Green Amendments For The Generations

Green Amendments For The Generations is the only organization working nationwide to constitutionally empower communities to secure and enforce their inalienable human right to pure water, clean air, a safe climate, thriving ecosystems and healthy environments through state constitutional Green Amendments that are meaningful, enforceable and can be used to: ensure every person and community across the United States is able to experience the health, quality of life, education, joy and economic prosperity provided by a clean, safe and healthy environment; help end environmental racism and embolden environmental justice; secure the environmental rights of future generations; and help ensure that nature itself is able to thrive.

Green Amendments For The Generations (GAFTG) was built upon a historic and transformative 2013 legal victory, in which GAFTG's Founder joined 7 municipalities to successfully defeat a devastatingly pro-fracking law that slated to expand the fossil fuel industry's powers and unleash a new wave of fracking in Pennsylvania. The victory, considered at the time to be nearly impossible, relied upon and re-invigorated a long-ignored environmental rights provision in the state constitution.

Recognizing the potential for this formerly unrealized tool to completely transform environmental protection, and that only MT had a similar amendment, GAFTG was formed to empower communities to secure and enforce constitutional "Green Amendments" in every U.S. state.

Since 2014 we have inspired and empowered local leadership to pursue Green Amendment proposals in over 20 states, achieved passage of a Green Amendment in New York, and are supporting precedent-setting litigation and advocacy using the PA, MT, and NY Green Amendments.

We provide communities, activists and legislators with the knowledge, expertise, and support they need to engage & lead.

Testimonials

"GAFTG has been a key partner .. providing the expertise, education, experience and grassroots engagement essential .. to understand the values of a NM Green Amendment, for .. responding to … opposition, and helping provide the tools, knowledge, materials and information necessary ... GAFTG is a valuable educational, expert and legal partner that respectfully and effectively helps to inform and raise up New Mexico voices as primary advocates ..." - Lawyer & Law Professor, New Mexico State Senator A. Sedillo Lopez