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The Green Amendment: book discussion

Posted on March 31, 2018
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When:
April 2, 2018 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
2018-04-02T12:30:00-04:00
2018-04-02T14:00:00-04:00
Where:
Montgomery County Community College
340 Dekalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
MCCC Environmental Sustainability Club
215-641-6447
Email
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environmental advocacy

Join veteran environmentalist Maya van Rossum at Montgomery County Community College as she discusses her new book, The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment, followed by Q&A and signing. Come out and meet Maya, pick up a copy of the book, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy!

When:
Monday, April 2, 2018, 12:30-2:00pm
Where:
Montgomery County Community College Central Campus
Science Center Auditorium
340 Dekalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.
This event is sponsored by MCCC Environmental Sustainability Club.

For more information, contact
jcoleman@mc3.edu or 215-641-6447

About the book:
In the decades long fight for a cleaner environment, we’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. People feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces.

The solution, argues Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. van Rossum in a pathbreaking book, is to bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority: our state and federal constitutions. In 2013, van Rossum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only protected Pennsylvania communities from ruthless frackers, but affirmed the constitutional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment.

Following this victory, van Rossum inaugurated the Green Amendment movement, dedicated to empowering every American community to mobilize for constitutional change. In The Green Amendment, van Rossum lays out an inspiring new agenda for environmental advocacy, one that will finally empower people.

We all have the right to pure water, clean air, and a healthy environment. It’s time to claim that right—for our own sake and that of future generations.

The Green Amendment includes a powerful foreword authored by Mark Ruffalo, which supports the visionary constitutional path advocated for in the book.

Purchase The Green Amendment here: bit.ly/TheGreenAmendment

About the Author:
Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper and leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network works throughout the four states of the Delaware River watershed (NY, NJ, PA & DE) and at the national level using advocacy, science and litigation. DRN’s main office in Bristol, PA. During van Rossum’s 23 year leadership, the organization, and van Rossum herself, were the lead plaintiffs that brought forth the legal arguments that inspired the PA Supreme Court to breathe life into PA’s long ignored environmental rights amendment. van Rossum is currently advancing The Green Amendment movement, seeking to inspire and secure constitutional protection for environmental rights across the nation. Maya is also a lifetime resident of Radnor Township, having grown up in Villanova and now residing with her family in Bryn Mawr. During her years in Radnor, she has enjoyed the creeks and natural space of Radnor and the Delaware County region. Some of these experiences feature prominently in her book.

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