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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