Paperback, 64 Pages: Humanity stands at the brink of environmental and economic collapse. We’ve tied our future to an economic system that concentrates power and funnels wealth to the few. Our government structure—founded in the 1780s—was designed to exploit the natural world and prioritize endless growth over the rights of people, nature, and communities. But people in the community rights movement aren’t waiting for the system to fix itself. They’re passing new local laws that challenge the very foundation of U.S. governance—laws that elevate community and environmental rights over corporate privilege. These local actions are seeding a new constitutional framework from the ground up. This primer from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund explores the roots and philosophy of the U.S. community rights movement: a bold act of civil disobedience through municipal lawmaking, envisioning a future built on sustainability, democracy, and justice—from the bottom up.