Analysis | Will Falk

The Unsustainability of Civilization Itself

Jun 15, 2020 | Analysis, Interviews

This is an interview I did with Kollibri terre Sonnenblume for his Voices for Nature & Peace Podcast. We talked about the problem of civilization, about depression as a gateway to understanding that, and about the profound cultural changes required for collective,...

Lake Erie Bill of Rights: Time for Direct Action

Jan 24, 2020 | Analysis, Essays

Thanks to the Deep Green Resistance News Service where this piece first appeared. On Tuesday, January 28, at 10 AM, a hearing will be held in the United States District Courthouse in Toledo, OH in the case Drewes Farms Partnership v. City of Toledo. At stake in this...

Rights for Lake Erie? Why Corporate Rights and Preemption Must Go

Dec 21, 2019 | Analysis, Essays

I wrote this with Sean Butler. Rights of nature advocates often repeat the words, “The structure of the legal system makes meaningful environmental protection illegal.” It’s a bold claim, but for most people it’s too vague to mean anything. Most folks (understandably)...

Questioning Unquestioned Beliefs: What the Lake Erie Bill of Rights Teaches Us

Jun 18, 2019 | Analysis, Essays

By: Will Falk & Sean ButlerIt should be clear to anyone following the events surrounding attempts by the citizens of Toledo, OH, with help from nonprofit law firm the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), to protect Lake Erie with the Lake Erie Bill...