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NOFA Winter Conference: Maya van Rossum
January 26, 2019 @ 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
$Join veteran environmentalist, original organizer and petitioner for the Green Amendment Movement, Maya van Rossum at Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey’s Winter Conference, as she discusses her new book, The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment, followed by Q&A and signing. Come out and meet the author, pick up a copy of the book, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy!
Registration is required for the conference:
https://nofanj.z2systems.com/np/clients/nofanj/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3422
We all have the right to pure water, clean air, and a healthy environment. It’s time to claim that right—for our own sake and that of future generations. The Green Amendment includes a powerful foreword authored by Mark Ruffalo, which supports the visionary constitutional path advocated for in the book. Order a copy of The Green Amendment here.
About Maya van Rossum:
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 litigation. DRN’s main office in Bristol, PA. van Rossum has led DRN for over 23 years. During van Rossum’s 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 environmental rights across the nation.