Apr 5, 2019 | Analysis, Essays
I wrote this with Sean Butler. On December 18, 2018, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Wild Fish Conservancy threatened the Trump administration with a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for allowing salmon fisheries to take too many salmon,...
Apr 4, 2019 | Analysis, Interviews
I gave this interview to Alan Wartes about how to leverage rights of nature to catalyze revolution. We discuss my involvement in the first-ever federal lawsuit seeking rights of nature for a major ecosystem, the Colorado River, and how serious, militant, and...
Mar 24, 2019 | Analysis, Interviews
Derrick Jensen interviewed me for his weekly podcast/radio show “Resistance Radio.” We discuss the current state of the environmental movement, why radical change proves nearly impossible to achieve through the legal system, and what a biophilic...
Mar 6, 2018 | Analysis, Interviews
Jeffry Fawcett interviewed my good friend Max Wilbert and me about creating a life-centered resistance movement by any means necessary on Jeffry’s show Your Own Health and Fitness for KPFA Community Radio, Berkeley. During the show, we discuss Deep Green...
Dec 14, 2017 | Analysis, Colorado River, Essays
Our first-in-the-nation lawsuit seeking personhood for the Colorado River was dismissed. After the Colorado Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss and threatened sanctions against attorney Jason Flores-Williams for the unforgivable act of requesting rights for...
Nov 2, 2017 | Analysis, Essays
This piece was originally published by Catalyst Magazine as “The ‘Rights of Nature’ Movement” If I asked you, “Which corporation provides drinking water to 40 million Americans?” you might guess Nestle or Pepsi or Coca Cola. It’s a trick...