The Town of Greenwich Sustainability Committee in partnership with the Round Hill Community Church will host Maya van Rossum to talk about The Connecticut Environmental Rights Amendment, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 12:30 - 2pm at Round Hill Community Church,
395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Maya van Rossum is the leader and founder of the Green Amendment movement to establish a constitutional mandate recognizing a healthy environment as an inherent, indefeasible, and generational legal right of all citizens in every state.
Maya van Rossum will discuss the Connecticut Environmental Rights Amendment, the CTERA, that is currently before the CT legislature. The CTERA would enshrine into the state constitution the individual right to clean and healthy air, water, soil, ecosystems and environment; and a safe and stable climate; for the benefit of public health, safety and the general welfare.
A bit of history. In 2014, van Rossum coined the term, “Green Amendment,” and wrote her book, The Green Amendment: The People’s Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment, now in its second edition. She later founded Green Amendments For the Generations, a national organization inspiring Green Amendment efforts in nearly two dozen states, and was a key leader in the effort that resulted in the successful passage of the New York Green Amendment in 2021. Connecticut could be the 4th state after NY, PA and Montana to put in place an enforceable constitutional right of the people to a clean, safe and healthy environment.
Question - This proposed amendment has wonderful big picture ideas but few specifics. How do we implement a "safe and stable climate". That is a big ask. Also, what are the results of the other 3 States that have implemented this? In NY, water is still polluted and trash is everywhere.
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