Air, water, foodstuff – – those are the resources of existence. with no them, we die. And in so much countries – -- greater than a hundred and eighty international locations, actually - –citizens are legally entitled to those crucial components of existence. In a few international locations, mom Nature herself has criminal rights. yet now not in Canada or the United States.

In Warrior attorneys, brave and devoted attorneys from 9 nations inform their very own tales of trail-blazing proceedings that experience remodeled countries and altered history.

Impoverished Argentinians win a multi-billion-dollar cleanup of the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires. An leading edge origin forces the Dutch govt to take dramatic motion on weather switch. Ecuadorian natives and peasants defeat effective Chevron in a $9.5 billion motion for fouling the Amazon rain wooded area. The preferrred courtroom of the Philippines asserts the rights of destiny generations to a fit, bountiful world.

Behind those victories is a suite of committed attorneys whose real patron is the Earth herself. Warrior attorneys contains 15 prolonged interviews with attorneys from 5 continents, and Silver Donald Cameron contributes a protracted essay discussing the significance of those attorneys and their paintings --– and the possibilities that environmental rights supply to either Canadians and american citizens. the writer of 17 earlier books, Cameron is host and govt manufacturer of the significant other documentary movie eco-friendly Rights: The Human correct to a fit global, (www.GreenRIghts.com ), within which some of the warrior attorneys additionally look. This full-length movie is produced and directed by means of Chris Beckett. Cameron and Beckett additionally function the subscription website, www.TheGreenInterview.com, the place full-length unique models of those interviews – are published, in addition to dozens of others, in video and audio in addition to text,

“A strong learn for an individual who cares approximately our planet.”

Robin R. Milam, international Alliance for the Rights of Nature

“"Moving, terrifying, inspirational - those tales stand as a beacon of desire in our world.”"

Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians

"Intriguing and encouraging -- Cameron, a eco-friendly warrior himself, and a very good story-teller, deftly writes of criminal battles gained and people to come."

Maggie Siggins, Governor-General's Award-winning writer of Revenge of the Land