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When recently elected Deputy Mayor Debra Mar was a Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor, she noticed a rising anxiety in people as she listened to her community, particularly ...

The world has reached an acute point in the “highway to climate hell”. Talks at Cop27 barely achieved anything, despite the fact that almost ...

The Stop Ecocide campaign aims to criminalize destroying the environment – and save our collective home in the process.

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PRESS RELEASE BY AELA

AELA commends the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for passing a resolution last night (18 October 2022), to explore the concept of Rights of Nature, as a foundational ...

The Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) has become the first Local Council – and in fact the first Government entity – in Australia, to embed ‘Rights of Nature’ as a ...

As a new space race kicks off, more countries and businesses are heading to the Moon and beyond.

A ...

A positive story in the middle of lockdown:

Plaintiff: Humanity.
Defendant: The whole ecosystem.

Diane Evers, a Member of the Western Australian Parliament, has introduced a Bill to recognise the Rights of Nature and Future Generations. This is the first time that legislation aiming ...