The Earth Trusteeship Initiative and The Hague Principles

By Klaus Bosselmann, 10 October 2018. Who owns the Earth? We all do. Or more correctly, none of us does. Earth is there for her own sake and not for us. But we can’t do without her. All life depends on Earth’s life-supporting systems. Yet, human development has reached a critical point that threatens the […]

Nature’s Rights Defended at the Tribunal on Human Rights, Fracking & Climate Change

By Lisa Mead, 8 October 2018. The first Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal session ever to focus on nature’s rights as well as human rights took place earlier this year, from 14-18 May 2018. The oral sessions were conducted entirely online over 5 days, using Zoom web conferencing technology. Lisa Mead and Michelle Maloney, both of ELGA’s […]