Will Falk’s Life-Centered Writing

Until Only Scars Remain

Oct 1, 2019 | Essays

Originally published in Canary Literary Magazine.I want to give up. Each morning the headlines are heavier and my heart buckles under the load. A United Nations report, prepared by 145 experts from 50 countries, warns that one million of the planet’s eight million...

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...

Interview for Black Bear News on the Necessity of Militant Resistance

May 30, 2019 | Analysis, Direct Action Journal, Interviews

It was my pleasure to be interviewed by Kevin Sandbloom for his Youtube channel Black Bear News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C0rB8QGpgA

Why the Legal System Will Not Save the Planet

Apr 26, 2019 | Analysis, Interviews

A short interview about how American law makes sustainability illegal and what we should do about...

Fighting for the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas

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,...

Using Rights of Nature to Catalyze Serious Resistance: Interview with Think Radio Presents Think Planet

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...

What is the Purpose of the Environmental Movement? 2nd Interview with Derrick Jensen for his show “Resistance Radio”

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...

Interview on Unist’ot’en Camp with Patrick Farnsworth for his podcast “Last Born in the Wilderness”

Jan 18, 2019 | Interviews, Unist'ot'en Camp

I gave an interview about my time at the Unist’ot’en Camp to Patrick Farnsworth for his podcast “Last Born in the Wilderness” a few days after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police forced their way onto Wet’sewut’en territory on January...

How Do Dams Fall?: Conversations with the Colorado River

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...

“Creating a Life-Centered Resistance Movement” Radio Interview for KPFA, Berkeley

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...