BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180214T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180214T131500 LOCATION:Erskine B. Wood Hall\, Room 7 GEO:45.452617;-122.678466 SUMMARY:NEDC and SABER present A Green Amendment Book Discussion with May a van Rossum DESCRIPTION:Join veteran environmentalist Maya van Rossum at Lewis and Cl ark College as she discusses her new book\, The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment\, followed by Q&\;A and signing. C ome out and meet Maya\, pick up a copy of the book\, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy. When: February 14\, 2018 12:15-1:15p m Where: Lewis & Clark Law School 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd Portl and OR 97219 ==== About the book: In the decades long fight for a clea ner environment\, we've been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is\, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. P eople feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their wat er\, air\, public parks\, and special natural spaces. The solution\, arg ues Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. van Rossum in a pathbreaking book\, is t o bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority: our state and feder al constitutions. In 2013\, van Rossum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only protected Pennsylvania communities from ruthless f rackers\, but affirmed the constitutional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment. Following this victory\, van Rossum in augurated the Green Amendment movement\, dedicated to empowering every Am erican community to mobilize for constitutional change. In The Green Amen dment\, van Rossum lays out an inspiring new agenda for environmental adv ocacy\, one that will finally empower people. We all have the right to p ure water\, clean air\, and a healthy environment. It's time to claim tha t right—for our own sake and that of future generations. The Green Ame ndment includes a powerful forward authored by Mark Ruffalo\, which suppo rts the visionary constitutional path advocated for in the book. About t he Author: Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper and leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network works throughout the four states of the Delaware River watershed (NY\, NJ\, PA &\; DE) and at the national level using advocacy\, science and litiga tion. DRN's main office in Bristol\, PA . During van Rossum's 23 year lea dership\, the organization\, and van Rossum herself\, were the lead plain tiffs that brought forth the legal arguments that inspired the PA Supreme Court to breathe life into PA's long ignored environmental rights amendm ent. van Rossum is currently advancing The Green Amendment movement\, see king to inspire and secure constitutional protection for environmental ri ghts across the nation. Maya is also a lifetime resident of Radnor Townsh ip\, having grown up in Villanova and now residing with her family in Bry n Mawr. During her years in Radnor\, she has enjoyed the creeks and natur al space of Radnor and the Delaware County region. Some of these experien ces feature prominently in her book. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join veteran environmentalist Maya van
Rossum at Lewis & Clark College as she discusses her new book\, The Gre
en Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment\, followed by Q
&\;A and signing. Come out and meet Maya\, pick up a copy of the book\
, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy.
When
:
February 14\, 2018
12:15-1:15pm
Where:
Lewis & Clark Law School
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd
Po
rtland OR 97219
====
About the book:
In
the decades long fight for a cleaner environment\, we've been fighting a
losing battle. The sad truth is\, our laws are designed to accommodate po
llution rather than prevent it. People feel powerless when it comes to pr
eserving the quality of their water\, air\, public parks\, and special na
tural spaces.
The solution\, argues Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. v
an Rossum in a pathbreaking book\, is to bypass the laws and turn to the
ultimate authority: our state and federal constitutions. In 2013\, van Ro
ssum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only protected P
ennsylvania communities from ruthless frackers\, but affirmed the constit
utional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment.<
br /> Following this victory\, van Rossum inaugurated the Green Amendmen
t movement\, dedicated to empowering every American community to mobilize
for constitutional change. In The Green Amendment\, van Rossum lays out
an inspiring new agenda for environmental advocacy\, one that will finall
y empower people.
We all have the right to pure water\, clea
n air\, and a healthy environment. It's time to claim that right—for ou
r own sake and that of future generations.
The Green Amendme
nt includes a powerful forward authored by Mark Ruffalo\, which supports
the visionary constitutional path advocated for in the book.
About the Author:
Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper
and leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper
Network works throughout the four states of the Delaware River watershed
(NY\, NJ\, PA &\; DE) and at the national level using advocacy\, scie
nce and litigation. DRN's main office in Bristol\, PA . During van Rossum
's 23 year leadership\, the organization\, and van Rossum herself\, were
the lead plaintiffs that brought forth the legal arguments that inspired
the PA Supreme Court to breathe life into PA's long ignored environmental
rights amendment. van Rossum is currently advancing The Green Amendment
movement\, seeking to inspire and secure constitutional protection for en
vironmental rights across the nation. Maya is also a lifetime resident of
Radnor Township\, having grown up in Villanova and now residing with her
family in Bryn Mawr. During her years in Radnor\, she has enjoyed the cr
eeks and natural space of Radnor and the Delaware County region. Some of
these experiences feature prominently in her book.