National Green Amendment Day & Week 2025
Kicks Off Sunday, July 13
What is our Green Amendment community doing to celebrate and how can you join in the fun & learning?
#1 – A Special Expert Forum on the power of State Constitutions
#2 – YOU-Inspired Community Art Project where you can express your creativity, joy & emotion to inspire others
Now For the Details
Special Expert Forum: Exploring How & Why State Constitutions Are Poised to Help Address Our Nation’s Most Pressing Issues
As federal environmental protections are stripped away, people are looking for solutions to protect our water, air, soils, environment, wildlife and climate. The power of Green Amendment protections – secured through state constitutional reform – is rising to the top for advocates, attorneys, legislators and those seeking to secure environmental rights, environmental justice, climate protection, and for honoring our obligation to ensure a safe environment for future generations.
Why are state constitutions particularly beneficial for protecting environmental rights, and addressing other community protection priorities?
Join Green Amendments Founder Maya van Rossum as she talks with state constitution expert and Rutgers Law Professor Robert Williams to learn about the history and key elements of state constitutions that make them so powerful for addressing our most pressing societal issues from education, to workers rights, to abortion rights, to environmental rights.
In order to ensure broadest access, we will be holding this live event on July 15 (2 days after National Green Amendment Day) at 3 PM PT / 4 MT / 5 CT / 6 ET. The event will include a live introduction and Q&A with Maya, and a pre-recorded conversation with Professor Williams.
3 copies of Professor Williams’ book titled The Law of American State Constitutions, will be given away by random drawing to those who attend this event live.
Sign up now to join this live event so you receive all the updates and your name can be placed in the bowl to win a copy of this amazing book.
Going Live July 13
The Green Amendment Community Art Gallery:
Spreading beauty, joy & opportunities to support
We Need YOU to Be a Part of Our Community Green Amendments Art Gallery
What: An online gallery of the artwork, poetry, songs, and other media the Green Amendment movement has inspired in YOU! Express your passion for environmental rights in celebration of National Green Amendment Day.
Who: No need to be an “artist” to participate. Just be a person that cares and wants to share a bit of light, inspiration & joy.
When: Submit your art for the gallery by Thursday, July 10. The Gallery Goes Live, Online, July 13.
How: Artist or not, we have a way for you to be inspired and share it.
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- Opportunity #1: Contribute lines for our Community Poem. Add your 4-6 lines (they can be serious, funny, joyful or tearful) for our Community poem titled: People Power + Democracy = Thriving Earth 4 Generations. Note: The poem title might change depending on the poem we create together.
The full poem will be compiled and read for the launch of our Community Art Gallery!
Not sure how to start your poetic verse? We have created some opening one-liners you can use as-is, modify, or be inspired by.
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- Opportunity #2: Write your own poem. Send the text or, better yet, send us a recording of you delivering your poem for our Community Art Gallery!
- Opportunity #3: Write a song and send us a voice memo or video of you performing it that we can upload to our Community Art Gallery!
- Opportunity #4: Create & share a piece of visual art. Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture. All are welcome. Share your art by video or photo so we can include it on our Community Art Gallery!
- Opportunity #5: Any art or idea that the Green Amendment movement/concept has inspired in you!
Whatever you create, share your art by video or photo so we can include it on our Community Art Gallery! To submit your artwork, fill out this form OR tag us in a post on social media with the hashtag #GreenAmendmentArtShow by Thursday, July 10.
Each standalone art submission will get a featured post on all of our social media pages during Green Amendment Week (the week starting July 13).
Want to donate your art to support the Green Amendment movement? If you are an artist that would like to support our movement by donating a piece of art for us to sell as part of our Community Art Gallery Store, we’d be ever so grateful. (All funds secured from sales will be received by GAFTG and utilized to support our Green Amendment work nationwide.) We ask that all donations be delivered to our office by Monday, July 7. More details on how to donate an art piece in the art submission form.
Special Opportunities to Buy Some Green Amendment Art: You’ll also want to keep an eye out for special GA Day discount codes on art prints & opportunities to purchase limited edition Green Amendment Day merch that pop-up during the week, including special Guardian Gnome embroidered hats, tote bags, and sweatshirts!
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