Ground-breaking news, but the protection rests on the will of those assigned the enforcement of those laws. Given Brazil’s history of rain forest protection, the future appears uncertain. Rights of nature are urgently needed […]
This needs to happen in Florida because our current lack of leadership will not save us. The Tampa Bay Times does not provide a link to this article. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
Changing the balance of power of moneyed corporations by electing new legislators has not produced results in Florida. That is why we see the need of nature’s rights guaranteed in our constitution. The only people […]
Although this does not deal geographically with Florida, the concept and problems are the same so if interested, please join this group. We have no leadership in Tallahassee so this may be Florida’s only salvation. […]
The following announcement comes from the Sierra Club. Since way too many of our Florida politicians use their power for self enrichment or campaigning for the next election, we have found that this might be […]
This concept of the rights of nature is tied into the critical amendment “Right to Clean & Healthy Waters” which we hope to see on the 2024 ballot. If we want to save the […]
OSFR had a presence at the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council at its monthly meeting in Lake City on Thursday evening, Sept. 26, 2019. Board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson spoke to the Council of the […]
SAFEBOR, (Santa Fe River Bill of Rights,) is a movement by local environmentalists to establish an amendment to Alachua County’s charter to provide rights to the river to protect it from harm. This is […]
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