Lawyers for Nature

Lawyers for Nature

UK
Aug
07
Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Nature in Court – as Jury Oath

Last week, LFN founder Paul Powlesland was called to serve on a jury. For his oath, he decided to swear on what was most sacred to him: nature, via the River Roding, represented in the courtroom by a water sample in a small bottle.
3 min read
Aug
05
Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Event: Introduction to Nature for Lawyers

Join us at our first 'Nature for Lawyers' event.
1 min read
Jun
26
Poster hanging from a ceiling saying 'The flowers of tomorrow are planted in the seeds of today'

We are the Garden of Tomorrow

We’ve been reflecting on our time at the Garden of Tomorrow from House of Hackney. Here's what we learned.
3 min read
Jun
24
Photo of people marching on a road with a banner saying 'Restore Nature Now'

Standing up for Rights of Nature - Election special

Raising Rights of Nature with political candidates ahead of the General Election.
2 min read
May
17
The image is a poster for the festival listing slogans and speakers on a forest background.

Garden of Tomorrow Festival: We Are Nature

We are excited to share with you the Garden of Tomorrow Festival in June, on the theme 'We Are Nature'.
1 min read
May
04
Picture shows a huge pile of rubbish in the foreground with woods behind.

The Destruction of Hoad’s Wood – and the need for Rights of Nature

Paul Powlesland tells the tragic story of Hoad’s Wood, used as a landfill and ignored by authorities, and how it shows we need Rights of Nature and guardianship.
9 min read
May
04
LFN and Sheffield Tree Action Group logos

Rights of Nature and Guardianship for Sheffield Trees

Paul Powlesland, barrister and Rights of Nature campaigner who acted for Sheffield activists, proposes that trees should have Rights of
5 min read
Apr
30
Circular logo which is half-fingerprint half-treestump, and campaign name and slogan

We Are Nature – the campaign to change the dictionary definition of Nature

Jessie Mond Wedd talks us through the new We Are Nature campaign, launched in collaboration with Frieda Gormley and Javvy Royle of House of Hackney.
10 min read
Apr
10
Stop Ecocide campaigners standing outside an EU building holding a banner about Ecocide.

Reviewing the New EU Environmental Crimes Directive

Luna Andersen Frank takes a look at the forthcoming EU ‘Comparable to Ecocide’ Directive, a pivotal development which takes a more holistic approach to the environment, has more specific offences, and stronger pentalties.
13 min read
Mar
13
Ring of Truth: A Case for Nature

Ring of Truth: A Case for Nature

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