Tickets still available for our first ever Nature for Lawyers event: The Nightingale Walks! Now to be held exclusively on Saturday 11th of May.

Paul Powlesland

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In our latest blog, Paul Powlesland tells the story of Hoad’s Wood, used as an illegal landfill and ignored by authorities.

This shows that Rights of Nature and Guardianship are needed -- imagine how it could have been otherwise!

Rescue Hoad's Wood 🍃💚🍃

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You may have seen the #WeAreNature campaign we launched earlier this week!

There's more detail in this blog post: Jessie Mond Wedd tells us more about how the campaign started, why definitions matter, and the negotiations with the OED.

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UK dictionaries exclude humans from their definitions of nature. But language matters & if we want to repair our relationship with nature - we also need to redefine it & recognise that #WeAreNature . Join the campaign and sign the petition here: wearenature.org

Announcing our new campaign: #WeAreNature , joint with Frieda Gormley and Javvy Royle of House of Hackney.

Dictionary definitions treat nature as separate from humans, but we think humans are part of Nature. We want to change that. See more and sign:

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Announcing our new campaign: #WeAreNature , joint with House of Hackney.

Dictionary definitions treat nature as separate from humans, but we think humans are part of Nature. We want to change that.

See more and sign the petition.

wearenature.org

Are you in the legal profession? Interested in learning more about and connecting with the natural world?

Lawyers for Nature presents ‘Nature for Lawyers: The Nightingale Walks’. Join Paul Powlesland for an evening out in Nature listening to bird song!

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'Lawyers are shaking off the profession’s dusty old image, as they join campaigners to protect the planet and find creative ways to transform business as usual.' - Pioneers Post

Read about our work and other lawyers fighting for Nature here:
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Our latest blog post by Luna Andersen, analysing the forthcoming EU 'comparable to ecocide' Directive.

Despite not going as far as the Stop Ecocide campaign pushed for, it is nonetheless a monumental development in environmental law.

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Destruction of a precious ancient bluebell woodland in the Kent countryside under a deluge of illegal landfill waste shows the utter failure of environmental law, complete inaction by the authorities & increasing lawlessness in the UK. Let me tell you the story of Hoads Wood 🧵

Our latest blog post on business and nature in light of the recent CCLI Opinion.

Recognising ecological entanglements of business is significant -- but it's vital to go beyond awareness. How about businesses respecting Rights of Nature?

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Nature on the Board has been featured on #TheArchers !

We are so proud to see the Nature on the Board movement continue to grow and this is fantastic work by the BBC, helping to push the concept into the mainstream.

Listen below!

BBC Radio 4

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What happens when a 200 year old oak tree takes the Secretary of State for Climate and Ecological Breakdown to court?

Lucy Neal shares her experience of staging a play to imagine a future in which a Rights of Nature court case takes place.

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Rights of Nature in The Times! An excellent article by Henry Bird following our government’s poorly argued dismissal of the concept last week. This piece points to the key role of guardianship in bringing about a Rights of Nature approach in the UK.

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“It is only by once again regarding Nature as sacred and then putting that sacredness into practice in our legal, political, economic and social systems, that we have any chance of truly saving the river that you love.” - Paul Powlesland

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'We live on a planet with finite resources, and the capitalism model does not support that. We need to explore ways to do business that reflect the impact that we have.” - Hannah Cox (betternotstop | Hannah)

The Better Business Network puts Nature on the Board:
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It turns out Better Business DOES mean Nature sits on the Board...

We spoke to the Network and their first Nature Director: lawyersfornature.com/the-better-bus…

The Better Business Network

'I believe that the Rights of Nature will be to the 21st Century what human rights were to the 20th Century and we're just at the start of that journey.' - Paul Powlesland

Read about the ceremony held to recognise the importance of the River Wye here:

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📢Today Herefordshire became first local council in UK to welcome a river as part of the council. Conservative led HerefordshireCouncil conducted ceremony for #Wye pledging to “bring the river into the council”, leading the way in recognising essential role of rivers in fabric of life🧵

“RoN developments are vital to ensure protection of the natural world, which in turn secures the healthy environment humans need. It’s obvious that our existing political system and regulatory regimes have failed to prevent ecological destruction.”

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