We presented “Rights of Nature; a Citizen’s Path to Environmental Protection” to 30 participants at the annual ORBCRE Symposium out of the University of Youngstown. ORBCRE (Ohio River Basin Consortium Research and Education) holds this annual conference and this year’s theme was “Global Change and Sustainability: Water Resources in the Ohio River Basin”. Several among the reserved, thoughtful group spoke up about the need for the paradigm shift and the injustices of the environmental regulatory system which ensures pollution will continue and liabilities will not be enforced.