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Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Waves in Brazil granted Rights of Nature: Analysis

Waves in Brazil granted Rights of Nature: Analysis

Standing up for Rights of Nature - Election special

Standing up for Rights of Nature - Election special

The English Rights of Nature Landscape

The English Rights of Nature Landscape

Garden of Tomorrow Festival: We Are Nature

Garden of Tomorrow Festival: We Are Nature

The Destruction of Hoad’s Wood – and the need for Rights of Nature

The Destruction of Hoad’s Wood – and the need for Rights of Nature

We Are Nature – the campaign to change the dictionary definition of Nature

We Are Nature – the campaign to change the dictionary definition of Nature

From Nature Aware to Nature Positive Business

From Nature Aware to Nature Positive Business

LFN's Submission to Scottish Government Human Rights Consultation

LFN's Submission to Scottish Government Human Rights Consultation

Report: Realising Rights of Nature: Understanding the Variety of Legal Instruments

Report: Realising Rights of Nature: Understanding the Variety of Legal Instruments

Newsletter: 2023 So Far!

Newsletter: 2023 So Far!

#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

How to Make Rights of Nature Possible: A Newcomers' Guide to Changing Our Relationship with Nature

How to Make Rights of Nature Possible: A Newcomers' Guide to Changing Our Relationship with Nature

River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers: Definitions and Declarations in the Movement

Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers: Definitions and Declarations in the Movement

Where else can we go: climate activists have so much to say, but can they do it at COP27?

Where else can we go: climate activists have so much to say, but can they do it at COP27?

Paul Powlesland is elected to the Bar Council on a climate action mandate that advocates ‘Justice for All’

Paul Powlesland is elected to the Bar Council on a climate action mandate that advocates ‘Justice for All’

Rights of Nature in Ireland – Towards a Living Island of Rights-Bearing Communities: Submission to the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Rights of Nature in Ireland – Towards a Living Island of Rights-Bearing Communities: Submission to the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Case Study: Nature on the Board at Faith in Nature

Case Study: Nature on the Board at Faith in Nature

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 3)

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 3)

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 2)

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 2)

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 1)

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Journey from Denial to Active Hope (Part 1)

Request for Support in Representing Communities: Places for Everyone Examination in Public Hearings

Request for Support in Representing Communities: Places for Everyone Examination in Public Hearings

Being for Nature: Introducing Interconnected Law

Being for Nature: Introducing Interconnected Law

Being for Nature: Thinking about Society

Being for Nature: Thinking about Society

Being for Nature: Introducing Social Ecology

Being for Nature: Introducing Social Ecology

The Felling Film: An Epic Tale of People Power

The Felling Film: An Epic Tale of People Power

Event: Bristol Natural History Consortium's Festival of Nature 2022

Event: Bristol Natural History Consortium's Festival of Nature 2022

Who Pays for the Climate Debt?

Who Pays for the Climate Debt?

Nature Rights are Human Rights: The UN Human Rights Council Resolution on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Nature Rights are Human Rights: The UN Human Rights Council Resolution on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Careers Advice Session: Hear from Lawyers for Nature

Careers Advice Session: Hear from Lawyers for Nature

Analysis: The 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Analysis: The 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Event: LFN x PGMBM 'Rights of Nature' Hackathon, London 2022

Event: LFN x PGMBM 'Rights of Nature' Hackathon, London 2022

Video Blog: The 1st Lawyers for Nature Volunteer Webinar 2022

Video Blog: The 1st Lawyers for Nature Volunteer Webinar 2022

Calling all Earth Lawyers

Calling all Earth Lawyers

End of Year Review 2021: Growing an Exciting Future at Lawyers for Nature

End of Year Review 2021: Growing an Exciting Future at Lawyers for Nature

Case Study: Save the Footbridge Oaks Campaign

Case Study: Save the Footbridge Oaks Campaign

COP26: US-China Joint Declaration Pledges Enhanced Cooperation to Tackle Climate Change

COP26: US-China Joint Declaration Pledges Enhanced Cooperation to Tackle Climate Change

COP26 and the Climate Crisis: Draft Agreement Avoids Tackling Critical Issues as World Leaders Continue to Pass the Buck

COP26 and the Climate Crisis: Draft Agreement Avoids Tackling Critical Issues as World Leaders Continue to Pass the Buck

The Potential of the COP26 Declaration on Forests and Land Use as a Nature-Based Solution to the Climate Crisis

The Potential of the COP26 Declaration on Forests and Land Use as a Nature-Based Solution to the Climate Crisis

Report from COP26 in Glasgow, 2021: A Tale of Two COPs

Report from COP26 in Glasgow, 2021: A Tale of Two COPs

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Oct
17
COP16 Position Paper

COP16 Position Paper

Lawyers for Nature are excited to be attending the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
1 min read
Aug
07
Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Last week, LFN founder Paul Powlesland was called to serve on a jury. For his oath, he decided to swear on what was most sacred to him: nature, via the River Roding, represented in the courtroom by a water sample in a small bottle.
3 min read
Aug
05
Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Join us at our first 'Nature for Lawyers' event.
1 min read
Jul
17
Photo showing a perfect surfing wave breaking

Waves in Brazil granted Rights of Nature: Analysis

Alex May shares some thoughts on this recent Rights of Nature implementation, reflecting on the fact it’s primarily for human benefit and that an inorganic flow pattern is the legal subject.
7 min read
Jun
26
Poster hanging from a ceiling saying 'The flowers of tomorrow are planted in the seeds of today'

We are the Garden of Tomorrow

We’ve been reflecting on our time at the Garden of Tomorrow from House of Hackney. Here's what we learned.
3 min read
Jun
24
Photo of people marching on a road with a banner saying 'Restore Nature Now'

Standing up for Rights of Nature - Election special

Raising Rights of Nature with political candidates ahead of the General Election.
2 min read
May
19
Map of the UK with pins listing various initiatives

The English Rights of Nature Landscape

Alex May and Paul Powlesland survey the current initiatives and Rights of Nature movement in England.
9 min read
May
17
The image is a poster for the festival listing slogans and speakers on a forest background.

Garden of Tomorrow Festival: We Are Nature

We are excited to share with you the Garden of Tomorrow Festival in June, on the theme 'We Are Nature'.
1 min read
May
04
Picture shows a huge pile of rubbish in the foreground with woods behind.

The Destruction of Hoad’s Wood – and the need for Rights of Nature

Paul Powlesland tells the tragic story of Hoad’s Wood, used as a landfill and ignored by authorities, and how it shows we need Rights of Nature and guardianship.
9 min read
May
04
LFN and Sheffield Tree Action Group logos

Rights of Nature and Guardianship for Sheffield Trees

Paul Powlesland, barrister and Rights of Nature campaigner who acted for Sheffield activists, proposes that trees should have Rights of
5 min read