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Rights of Nature laws are becoming a vital tool for addressing environmental injustice. From New Zealand and India to Ecuador and Bolivia, advocates have successfully secured legal rights for rivers, forests, and mountains. Granting rights to nature has the potential to expand environmental protections, strengthen indigenous rights, promote sustainable development, and alter how humans relate to nature. Despite these promises, rights of Nature laws have met with greater resistance in some countries than in others.

The world's preeminent environmental organization began with a layer of soot on the windowsill of a Greenwich Village apartment. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) founder John H. Adams, a pioneer of environmental action, was working as a lawyer for the U.S. Attorney's office when he and fellow lawyers teamed up to form a grassroots environmental advocacy group.

This podcast is meant to create a space to talk about community-oriented climate justice. As students at the University of Oregon, we are constantly surrounded by passionate activism and rich academic research. Our goal is to serve as a platform for different people and organizations that are doing climate justice work. We are interested in giving a voice to perspectives that aren’t always foregrounded by interviewing people of all demographics. Although the podcast is based out of the Eugene community, we address topics that are widely relevant. We hope to provide knowledge that can be a ...