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January 7, 2021 by Editor in Commentary, Discover More

Insurrection By Fascists Is Not Protest, It’s Insurrection

Statement from Maya K. van Rossum, Founder & Author Green Amendments For The Generations It was shocking to watch the insurrection unfold at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. Fascists and white

October 18, 2018 by Editor in Commentary, Discover More

Floods, Florence, and the Future

To Stop the Cycle of Devastation, We Need to Change the Response by Maya K. van Rossum, Author of “The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment” and

June 29, 2018 by Editor in Commentary, Discover More

What will Justice Kennedy’s retirement mean for environmental protections?

Justice Kennedy was never a steady beacon upon which environmentally-harmed communities and states could depend, but often enough he was often the bulwark against the potentially devastating unraveling of critical

Green Amendments For The Generations

5 days ago

As we close the book on 2024, we are reflecting on our 10th anniversary as an organization and the immense progress we’ve made in that time, due in no small part to your support – whether through writing letters and making phone calls to your decisionmakers; the day-to-day work of building grassroots coalitions; joining an event or helping to train community leaders; clicking “Share” on a Green Amendment post that’s inspired you; or your donations. With our national environmental protections facing an unsettling road ahead, we are more confident than ever in the power and importance of the Green Amendment movement in providing the lasting safeguards needed for the resilience and health of our shared planet. Every action you take has made a difference this year, and is helping to build a bedrock of environmental safeguards for generations to come.Right now, we’re asking for your contributions to help us continue this work for the future health of our shared planet and all of our environmental rights. Please donate today to help continue and strengthen our movement, so that we can protect the rights of all people to pure water, clean air, a safe climate, thriving wildlife, flourishing biodiversity, and a healthy environment for both current and future generations. Donate here:bit.ly/GA10YearCelebration ... See MoreSee Less

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Green Amendments For The Generations

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Invest in our future. Give today: givebutter.com/5ShVc1Please, help us keep fighting for a brighter, safer, and healthier future by supporting the Green Amendment movement, today. There is great power in our state governments, our state constitutions, and we the people—and we have the ability to make clean water and air, a safe climate and healthy environments a constitutional right that withstands the test of time.Let there be no delay! Please donate today and support the movement to protect our environmental rights:givebutter.com/5ShVc1 ... See MoreSee Less

Celebrating 10 Years of Inspiring & Securing Environmental Rights

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Making History & Leaving a Lasting & Empowering Legacy of Environmental Protection for All People & All Generations

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Green Amendments For The Generations

1 week ago

Join the #guardiangnome Community here app.forthegenerations.org/communities/yNuVlp?invitation_token=9ed46987994774557ccced53Do you see a Guardian Gnome out in the wild? Let us know where! Join the community using the link above and comment the location of the gnome so you can be entered into our quarter drawing for fun eco-friendly prizes!#easteregg#GreenAmendment ... See MoreSee Less

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Green Amendments For The Generations

2 weeks ago

Join us TODAY at 4pm MST on Zoom with New Mexico #GreenAmendment Legislative Champions to learn where things stand, review the new proposed Green Amendment language, learn legislators’ expectations for 2025, and to hear their thoughts on why this level of constitutional protection is so important for New Mexico. Register at bit.ly/NM2025Strategy Invited speakers include Representative Joanne Ferrary, Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero, Senator Harold Pope, Senator Shannon Pinto, Representative-elect Joseph Hernandez, Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Representative Tara Lujan. ... See MoreSee Less

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Green Amendments For The Generations

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Join us on Dec. 10th at 4pm MST on Zoom with New Mexico #GreenAmendment Legislative Champions to learn where things stand, review the new proposed Green Amendment language, learn legislators’ expectations for 2025, and to hear their thoughts on why this level of constitutional protection is so important for New Mexico. Register at bit.ly/NM2025Strategy Invited speakers include Representative Joanne Ferrary, Senator Harold Pope, Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero, Senator Shannon Pinto, Representative-elect Joseph Hernandez, Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Representative Tara Lujan. ... See MoreSee Less

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: New Mexico Green Amendment 2025 Strategy Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Join New Mexico Green Amendment Legislative Champions to learn where things stand, review the new proposed Green Amendment language, learn legislators’ expectations for 2025, and to hear their thoug...

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