Book Chapters
Journal Articles
- “Is the Earth Happy? Increasing Socio-Ecological Well-Being through Earth-Centered Governance,” Journal of Gross National Happiness and Law (Upcoming 2025)
- “Implementing Nature’s Rights through Regulatory Standards,” Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 20:3 (Winter 2019)
- “Implementing Rights of Nature through Sustainability Bills of Rights,” New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, Vol. 13, Issue 1, 89-106 (June 2015)
- “Rights of the Waterway,” Waterkeeper Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2011)
- “The Practice of Ecosystem Rights,” Groundswell, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (Spring 2010)
- “New Blue Legacy: California’s Waterkeepers are Pioneering America’s First Marine National Parks,” Waterkeeper Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Summer 2009)
- “The EEC’s Proposed Directive for Civil Liability for Damage Caused by Waste: Taking over When Prevention Fails,” 18 Ecology Law Quarterly 405 (1991)
Curricula
- Curriculum for Earth Law course, Vermont Law School (July 2012, updated through July 2016)
- Curriculum for Earth Law in Praxis graduate student course, California Institute of Integral Studies (2015)
- Curriculum for Earth Law graduate student course, California Institute of Integral Studies (2014)
Reports
- Coastal Waters Conservation Advisory Panel, “Advancing 30×30: Conservation of Coastal Waters” (2021)
- Stanford Law School and Earth Law Center, “California Water Governance for the 21st Century” (2017)
- “Fighting for Our Shared Future: Co-Violations of Rights” (2015 and 2016 update)
- “Perspectives on the Clean Water Act,” in Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Forty Years after the Clean Water Act (2012)
Blogs
- “Rights Violations Associated with Fracking,” in Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case against Fracking and Climate Change , T. Kerns and K. Moore, ed. (Oregon State Univ. Press April 2021)
- “World’s First Water Futures Exchange Threatens Fundamental Right to Water” (December 16, 2020)
- “COVID-19 Lessons for Environmental Law and Policy” (August 28, 2020)
- “Taking Action for Racial Justice” (June 14, 2020)
- “The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day” (May 6, 2020)
- Wikipedia, “Rights of Nature” (page launched April 2020); 12,000 hits from July 6-7, 2020 feature on Wikipedia main page
- “Earth Day’s 50th Sees Explosion in Rights of Nature Movement Worldwide,” Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (April 22, 2020)
- “Climate Challenges Call for Just Climate Solutions,” Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (March 20, 2019)
- “No One Is above Nature’s Rule of Law,” Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (Jan. 24, 2019)
- “Legal Systems Need to Evolve to Recognize Rights of Nature,” Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (Nov. 13, 2017)
- “United Nations Takes up Rights of Nature,” Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (April 27, 2017)
- “Time to Choose: Violate the Earth, or Create a Respectful Energy Future?” Center for Humans and Nature (2017)
- “Commentary on ‘Against Ecocide: Legal Protection for Earth’,” Tellus Institute (Aug. 2016)
- “Sustainability Bill of Rights: A New Paradigm to Protect Environment and People,” with Mark Gold, HuffPost Los Angeles (April 11, 2013)
- “Clean Water Act 2.0: Rights of Waterways,” HuffPost Green (Oct. 15, 2012)
- “MIT Systems Thinking Conference Provides Invaluable Lessons for Environmental Protection,” MIT Systems Design and Management (Dec. 2010)
- “Watery Balancing Act” (July 1, 2010), SFGate
- “Bringing Our Lives Back Home – to the Beach” (June 24, 2010), SFGate
- “World Ocean’s Day Blowout” (June 4, 2010), SFGate
Legal Statements and Analyses
- “Amicus Curiae Letter to the Imbabura Provincial Court of Justice, Constitutional Protection Action No. 10332-2018-00640, with regard to the Los Cedros Protective Forest” (Jan. 2019)
- “Amicus Curiae Letter to the Pastaza Provincial Court, Action No: 16171-2019-00001, with regard to the Waorani People of Pastaza” (April 2019)
- “The Role of Nature’s Rights in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,” UN General Assembly, Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature (April 2017)
- “UN Virtual Dialogue on Harmony with Nature: Earth Jurisprudence” (2016)
- “Closing Remarks of Linda Sheehan, Co-Prosecutor, International Rights of Nature Tribunal” (Paris, Dec. 2015)
- (NYC, April 2014)
- “Caring for Home through Nature’s Rights,” UN General Assembly, Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature (NYC, April 2013)
- “Canadian Rights of Nature Strategies” (April 2013)