The New York Green Amendment
On November 2, 2021, the people of New York have made the monumental decision to add the right to Clean Air, Clean Water, and a Healthful Environment to New York State’s Bill of Rights. This officially makes New York the third state in the nation, and the first in the 21st century, to add a Green Amendment to their State’s constitutional Bill of Rights. It took five years, three legislative sessions, and a historic election–but we did it, together!
Our New York work now focuses on helping New Yorkers to reap the beneficial protections having a constitutional Green Amendment provides, including getting government officials to embrace their opportunities and obligations under the Amendment. Check out current ways to get involved in the effort here.
Green Amendments For The Generations – the Environmental Rights Amendment Movement
Green Amendments For The Generations is an organization working across the nation to secure highest constitutional recognition and protection for our human rights to clean air, pure water, a safe climate, and healthy environments, for both present and future generations. We are proud to partner with on-the-ground leaders in New York state to provide resources, expertise, and capacity for the New York Green Amendment movement.
Our organization has helped to ensure a vibrant Pennsylvania Green Amendment and lead the effort to secure New York’s Green Amendment in 2021. Learn more about the national Green Amendments For The Generations organization.
Green Amendments For The Generations seeks to inspire and support pursuit and passage of self-executing, environmental rights amendments in the Bill of Rights section of every state constitution across the U.S. and ultimately at the federal level.
Once this is accomplished, we will work with communities to ensure strong and meaningful implementation and enforcement of their constitutional Green Amendment rights, just as we are doing in the states that have so far achieved these protections. Learn about our legal and advocacy successes, and our ongoing legal and advocacy efforts.
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Talk with Maya
Maya K. van Rossum is the Founder of the Green Amendment movement & author of “The Green Amendment” book. She has also served as the Delaware Riverkeeper for over 27 years.
The Green Amendment
Learn about “The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment” – a book by Maya K. van Rossum.
“Invite me to speak, helping to inspire our nation to demand Pennsylvania’s promise of environmental protection for all.”
—Maya K. Van Rossum, Founder of the Green Amendment movement
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