Exploring Environmental Law, Activism, and the Rights of Nature

This is the second blog post in a series of three. The first blog post looked at what it means to be for Nature, in particular the idea of social ecology. This second blog post will look at how we understand society. The third in the series will then look at what this means for law, expanding from Earth Jurisprudence to what I have termed ‘Interconnected Law’.

I’m writing these blog posts to share what I’ve learned and how my thinking has developed since I first encountered Earth Jurisprudence about seven years ago.

The release of The Felling Film, which catalogues the years-long struggle by local activists in Sheffield to stop their street trees being destroyed by the local city council, is an excellent excuse to look back and take stock of that campaign and the many lessons it can teach UK nature protectors.

Arguably, injustice cannot be fixed by repeating the same economic models and patterns of exploitation that are the very cause of it.

A summary of our work and updates from 2021 at Lawyers for Nature.

We need ‘wild lawyers’, ‘lawyers for nature’ or ‘earth lawyers’: those committed to enacting and upholding the Rights of Nature through whatever legal avenues and means that are available.

In October 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed the much-awaited Resolution 48/13, which recognises the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Lawyers for Nature is proud to be associated with UKELA (UK Environmental Law Association), the leading membership organisation for anyone interested in environmental law.

Analysis of the most recent report published by the IPCC.