RONI connects organizations, tribal organizations, legal advocates, educators, and community groups working to strengthen legal protection for ecosystems and natural communities.
RONI is a collaborative space for people and organizations advancing rights of nature concepts across Washington State.
We convene participants around watershed protection, ecological justice, legal strategy, community education, and practical coordination.
The goal is relationship, not uniformity. Participants bring their own missions, positions, and work.
Shared resources, briefings, and educational materials on rights of nature legal frameworks, Washington ecology, and coalition strategy.
A space to meet people doing adjacent work: legal advocates, scientists, tribal organizations, watershed groups, educators, and community organizers.
Facilitated conversations and light-touch coordination that respect each participant's independence. No one speaks for anyone else.
If you are unsure whether your work fits, reach out. We would rather have the conversation than close a door.
Groups working on environmental advocacy, public education, and community action across Washington.
Indigenous-led groups and tribal organizations engaged in ecological and legal protection work.
Attorneys, legal clinics, and practitioners working on ecosystem rights, standing doctrine, and related strategy.
Councils and organizations focused on specific rivers, watersheds, and bioregional work in Washington.
Academics, educators, and students contributing scholarship and learning to the movement.
Scientists, planners, and other professionals whose work intersects with ecological protection.
RONI is a coalition project. Standing for Nature is a 501(c)(3) that convenes the coalition. Standing for Washington is an affiliated 501(c)(4) for individual members. We keep the lines clear so everyone knows who is doing what.
Voluntary. Non-exclusive. Free. Organization-level participation, with a short MOU.
Reach out with a short note about your organization, your work, and why RONI feels like a fit. We respond within about two weeks.
If there is a good fit on both sides, we send the Coalition Participation MOU. It is about two pages, plain language, and sets clear expectations.
Once signed, we introduce you to the coalition, share current resources, and include you in upcoming conversations.
Being clear about this up front prevents misunderstandings later.
Participation does not create membership in Standing for Nature.
Participation does not give you governance or voting rights.
Participation does not require support for any specific legislation or campaign.
Participation does not limit your organization's independent mission or activities.
RONI does not speak for you, and you do not speak for RONI.
Participation does not mean mutual endorsement of every position taken.
Standing for Nature maintains the deeper educational library. Here are the most useful starting points.
Participation is voluntary, non-exclusive, and free. We ask participating organizations to sign a short Memorandum of Understanding that sets expectations for how we work together.
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