Book Chapters

“Reframing Rights and Responsibilities to Prioritize Nature,” with Catherine Iorns Magallanes, in Law and Policy for a New Economy: Sustainable, Just, and Democratic, Melissa K. Scanlan, ed. (Edward Elgar Publ. 2017)

“Realizing Nature’s Rule of Law through Rights of Waterways,” in Rule of Law for Nature, Christina Voigt, ed. (Cambridge University Press 2013)

“Earth Day Revisited: Building a Body of Earth Law for the Next Forty Years,” in Exploring Wild Law:  The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence, Peter Burdon, ed. (Wakefield Press 2011)

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 21^st 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)