Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin is an attorney at Shearwater Law PLLC. He has worked for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund since 2013, where his clients have included Lake Erie Ecosystem, Little Mahoning Watershed, Crystal Springs Ecosystem, and numerous grassroots community groups fighting for local democracy. He has written about rights of nature in Representing Ecosystems in Court: An Introduction for Practitioners. He serves as a city councilor in Port Angeles, Washington, and is a member of the International Parliamentary Alliance for the Recognition of Ecocide.