Resources
Pursuing a Green Amendment in New Mexico
Learn more about how the NM Green Amendment will bring critical protections for New Mexico’s environment and communities with these updated 2024 resources:
- New Mexico Green Amendment Key Points of Understanding
- Learn How a New Mexico Green Amendment Can Benefit Communities
- Learn How the New Mexico Green Amendment is a Tool for Advancing Environmental Justice, Protection & Health
- Learn about some of the most pressing and/or common questions and answers raised in this overview of New Mexico Green Amendment Frequently Asked Questions and The Answers
- Learn more about how the New Mexico Green Amendment Helps Strengthen Government Action Regarding The Climate
- Learn more about the Importance of Trustee Language included in the New Mexico Green Amendment
The Values of the NM Green Amendment for Environment, Justice, Climate & Clean Energy
At the NM Indivisible statewide conference leaders in the NM Green Amendment movement, including 5 of the legislative champions, spoke about how a Green Amendment would provide essential protections for New Mexico communities and environments, including how it would help advance good quality clean energy in the state.
You can view the session here.
New Mexico: A Resource or Sacrifice State? Recording now available
A webinar hosted by Indivisible Nob Hill and Green Amendments For The Generations to discuss NM’s most pressing environmental issues and how a Green Amendment could help provide a solution.
- Nuclear issues in New Mexico, in particular waste storage plans in Lea County by Holtec International, presented by Leona Morgan and Eileen Shaughnessy
- Health impacts of methane pollution, presented by Mario Atencio
- A Green Amendment as a solution, presented by Green Amendments For the Generations founder Maya van Rossum.
Watch the recording of this Zoominar – use the password: 5L@Zv5=$ to access.
Learn about the author of the book & founder of the Green Amendment movement – Maya K. van Rossum
Green Amendments For Climate & Clean Energy
Green Amendments are a powerful tool for helping to address the climate crisis, including by advancing good quality clean energy projects.
A special forum of experts was held to dive in on how and why.
You can watch the forum and learn from the panel of experts here (scroll down past the agenda and speaker bios until you find the video), on the Green Amendment Action Platform. Not already on the platform? You can sign up for the Action Platform here.
Here are some written resources that help explain exactly how and why Green Amendments are value added for addressing climate change, including by advancing good quality clean energy:
- Green Amendments For Climate . How It Works
- Green Amendments For Climate . How It Works Green Amends for Climate . Taking On The Opposition
- An overview of the benefits of the New Mexico Green Amendment & How It Helps Government Respond to the Climate Crisis
Industry lobbyists have been working behind the scenes with a misinformation campaign to undermine the critical value of the NM Green Amendment for helping to advance good quality clean energy. Get all the details on how to respond to their false claims:
Understanding the Environmental Justice Values
The NM Green Amendment will be a beneficial tool for advancing environmental justice and ending environmental racism. Learn more in these helpful resources:
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice A Reality published in the ABA Natural Resources & Environment Magazine
- ELI Dialogue: Green Amendments, a Vehicle for Environmental Justice, Panel Discussion Fall 2021
Help Us Secure Green Amendment Protections in New Mexico & Nationwide
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Understanding and Implementing a Green Amendment in New Mexico
- New Mexico Green Amendment Key Points of Understanding
- How a New Mexico Green Amendment Can Benefit Communities
- How the New Mexico Green Amendment is a Tool for Advancing Environmental Justice, Protection & Health
- New Mexico Green Amendment Frequently Asked Questions and The Answers
- New Mexico Green Amendment Helps Strengthen Government Action Regarding The Climate
- Importance of Trustee Language included in the New Mexico Green Amendment
- NM Green Amendment For Clean Energy Memo — Telling the Truth & Taking on the Opposition 1.23.23
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice A Reality | ABA Journal on Natural Resources & Environment
- How Green Amendments Protect Key Environmental Rights | Law 360
- The Process for Amending the NM Constitution
How Green Amendments Are Making a Difference Where They Exist
The Green Amendment Concept
- The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment —The Book
- What is a Green Amendment
- Green Amendment Checklist: The Essential Elements of a Green Amendment
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice A Reality | ABA Natural Resources & Environment Magazine
- ELI Dialogue: Green Amendments, a Vehicle for Environmental Justice, Panel Discussion Fall 2021
- How Green Amendments Protect Key Environmental Rights | Law 360
- Green Amendments: Giving Constitutional Power to Environmental Justice – Fact Sheet
- Demanding and Defending Your Rights to Clean Air, Clean Water, & a Healthy Environment
- 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
- View a special presentation exploring how proposed language, and constitutional legal principles, make New Mexico’s Green Amendment a powerful tool for addressing climate change, including by supporting good quality clean energy projects.
- Green Amendments For Climate & Clean Energy – a Special Forum of Experts You can watch the forum and learn from the panel of experts here, on the Green Amendment Action Platform. Not already on the platform? You can sign up for the Action Platform here. (Note, this video content is only available on the Green Amendment Action App. If you are on the platform already you will be taken directly to the content, if you have not yet joined you will need to sign up and sign in to see the video.)
- View the October NM Green Amendment Town Hall where legislators shared the new language to be proposed and answered questions about important next steps: https://app.forthegenerations.org/events/36u8xwv/about . (Note, this video content is only available on the Green Amendment Action App, NM Community. If you are on the platform you will be taken directly to the content, if you have not yet joined you will need to sign up and sign in to see the video.)
- The Green Amendment: New Mexico
- Radio Show: Maya K. van Rossum on the Richard Eeds Show, KTRC Santa Fe
- New Mexico: A Resource or Sacrifice State – use the password: 5L@Zv5=$ to access.
- Facebook Live with Senator Sedillo Lopez
- Free the Bills Press Conference
- Legislative Briefing: 50th Anniversary of PA’s Green Amendment
- 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
Se puede explorar nuestras materiales aqui
- Que es un Enmienda Verde?
- Exigiendo y defendiendo tu derecho a agua limpia, aire limpio, y un ambiente saludable
- Enmienda Verde lista de control
- Protecciones ofrecidas incorporando el lenguaje de un fideicomiso en la Enmienda Verde de un Estado
- Haciendo que la justicia ambiental sea una obligación real del gobierno
- Por que necesitamos una Enmienda Verde de Nuevo Mexico?
- Petición Imprimible de la Enmienda Verde de Neuvo Mexico
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
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