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Global hub for connecting and fostering relationships, knowledge exchange, and collaboration to advance the Rights of Nature. More information: www.garn.org
💚💧 The Animas River in Durango, Colorado, U.S., has been enshrined as a living, rights-bearing entity under a new local resolution driven by an extraordinary group of Fort Lewis College students: https://f.mtr.cool/dkuajtdeph
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌍 2025 marked a turning point for the Rights of Nature:

⚖️ Historic IACtHR advisory opinion
🌊 Rivers, lakes & ecosystems recognized as legal subjects
🌱 Indigenous-led victories
🔥 Powerful #RightsofNatureTribunal rulings

👉 Full 2025 recap: garn.org/rights-of-nature-2025-in-review
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🍃 Gaia is crying out, and yet, as Ailton Krenak, judge of the @rontribunal.bsky.social , reminds us: she is ancient, alive, and still teaching us how to return to balance, and movements like Rights of Nature offer a way out of an extractivist economy that is collapsing the living world.
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
All’incrocio dei negoziati della COP30, l’Ecuador manda un segnale decisivo: il 16 novembre, gli ecuadoriani hanno votato NO al referendum costituzionale che minacciava di eliminare i Diritti della Natura: https://f.mtr.cool/ubeyqubpgh
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎧💚 After ten episodes, Conversations with Mother Nature concludes with a powerful story from London. @paulpowlesland.bsky.social took it upon himself to protect a river no one asked him to, reminding us that love, not ownership, is where guardianship begins: garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💧 Historic news from #COP30: Lake Rice (Pimadashkodeyong), the ancestral lake of the Alderville First Nation in Ontario, now has its own legal standing under Alderville law 

➕ More information: https://f.mtr.cool/mmkgldwxtx
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
💦 “El río Machángara está gritando de dolor.” 

En el lanzamiento virtual del libro 'Is A River Alive?', de @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social , el jurista ecuatoriano Ramiro Ávila compartió su testimonio sobre la realidad del río Machángara.

💧 Mira su intervención completa: youtu.be/e7j1-H2UT9U
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🎧 Final Conversations with Mother Nature podcast episode! Meet @paulpowlesland.bsky.social :  barrister, tree defender, and founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social . He’s helping rewrite the UK’s relationship with the living world.
Listen now: garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🇵🇪💧 Lake Titicaca in Peru has been officially recognized as a subject of rights, thanks to the tireless fight of the alliance of women in defense of the Lake. 

More information: https://f.mtr.cool/egbgdimmbf
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
💧 “We have forgotten how to connect with rivers.” 

During our 'Is A River Alive?' virtual book launch, its author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social   shared a powerful reflection on the crisis facing rivers in the UK and around the world.

🎥 Watch the full conversation: https://f.mtr.cool/leccexltws
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Our GARN Outstanding Member of the Month fights for the rights of Antarctica: It's Roberta Bosu! 🗻

garn.org/roberta-bosu

✨ Nominate yourself, someone else, or an organization you admire by joining GARN for free: garn.org/get-involved & receive link in your inbox.
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
💧 The season finale of the Conversations with Mother Nature podcast is here 🌱
Meet barrister and river guardian @paulpowlesland.bsky.social , founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social  as he shares how the Rights of Nature movement is taking root in the UK
🎧 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌍✨ The final versions of the Rights of Nature and ecocide motions adopted at the IUCN World Conservation Congress are now available!

📄 garn.org/iucn-2025
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
📍 Highlights:
✔ Final 6th International @rontribunal.bsky.social session: A New Pledge for Mother Nature
✔ Launch of GARN’s COP30 Position Paper
✔ Rights of the Amazon & Antarctica 🗻
✔ Sessions on Indigenous knowledge, youth leadership & regeneration

🔗 Explore recap: garn.org/cop30-brazil
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We affirmed that:

🍃 Rights of Nature are not an option, they are an imperative for life
✊ Indigenous & Nature rights are inseparable
🌿 There is no climate justice without ecological justice
🚫 No more false solutions, Nature cannot be commodified

🔗 Explore full recap: garn.org/cop30-brazil
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🌎 #COP30 Recap

At COP30 in Belém, GARN & our allies brought Nature's voice directly into negotiation spaces, mobilizing our global network and Indigenous leadership to demand real solutions to climate collapse.

🔗 Explore full recap at garn.org/cop30-brazil

#RightsofNature #ClimateJustice
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
💧💙 In case you missed it: We hosted a powerful online conversation to celebrate the launch of Is A River Alive?, featuring its acclaimed author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, river guardians Ramiro Ávila and Viviana González, moderated by Natalia Greene and Tosana Töben.

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/A-vVyQ5PyvQ
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🇪🇨 In Ecuador’s recent referendum, 62% voted NO to rewriting the Constitution, protecting the world’s first constitutional recognition of the Rights of Nature.

📖 Read GARN's Global Director, Nati Greene's op-ed: news.pachamama.org/no-to-noboa-yes-to-rights-of-nature
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📖💧 Virtual Book Launch & Special GARN Youth Hub Book Club Session ✨ Is A River Alive? with author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

📅 Tuesday, November 25
🕧 12:30 PM (Ecuador time)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/is-a-river-alive
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Podcast | Great Lakes Now

When we think about who has rights under the law, we usually think of people or organizations. But what about Nature? A growing movement argues that natural resources, like the Great Lakes, should have guaranteed rights: https://f.mtr.cool/iyiazcgira
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌏 "The Rights of Nature paradigm shift will both protect people and the planet" 

In Episode 9 of our podcast, Yolanda Esguerra of PMPI shares how faith communities, youth, and lawmakers are uniting to recognize the Rights of Nature in the Philippines.

🎧 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌏 "The Rights of Nature paradigm shift will both protect people and the planet" 

In Episode 9 of our podcast, Yolanda Esguerra of PMPI shares how faith communities, youth, and lawmakers are uniting to recognize the Rights of Nature in the Philippines.

🎧 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A groundbreaking lawsuit demands justice for the whales of the Gulf of California in the face of the Saguaro gas megaproject. Watch explainer video: https://f.mtr.cool/fefqclrkob 
More info: https://f.mtr.cool/srpyhojeim 
Más info: https://f.mtr.cool/azruvcuhji
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📄🍃 New report by @movementrights.bsky.social  on the Rights of Nature, an Indigenous-led movement for climate resilience!

Access now: https://f.mtr.cool/rjyenkcsry
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌿 “SAPAT” means enough, and it’s a way of life.

In Episode 9 of our podcast, Candy Hidalgo of PMPI shares how the Rights of Nature movement in the Philippines is empowering youth and communities to live simply and defend Earth’s balance.

🎧 garn.org/conversations-with-mother-nature
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM