Full Episode Title: Maya K. van Rossum On The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for A Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment
Protecting the environment requires more extensive systemic changes if we want to see a tangible impact on the current climate crisis. Joining us today to explain how we can achieve that is Maya K. van Rossum, author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment. Maya is also 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. She chats with host Corinna Bellizzi to discuss why we need these constitutional changes prioritized to help mitigate and solve the threats against our environment. The current policies benefit corporations that contribute to massive environmental destruction, and it's up to the people to demand better. Listen to this episode to learn more about what they're doing and what you can do for your state, the country, and the world as we know it.
About Guest:
Maya K. van Rossum is the author of the book The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment (2d edition coming November 1, 2022). Maya 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 states, a watershed-based advocacy organization, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, for 30 years. Since launching her national 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.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-van-rossum-21803114/
Website: https://forthegenerations.org/
Social: https://twitter.com/MayaKvanRossum
Additional Resources Mentioned:
List of Active States - https://forthegenerations.org/active-states/
Show Notes:
00:00 Introduction
02:40 How The Green Amendment came to be
06:23 Why current policies are not enough
14:24 Maya’s background and achievements
17:05 The flawed reward systems and the dangers of the fracking industry
23:55 Harmful laws and policies used against citizens
28:17 How to protect and keep these amendments in each state
43:09 Maya’s podcast with her daughter
45:10 On gun violence
49:11 The awareness of the youth and feeling empowered
53:15 Final thoughts and where to learn more
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