Grassroots Video Series

The Grassroots Video Series by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) highlights how communities across the U.S. are using local lawmaking to advance the Rights of Nature and protect ecosystems. Through eight short documentaries, the series showcases legal actions in places like Grant Township, PA, and Toledo, OH, where residents passed groundbreaking ordinances recognizing nature’s legal rights. The series emphasizes how local governments are asserting legal authority to challenge corporate harms and establish community-based environmental protections rooted in rights-based law.