The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environme

Description: The Green Amendment by Maya K. van Rossum, Mark Ruffalo, Kerri Evelyn Harris "In The Green Amendment, veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum presents her radically simple plan for a green future: bypass local laws and turn to the ultimate authority--our state and federal constitutions--to ensure we have the right to a healthy environment."--Publisher marketing. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A veteran environmentalist shares her roadmap to a healthier world-one that uses the law to empower activists and provide hope for communities everywhere.We have reached a critical tipping point in our fight for the environment: Corporations profit off climate change, natural disasters devastate homes, and the most vulnerable suffer the health effects of pollution. Yet our laws are designed to accommodate this destruction rather than prevent it. Without government support, its no wonder people feel powerless.But there is a solution. In The Green Amendment, veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum presents her radically simple plan for a green future: bypass local laws and turn to the ultimate authority-our state and federal constitutions-to ensure we have the right to a healthy environment.Through compelling interviews with activists on the ground, clear evidence from experts, and heartbreaking stories from those hit hardest by environmental ruin, The Green Amendment lights the path forward. In this updated edition of her trailblazing 2017 book, van Rossum invites readers to join the movement by sharing:Why Green Amendments work where other movements have failedHow to position Green Amendments and what specific language offers the strongest legal protectionsHow to argue in favor of environmental rights, and the economic and health benefits that will help activists make the caseHow Green Amendments address the crucial intersection of environmentalism and anti-racismWhat everyone-from artists and students to scientists and lawyer-can do to further the causeWith the power of The Green Amendment, we can claim our environmental rights, ensuring a clean, safe Earth for generations to come. Author Biography Maya K. van Rossum is the founder of Green Amendments For the Generations, a grassroots non-profit inspiring constitutional recognition and protection of environmental rights in every state and ultimately at the federal level. van Rossum is also the Delaware Riverkeeper, leading the 4 state, watershed-based advocacy organization, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, for 30 years. She co-hosts Green Genes, an environmental podcast with her daughter. Since launching her Green Amendment movement, New York passed a Green Amendment in 2021, proposals are advancing in 12 additional states, and there is increasing use of amendments in Pennsylvania and Montana. She lives in Delaware County Pennsylvania with her family. Review "In an age of environmental pessimism, van Rossum gives me hope."Mark Ruffalo, actor, clean water activist, founder of Water Defense, and cofounder of The Solutions Project"A rallying cry not only for conservationists and wildlife biologists, but for pediatricians, teachers, psychologists, architects, city plannerseveryone who is concerned about the welfare of all species, including human beings. Please read this important book." Richard Louv, chairman emeritus of the Children & Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle"Constitutional protection of natural and human communities may be our best hope for survival." Bradley M. Campbell, President of the Conservation Law Foundation, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and former Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" The Green Amendment asks us to imagine a world in which the right to pure water and healthy air exist on par with due process and free speechand then shows us how to make it so." Sandra Steingraber, PhD, author of Living Downstream and Raising Elijah , recipient of the Rachel Carson Leadership Award, and co-founder of New Yorkers Against Fracking"If we were writing our Constitution for the first time today, wise leaders would surely insert protections for our environment." Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont". . . you will be inspired by the notion, transformed into a call for a constitutional amendment, that we, the people, have always had more power than we thought." A. R. Ingraffea, PhD, PE, Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University Long Description A veteran environmentalist shares her roadmap to a healthier world--one that uses the law to empower activists and provide hope for communities everywhere. We have reached a critical tipping point in our fight for the environment: Corporations profit off climate change, natural disasters devastate homes, and the most vulnerable suffer the health effects of pollution. Yet our laws are designed to accommodate this destruction rather than prevent it. Without government support, its no wonder people feel powerless. But there is a solution. In The Green Amendment , veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum presents her radically simple plan for a green future: bypass local laws and turn to the ultimate authority--our state and federal constitutions--to ensure we have the right to a healthy environment. Through compelling interviews with activists on the ground, clear evidence from experts, and heartbreaking stories from those hit hardest by environmental ruin, The Green Amendment lights the path forward. In this updated edition of her trailblazing 2017 book, van Rossum invites readers to join the movement by sharing: Why Green Amendments work where other movements have failed How to position Green Amendments and what specific language offers the strongest legal protections How to argue in favor of environmental rights, and the economic and health benefits that will help activists make the case How Green Amendments address the crucial intersection of environmentalism and anti-racism What everyone--from artists and students to scientists and lawyer--can do to further the cause With the power of The Green Amendment , we can claim our environmental rights, ensuring a clean, safe Earth for generations to come. Review Quote ". . . you will be inspired by the notion, transformed into a call for a constitutional amendment, that we, the people, have always had more power than we thought." --A. R. Ingraffea, PhD, PE, Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University Description for Sales People The Green Amendment is a relevant, timely, and action-oriented book for anyone who feels helpless in the face of our climate crisis. Author Maya van Rossum is a rising star in the field of environmental activism and soon to appear on a CBS reality TV show devoted to profiling activists. Her movement for Green Amendments is reaching a tipping point of national recognition, and this book is the only step-by-step laypersons guide to legislative environmentalism. Details ISBN1633310647 Author Kerri Evelyn Harris Short Title The Green Amendment Publisher Disruption Books Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1633310647 ISBN-13 9781633310643 Format Paperback Imprint Disruption Books Place of Publication Washington Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2022-11-01 UK Release Date 2022-11-01 Pages 400 Subtitle The Peoples Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment DEWEY 344.73046 Audience General Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-11-01 US Release Date 2022-11-01 AU Release Date 2023-02-06 Edition Description Second edition Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140149504;

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