Thu, Feb 16
|Collected Works Bookstore
Maya K. van Rossum, The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment
Ms. van Rossum will give a presentation, followed by a conversation with Senator Sedillo Lopez and Representative Joanne Ferrary who are both sponsoring The Green Amendment, a Constitutional Amendment, in the 2023 NM Legislative Session. Representative Tara Lujan will moderate the conversation.
Date, Time & Location
Feb 16, 2023, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
The Green Amendment is available to purchase online here or by calling the store to order (505) 988-4226
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, it’s 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…