LWV DelCo Environmental Clearinghouse
Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
The Join Delaware Riverkeeper and Green Amendments Founder, Maya van Rossum at the Red Bud Native Plant Nursery for a talk on Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Agreement.
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You may be surprised to learn that Pennsylvania is the first state in the nation to pass a meaningful environmental rights amendment and currently is one of only 3 states to recognize environmental rights meaningfully. Maya van Rossum is advancing The Green Amendment movement, seeking to inspire and secure constitutional protection for environmental rights across the nation. Hear Maya speak about her book The Green Amendment, about the power of the constitution for environmental protection, and what we all can and should be doing to take advantage of our constitutional right, as Pennsylvanians, to pure water, clean air and a healthy environment. Whether you are advocating to protect your community’s last piece of greenspace, are concerned about advancing industry, the climate crisis, how your community is treating your local environment, or you have friends or family in other states and what to know about their environmental rights there will be something in this talk for you.