https://youtu.be/DtK_e5WpIM0 DONATE TODAY: http://bit.ly/movementrights We cannot stop climate chaos when the law treats the Earth as property. Movement Rights works with tribes and communities to align human laws with the…
https://youtu.be/12JinXMK4lM We have so much to learn from each other. And from the indigenous people who are the world's best protectors of the earth, the Maori have been fighting to…
The Whanganui Chapter by Neeta Lind (Diné), Director of Community, Daily Kos ABOUT THIS SERIES: In 2018 Movement Rights led a delegation of Indigenous and Rights of Nature Advocates from…
“The law as we know it recognizes the earth and ecosystems as human property,” said Shannon Biggs, a co-founder of Movement Rights, which advocates for nature’s rights. “Corporations can frack in communities or blow off the tops of mountains — that’s a privilege that’s been granted to corporations in this country. That’s not going to go easily.”
After two months of raging fires in Bolivia, the rains came to the rescue of the forests, displaced animals and Indigenous tribes. Indigenous peoples have blood marches throughout the country to…
By Shannon Biggs, co-founder, Movement Rights If we ever needed a reminder that we are all connected, the Amazon Rainforest provides. With every breath you take, 20% of that air…
In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting rivers and reefs with "rights of nature"
By Nicky Kay Michael, PhD Via Native Hoop Today's Indigenous warriors, are Frontliners. They face off with private security dogs, are imprisoned in dog cages, and experience militarized psychological warfare…
By Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights “Was that an earthquake?” As rivers swelled, floods surged, the earth shook, and tornadoes whipped across Oklahoma—more than 200 Indigenous,…
Via Mongabay News Bolivia has “violated the rights of nature and of indigenous peoples as defenders of Mother Earth and have failed to comply with its obligation to respect, protect,…
