Maya K. van Rossum is the Founder of Green Amendments For the Generations, a grassroots non-profit organization inspiring a nationwide movement to secure constitutional recognition and protection of environmental rights in every state and ultimately at the federal level.
Maya is the author of The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment, and the follow up book The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment, which will be released in November 2022. Continue reading Maya’s bio at ASustainableMind.com/100
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In this episode, Marjorie and Maya discuss:
- Is our environment actually protected under current legislation?
- States that are getting environmental protection right and why
- The one thing you should always do when speaking to local and state officials about the importance of environmental protections…hint: it involves the Constitution!
- Maya’s new book!
Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
- Maya’s first book: The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment
- Maya’s first ASM appearance: ASustainableMind.com/026
- TerraCycle, global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials: TerraCycle.com
- TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky on ASM: ASustainableMind.com/027
- Book: The Last Train to London: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton, purchase at JewishBookCouncil.org
- Book: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, purchase at Ishmael.org
- Last Child In the Woods by Richard Louv, purchase at RichardLouv.com
Connect with Maya and The Green Amendment Team:
- Website: ForTheGenerations.org/the-green-amendment/
- Website: DelawareRiverkeeper.org
- LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/maya-van-rossum-21803114/
- Twitter: @GreenAmendments
- Instagram: @GreenAmendments
Connect with Marjorie Alexander:
- Instagram: Instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: Twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Facebook: Facebook.com/asustainablemind/
- Website: ASustainableMind.com
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