Final Days & FinalStraw (Missed Parts 1 & 2? Catch up before reading Reflection 3: click here for Reflection 1 and click here for Reflection 2.) It is with mixed emotions that I rounded the corner for the last leg of my journey. Sunday brought another day of work back at the Airbnb my husband had found and
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Communities Rising Up to Demand Environmental Justice & Protection Using Art, Advocacy, Inspiration, Generational Connection & Dedication. From the desk of Maya van Rossum My journey to film Part III of Here’s The Story: the Green Amendment, focused on New Mexico, has been nothing short of amazing. As powerful as my trip started off (you
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In the NY times article “Corporations Have Rights. Why Shouldn’t Rivers?” we learn about a recently filed lawsuit in which a judge is being asked to recognize the Colorado River as a person. This lawsuit is testing an important legal theory — giving rights to nature — similar to Ecuador’s model. In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to
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“Those sacred places, sacred spaces have power, energy, and they have the aspect to touch us on the shoulder to wake us up from our sleep. Stand up! Speak for the people! And so today, we are speaking for the people, the water, the air, and the sacred spaces, and the young, the unborn, and the elderly. For us, all of us, our job is to protect these segments of our population.”
-Daniel Tso, Elected Delegate to the Navajo Nation Council at #RedRoadtoDC Blessing Ceremony on the National Mall
GAFTG acknowledges past and present injustices inflicted on Native Peoples and lands, and stands in solidarity with the Tribal communities fighting to defend their land, waters, resources, and sacred places from destruction and degradation by resource extraction and industrial development happening without their consent or collaboration.
Native Organizers Alliance Our Shared Responsibility: A Totem Pole Journey
This fall, New Yorkers have the historic opportunity to vote for a right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment. Green Amendments For The Generations and Delaware Riverkeeper Network are proud be to apart of the Our Air Our Water coalition and see years of hard work come to fruition this November. Let’s guarantee environmental rights for communities across New York! #VoteYESForCleanAirAndWater #OurAirOurWater Join us: ourairourwater.org and nygreenamendment.org
Glad to be working towards a healthier and livable future!
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County commission adopts Green Amendments for the Generations
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The Doña Ana County Commission voted unanimously at its July 13 meeting to adopt a proclamation in support of Green Amendments for the Generations, a nonprofit established in 2019 to support constitutional environmental rights amendments in states and nationally.