VIEWPONTS
Perspectives on Earth Jurisprudence
Begonia Filgueria, “About Time for Rights of Nature?”
Barry Law Review, Fall 2008: Issue dedicated to Earth jurisprudence
Copyright © 2008 Barry Law Review
Copyright © 2008 Barry Law Review
- Pat Siemen, “Earth Jurisprudence: Toward Law in Nature’s Balance,” 11 Barry L. Rev. 1
- Cormac Cullinan, “Do Humans Have Standing to Deny Trees Rights?” 11 Barry L. Rev. 11
- Glen-Peter Ahlers, Sr., “Earth Jurisprudence: A Pathfinder,” 11 Barry L. Rev. 121
Berry, Thomas, “The Origin, Differentiation and Role of Rights.”
Boyle, Simon, “On Thin Ice.”
Brown, Brian E., “Religion, Law, and the Land: Native Americans and the Judicial Interpretation of Sacred Land.” Greenwood Press, 1999.
Cullinan, Cormac, “If Nature Had Rights,” from Orion Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2008
Cullinan, Cormac, Wild Law and the Challenge of Climate Change.“Originally printed in the journal Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture (London, UK), Issue 37 Winter 2007:116-126.
Cullinan, Cormac, “Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice,” Green Books (UK), 2002.
“Framing an Earth Jurisprudence for a Planet in Peril”:
Greene, Herman, “What Is Earth Jurisprudence?” Introduction to Earth Jurisprudence Slide Presentation
Kimbrell, Andrew, “Cold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics.“
Koons, Judith, “Earth Jurisprudence: The Moral Value of Nature,” 25 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 263 (2008)
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Koons, Judith, “What Is Earth Jurisprudence?: Key Principles to Transform Law for the Health of the Planet,” 18 Penn State Envtl L. Rev. 47 (2009)
Nash, Roderick Frazier, “The Rights of Nature.” University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
Orr, David. “The Law of the Land“
Ortega, Roque Roldán, trans. Efraín Sánchez. “Indigenous Peoples of Colombia and the Law,” The Gaia Foundation (UK).
Rivers, Elizabeth, “Wild Law Spreads like Wildfire! Australia’s first conference on Wild Law,” UKELA e-law,Issue 55 – January 2010. Reprinted here with permission.
Rivers, Elizabeth, “How to Become a Wild Lawyer,” used here with permission from Environmental Law & Management, 18 (2006).
The Earth Charter created by global civil society.
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio Declaration , 1992.
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm Principles,, 1972 .
United Nations, World Charter for Nature, 1982.
Wood, Mary Christina, “Nature’s Trust: A Legal, Political, Economic, and
Moral Frame for Global Warming.”
Papers presented at the Wild Law Conference 2006: “Changing Environmental Law to Meet Global Challenges” based on the book ”Wild Law” by Cormac Cullinan and organized by the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association and the Environmental Law Foundation in association with the University of Brighton. The following articles originally appeared in Environmental Law & Management (2007) 19: 59-92, published by Lawtext Publishing, Ltd. and are used here with permission
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- Cormac Cullinan, “Sowing wild law”
- Norman Baker, MP, “Rebalancing the system: an agenda for change”
- Satish Kumar, “Economics and ecology – which comes first?”
- Elizabeth Rivers, “Creative regulation: how wild law can rehabilitate governance and regulation”
- Ian Mason, “Earth, rights and insects: a holistic approach to environmental law.”
Additional Papers from the Wild Law Conference 2006:
- Constitution of the State of Sabah (Malaysia)
- Cormac Cullinan, “Getting Real About Climate Change”
Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons (UK), Press Release (25 July 2007): ““Case Study: Are Biofuels Sustainable? - Brian Goodwin, “The Great Work of Transformation”
- Andrew Kimbrell, “Halting the Global Meltdown: Can Environmental Law play a Role?”
- Peter Roderick, “Climate Change in the Courts: Summary of Cases”
CELDF Democracy Schools
We are looking to collaborate with people and organizations to co-host CELDF Democracy Schools in Florida. Please contact us by e-mail or call (321) 206-5691 if you are interested in hosting in your area. Visit CELDF Democracy School for more information.
Upcoming CEJ Events
Sister Pat Siemen: Advancing Rights/Rites of Ecosystems
May 17, 2013 ~ 12:50 p.m.
During the Florida Native Plant Society 2013 Convention, themed Celebrating La Florida, The Land of Flowers
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Read more details here.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sister Pat Siemen: Awakening to Earth's Rights: Transformative Shift
May 26, 2013 ~ 10:30 a.m.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL
Contact: (904) 471-2047~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sister Pat Siemen: Planting Seeds of Earth Jurisprudence
June 4, 2013 ~ 7:00 p.m.
Tarflower Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society
Leu Gardens
Orlando, FLOther Upcoming Events
John Moran: Springs Eternal: Florida's Fragile Fountains of Youth
March 23 - December 15, 2013
Photographs from the recent and distant past combine with contemporary views to create a then-and-now narrative of Florida's springs.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
Contact: (352) 373-9718
Read more details here and please visit
John Moran's website.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Florida Native Plant Society: Celebrating La Florida, the Land of Flowers
May 16 - 19, 2013
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Read more details here.
Learning to See Naturally ~ Nature Journaling Workshops
Visit our nature journaling blog, Learning to See Naturally, for poems, photos, stories and other nature-inspired creative works from our workshop participants.
Worldwatch Institute RSS- Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions May 8, 2013New Worldwatch Institute study examines the agricultural sector’s impact on global greenhouse gas emissionsWashington, D.C.—Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 (the most recent year for which data are available), an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions. By com […]Maddy Traynor
- Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions May 8, 2013


