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Sidewalk Signing & Book Discussion at Farley's

The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment

Join us on November 18th, 2017 for a day of book signing and discussion with Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper. Maya will be signing her new book The Green Amendment: Securing our Right to a Healthy Environment, in front of Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope, PA in the afternoon, followed by an evening session inside Farley’s with a presentation, Q&A, and more book signing!  Come out and meet Maya, pick up a copy of the book, and learn about the future of environmental advocacy.

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 pollution rather than prevent it. People feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces.

The solution, argues Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. van Rossum in a pathbreaking book, is to bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority: our state and federal constitutions. In 2013, van Rossum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only protected Pennsylvania communities from ruthless frackers, but affirmed the constitutional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment.

Following this victory, van Rossum inaugurated the Green Amendment 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 finally empower people.

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 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, 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.

November 18, 2017
1:00 – 4:00 pm: Sidewalk Signing: Meet Maya and get a signed copy of the book in front of Farley’s!
7:00 – 9:00 pm: Join Maya for a talk, Q&A, and book signing inside.

www.farleysbookshop.com/home">http://www.farleysbookshop.com/home" target="_blank">Farley's Bookshop
44 S Main St
New Hope, PA 18938

Date: 
Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 01:00 PM to 09:00 PM