Sep 19, 2018 | Colorado River, Essays
I need to come clean. When I joined Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado, the first-ever federal lawsuit to seek personhood and the rights of nature for a major ecosystem, my intentions were not completely sincere. The truth is, I never thought we had a chance in...
Mar 1, 2018 | Colorado River, Essays
Special Thanks to Whole Terrain where this piece first appeared. I was broke for Christmas. In September, I helped to file the first-ever federal lawsuit in the U.S. seeking the rights of nature for a major ecosystem, the Colorado River. For the rest of the fall, to...
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 30, 2017 | Colorado River, Essays, Poetry
Colorado River Dispatch #5 (November 17, 2017): The River’s Ghost Tuesday, I stood on the steps of the Alfred A. Arraj Federal Courthouse in Denver before a crowd gathered to hear my thoughts as one of the “next friends” in our lawsuit seeking personhood for the...
Nov 20, 2017 | Colorado River
This is a comprehensive interview with the National Community Rights Network’s Dr. Tom Groover about the Colorado River lawsuit, confronting corporate power, and the rights of...
Nov 10, 2017 | Colorado River, Essays, Poetry
#1 What Does the Colorado River Need? (October 25, 2017): When I agreed to serve as a “next friend” to the Colorado River in a first-ever federal lawsuit seeking personhood and rights of nature for the river, I agreed to represent the river’s interests in court. On a...