Resources To Help You Lead in Connecticut
To help you get up to speed and engage others, here are a few Connecticut specific resources:
- Connecticut Green Amendment – Environmental Rights Amendment – Overview – You Have a Right
- Connecticut Green Amendment Key – Environmental Rights Amendment – Points Of Impact & Understanding
- Connecticut Green Amendment – Overview Postcard
More of a watch and listen learner:
- Environmental Rights & Justice Talk caught on video — hear leaders in the movement talk about the values of a CT Green Amendment, what it is and what it does.
- To view the testimony submitted to the House Environment Committee for the Feb 27, 2023 hearing you can find it here.
An Emmy Nominated Show
Here’s The Story, an Emmy nominated show that premiered in 2011 and is produced by acclaimed journalist Steve Rogers, is now featuring a two part show featuring the Green Amendment movement. The show joins Maya as she explores the history of the Green Amendment movement and meets with environmental, political and legal leaders key to the movements past, present and future. Among those interviewed is NJ Governor Phil Murphy, PA Senator Franklin Kury who originally conceived of the idea for PA, and the chief justice who wrote the iconic opinion that helped launch the movement.
You can watch the show, see Facebook live chats with some of the key players, and see the full interviews that were conducted as part of the show here: Here’s the Story: The Green Amendment.
Advancing a Green Amendment in Connecticut
Want to help secure signatures to let Connecticut government leaders know that the residents of the state want and need this essential environmental rights protection?
- Share this link for online signing
- Or print a copy of the petition and circulate it with friends and family. Then mail it back to Green Amendments For The Generations at 925 Canal St, Suite 3701, Bristol, PA 19007 and we will add their names to the list. You can find a copy to download and print here: Connecticut Printable Petition here.
Help Us Secure Green Amendment Protections in Connecticut & Nationwide
Your donation today will help us do the work, provide the expertise, inspire supporters and take on the challengers so that every person and community in Connecticut and nationwide can have a true RIGHT, that is enforceable, to a clean, safe & healthy environment.
Learn More Below
Factsheets and Materials
Understanding and Implementing a Green Amendment in Connecticut
- CT Green Amendment Overview – You Have a Right
- CT Green Amendment Key Points Of Impact & For Understanding resource
- Connecticut Printable Green Amendment Petition
- Environmental Rights & Justice Talk caught on video — hear leaders in the movement talk about the values of a CT Green Amendment, what it is and what it does
The Green Amendment Concept
- The Green Amendment, Securing Our Rights to a Healthy Environment—The Book
- What is a Green Amendment
- Green Amendment Checklist: Essential Elements of a Green Amendment
- Green Amendment Frequently Asked Questions & Their Answers
- Demanding and Defending Your Rights to Clean Air, Clean Water, & a Healthy Environment
- How Green Amendments Protect Key Environmental Rights -- Expert Analysis by Founder M.K. van Rossum for Law360 (published in Law360)
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice a Reality, (published in American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment Journal)
- Green Amendments Will Empower Environmental Protection(published in Bloomberg Law article)
- The Intersection of Green Amendments & Rights of Nature (published by FastCompany)
- Green Amendment as Compared to Rights of Nature, Green New Deal & Youth Climate Litigation -- Different Concepts With Different Benefits
- How To Implement & Apply a Green Amendment
- Protections Offered with Trust Language in a Green Amendment
- Using Green Amendments to Strengthen Environmental Justice
- Benefits of a Constitutional Provision Protecting Environmental Rights
- Green Amendments, Properly Placed and Written, Are A Restraint On Governmental Authority - Article By Team of Attorneys that Successfully Argued PA Case
- The Green Amendment: An Idea Whose Time It Has Always Been, by Gerald J. Williams, Esq.
Webinars & Video Content
- The Green Amendment: Connecticut
- Environmental Rights & Justice Talk caught on video
- A Discussion of Held v. Montana -- and the intersection between climate justice and Green Amendments.
- The Impact of Pennsylvania Green Amendments on Decisionmaking in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment in Practice
- More video content available on Youtube
- Watch & Listen: press, podcast, & media content
Resources for Teachers/Educators
- Green Amendment Teacher Guide (Print | Screen)
- Student Guide and more available
- Virtual Canoe Race - Online educational adventure game that teaches Geography, History, and Science in a trivia contest format
- Article: How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change — & Why You Have To