

🌊 Are rivers alive? And what happens when the law begins to treat them that way? In this episode of Big Picture Science, writer Robert Macfarlane explores how Rights of Nature is reshaping our moral and legal relationship with rivers: https://f.mtr.cool/ynhxiuivuo

📢🌍 Why must the Rights of Nature be at COP30? The Amazon is on the brink. Extractivism is still disguised as "green transition." Climate negotiations continue to treat Nature as a resource, not a living entity with rights... but a different future is possible. 👇🧵

¡Ya estamos en vivo! 📹 Acompáñanos al lanzamiento del libro “Exploraciones interdisciplinarias de los derechos de la naturaleza” aquí: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pKb...

🌿 In Colombia and Ecuador, rivers and forests are going to court, and winning. From the Río Atrato to the Esmeraldas mangroves, Nature is no longer just scenery, it's a plaintiff. 📖 

🌱 Nearly two decades after Ecuador recognized Nature as a subject of rights, how far have we come, and where do we go next?  Read now in Spanish, English or Portuguese: https://f.mtr.cool/bvicsrmmfb

✨ ¿Cómo sería vivir en un mundo donde la Naturaleza tiene derechos? En este relato, nuestra directora Natalia Greene imagina un día cualquiera… dentro de 25 años, donde los Derechos de la Naturaleza ya no son una utopía. 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/uhdvlenhyb

🌍 New episode of our #RightsofNature podcast! How the Eco-Jurisprudence Monitor is turning data into action—from a global tracker & toolkit to stories on the ground. With Alessandro Pelizzon & Craig Kauffman. 🎧 Listen now, access resources & transcripts: garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature

🌍 #RightsofNature at the heart of #ClimateWeek2025: GARN is centering the voices of frontline communities and Indigenous leaders who defend Nature as a living entity with inherent rights.  Join us in New York and explore events by GARN and our amazing members: https://f.mtr.cool/hqyapoqazv

🌍 This new paper explores how Rights of Nature challenges the extractivist, anthropocentric foundations of the liberal world order, while also grappling with tensions: https://f.mtr.cool/skjhzmzjxj

Nuevo libro reúne miradas interdisciplinarias sobre los Derechos de la Naturaleza en América Latina 🌎 . ¡Y lo lanzaremos mañana en un webinar gratuito! 🗓️ Martes 2 a las 12 hrs ➡️ Regístrate aquí: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ¡Conoce más en la nota de Ladera Sur!

🌏 Should New Zealand enshrine Rights of Nature in its constitutional arrangements? As Ireland explores this path, Manu Caddie reflects on what Aotearoa can learn, and why it's time to elevate environmental rights in law: https://f.mtr.cool/feqgkzhcln

🌿 This month, we celebrate Stichting Rechten van de Natuur, led by Jessica den Outer, as GARN's Outstanding Member of the Month, for their groundbreaking work to advance the Rights of Nature in the Netherlands 🇳🇱  📢 More information: garn.org/stichting-rechten-van-de-natuur

The recent recognition of Taranaki maunga (Mount Taranaki) as a living legal person in Aotearoa New Zealand highlights a profound shift in how humans relate to the natural world: https://f.mtr.cool/mwxzymocur 🌏✨

🌊 What if rivers had legal rights? New Zealand’s Whanganui River was the first in the world to be recognized as a living legal person, with guardians to speak for it in court.  Excerpted from Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/uhrjmvlcjp

🌊 #RightsofNature win! German authorities have officially recognized Spain’s Mar Menor Lagoon as a foreign legal entity and subject of rights, after a citizen advocate of the lagoon requested environmental information from Saxony, one of Germany’s largest lignite-mining regions.

A propósito de la cumbre Amazónica: una reflexión sobre la crisis social y ambiental, y el papel de alternativas que incluyen los derechos de la Naturaleza. En Le Monde Diplomatique, ahora se puede leer en: www.eldiplo.info/frente-a-la-... Ojalá los gobiernos entiendan.

Republicans fighting to ensure that corporations have rights, but that nature has none, is the height of hypocrisy. Kudos to those - in Milwaukee, Green Bay, the state of Wisconsin and elsewhere - who are fighting for the rights of nature. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/08/21/r...

🌎 Nature has a voice—and you can help amplify it. From the Amazon to Antarctica, GARN works with communities, lawyers & activists to protect & restore the Earth 🌱 💚 Every contribution fuels the movement for a thriving planet where Nature’s rights are respected & defended. Donate now: garn.org/donate

🌿✨ Meet Mari Luz Canaquiri, Goldman Environmental Prize winner who lead a historic court victory recognizing the Marañón River’s rights in the Peruvian Amazon: https://f.mtr.cool/lhujicicpo

#OTCA2025: La Amazonía como sujeto de derechos, nuestra garantía de un futuro compartido La Alianza estuvo en Bogotá para demostrar que reconocer los Derechos de la Naturaleza y de la Amazonía es hoy una propuesta sólida para enfrentar la crisis climática www.garn.org/otca-2025

🌎 Are you a defender of the #RightsofNature? Join the GARN and be part of a powerful global movement. Membership is free! 🌱✨ 💚 Whether you’re an individual or part of an organization, your voice matters. Let's amplify it together! 🔗 Join us: garn.org/membership-form

“If my practice undermines your well-being—or Nature’s—it doesn’t belong in the pluriverse.” In our latest podcast episode, Ashish Kothari shares a radical vision of grassroots justice, interdependence, and ecological democracy. 🎧 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature

🌍 This insightful FT article explores how recent books by Robert Macfarlane and Tony Juniper challenge the traditional human-centered approach to environmental law and advocate for recognizing Nature’s legal personhood.: https://f.mtr.cool/gjkxbdobhw

El 22 de agosto, en Bogotá, Colombia, los presidentes de los 8 países amazónicos se reunirán en la V Cumbre de la #OTCA2025. Allí se decidirán compromisos cruciales sobre conservación, pueblos indígenas y el futuro de la Amazonía Más información: garn.org/cumbre-de-la-otca

Científicas de Ecuador y Puerto Rico promueven el diálogo entre ciencia, justicia ecológica y legislación ambiental en defensa de los Derechos de la Naturaleza. https://f.mtr.cool/aunusqjuat

🌿🌍 Who do environmental laws really protect? @garnyouthhub.bsky.social  and Youth for Ecocide Law explore how Ecocide Law and Rights of Nature can transform our legal systems: