Center for Earth Jurisprudence

10/16/2026

Still time to join us for our 2026 Environmental Advocacy Symposium!
https://bit.ly/EnvironmentalSymposium26

09/30/2026

Florida’s water future is at a critical crossroads. Join us October 16-17 at Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law for the Environmental Advocacy Symposium, a two-day conversation on water access, environmental justice, infrastructure, policy, and the communities most affected by our escalating water crisis.

From the impact of AI data centers on water resources to sustainable infrastructure, water reclamation, resource management, and emerging research, this year’s symposium will bring together legal practitioners, policymakers, researchers, advocates, students, elected officials, and community members to ask an essential question:

Who has access to clean, reliable water—and what will it take to protect that access for the future?

📅 October 16, 2026
⏰ 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
📍 Barry University School of Law – Moot Courtroom
🏫6441 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32807
Register today at bit.ly/EnvironmentalSymposium26

Come be part of the conversation shaping Florida’s water future!

07/10/2026

04/22/2026

On December 24, 1968, while aboard Apollo 8, NASA astronaut Bill Anders took an incredible photo of our planet as it rose above the lunar horizon. Labeled, "Earthrise," this photo which captured our fragile rock floating through space helped to launch the environmental movement in the United States and beyond. Less than two years later, we would celebrate a new holiday: Earth Day. Every year on April 22nd, we are reminded again of the beauty and the fragility of our natural environs, and how important it is for every living thing on this planet to have the right to thrive.

On February 4, 1990, the Voyager I space probe took another photo of Earth, the "Pale Blue Dot." Even from 3.7 billion miles away, the perspective of our small round portion of the universe gives pause to the way we as a society should be caring for its inhabitants.

At the Center for Earth Jurisprudence, our mission continues to promote the rights of nature in every legal system, that everything that makes up our combined ecosystems will have a voice. One that will stand firm against human-influenced climate change, overdevelopment, and the degradation of our land, air, and water.

Today, the theme for Earth Day 2026 is "Our Power, Our Planet." The call goes beyond waiting on our systems of governance to make hard and critical decisions to foster our environment and instead turns to the people. All of us. We must work together as one world, doing whatever we can, whatever is within our own power, to create change and find ways to ensure a sustainable future for everything that calls this planet home.

And as we continue to reach for the stars, we look at a new photo of our home, this time taken from the Artemis II spacecraft, and remember what it means to only have one world, and that we should be doing everything possible to protect it.

Please visit our "Evening Thoughts" page at earthjurist.org for more on this year's theme, and how the history of Earth Day correlates with the evolution of the Rights of Nature movement.

04/21/2026

Join us at Barry University School of Law this Thursday!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83915709348?pwd=ubeXe09hIbz56LAgprstN8tdE2uZNn.1

04/18/2026

The Center for Earth Jurisprudence had the honor of representing the law school on the main campus at the invite of our good friends in to table at the Barry Earth Week Carnival!

We were able to share the incredible 20 year history of CEJ's efforts to promote and implement the Rights of Nature throughout the world, as well as connect with like-minded organizations all working towards our common goals of preservation, conservation, and education.

Joined by our faculty advisor and Director of the , Professor Margaret Stewart (), Director Jonathon Keene remains grateful for the support of everyone in the Barry community, but especially our amazing Green Team who put on a terrific event.

04/08/2026

Join the League of Women Voters - Seminole County at their April Hot Topic luncheon.

CEJ’s own Margaret Stewart is the guest speaker, presenting on “Environment in the Balance: Preserving our Future.”

LWV Members - $35

Non-Members - $40

For more details and a link to RSVP, please visit earthjurist.org/community-events

Source:: https://www.lwvseminole.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=450299&item_id=2932517