Standing for Nature

Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’ • The Revelator The annual Black Friday ode to overconsumption sits at the core of our destruction of Earth’s ecosystems. We can flip the script.

"Let’s mark the post-Thanksgiving date as Extinction Friday: a moment to think about the peoples and species we’ve driven off the face of the Earth, and to promise to do our part to prevent others — or ourselves — from joining them." buff.ly/U8CsGjF

The hearing was rescheduled for Oct. 24 at 9:30am. Standing for Nature submitted its Opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment (which would overturn the Snohomish River Watershed's legal rights) last Friday. The arguments are solid. You can read it here: standingfornature.org/2025/08/21/s...

Standing for Nature will be at Climate Week NYC next week! Hope to connect with you there!

#ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateWeek25 #RightsofNature

Standing for Nature is scheduled to defend Everett Initiative 24-03 (legal standing for the Snohomish River Watershed) at the Snoho Cnty Courthouse on 9/11.
Learn more, read the pleadings (please contact if you're a lawyer with ideas) & donate to the legal fund!
standingfornature.org/2025/08/21/s...

We spent decades fearing artificial intelligence, thinking it would take over & destroy us.

Turns out it’s just another tool by which we can waste huge amounts of energy & resources producing meaningless nonsense as we accelerate ever faster along the path to destroy ourselves.

🌊 #RightsofNature news: Lake San Pablo in Ecuador is affirmed as a rights-bearing entity!

In a historic ruling for environmental justice in Ecuador, a constitutional judge has declared Lake San Pablo as a subject of rights.

Standing for Washington Fights Back Against Developer Lawsuit - Standing for Washington Read the Pleadings (Updated May 20, 2025) Standing for Washington is actively defending Everett Initiative 24-03 against a legal challenge brought by the Master Builders Association and other develope...

We're still fighting the lawsuit to overturn the law that gives legal standing to the Snohomish River Watershed in Everett, WA. Initiative 24-03 passed with 57% of the vote.
We can use your help! standingforwashington.org/2025/02/06/s...

Still waiting on the judge's ruling...

This is why nature needs the legal standing to protect itself if there won't be any regulations left to protect it.

Standing for Washington Fights Back Against Developer Lawsuit - Standing for Washington Standing for Washington is currently in the fight of its life, defending Everett Initiative 24-03 against a recent legal challenge by developers. As reported by the Everett Herald, the Master Builders...

Argued our Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit by developers trying to overturn the local ballot measure we passed in Nov granting legal standing to the Snohomish River Watershed. Ruling next week. Learn more and read the pleadings (linked at the bottom) here: standingforwashington.org/2025/02/06/s...