Resources
Understanding and Implementing a Green Amendment in Maine
- The Values of a Maine Green Amendment Highlighted
- Maine Green Amendment Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
- Learning From Experience — How a Maine Green Amendment Will Benefit Business and Economic Interests
- Maine Green Amendment Lunch & Learn (Maine Conservation Voters)
- How to Amend the Maine Constitution
- Maine Green Amendment Printable Petition
Help Us Secure Green Amendment Protections in Maine & 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 Maine and nationwide can have a true RIGHT, that is enforceable, to a clean, safe & healthy environment.
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.
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
- Green Amendments: Giving Constitutional Power to Environmental Justice
- ELI Dialogue: Green Amendments, Vehicles for Environmental Justice Fall 2021
- 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: Giving Constitutional Power to Environmental Justice
- Guide of Decisions Using PA Green Amendment Since Dec 2013 Revival
- 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.
How Green Amendments Are Making a Difference Where They Exist
Want more info on the Green Amendment concept?
Visit these National Resources Pages:
Webinars & Video Content
- 5.11.21 Lunch & Learn for Organizations
- 3.17.21 Environment & Natural Resources Committee Work Session
- 3.8.21 Environment & Natural Resources Committee Hearing
- A Maine Green Amendment: Virtual Presentation and Q&A
- 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
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Necesitamos una Enmienda Verde por Maine para mejorar nuestra ambiente
- ¿Que es un Enmienda Verde?
- Exigiendo y defendiendo tu derecho a agua limpia, aire limpio, y un ambiente saludable
- Enmienda Verde lista de control
- Como implementar y aplicar una enmienda verde
- 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
- Beneficios de una provisión constitucional protegiendo los derechos ambientales











