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Grant Wilson

Grant Wilson is Executive Director and Directing Attorney at the Earth Law Center.

He is a leading expert on the Rights of Nature, ecocentric law, water law, international environmental law, and human environmental rights. For the last decade, he has defended the rights and interests of Nature all over the world, including by writing new Rights of Nature laws and winning decisive courtroom victories for rivers and other ecosystems. Grant earned a degree in Environmental Policy from Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, and a J.D. with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. Prior to joining the Earth Law Center, Grant led environmental law and policy campaigns throughout the world—in Kenya, Hungary, and elsewhere. He has written numerous law journal articles and spoken as an environmental expert at over 30 events worldwide.