Summary
In 2012, Steve Marx, along with the help of the Vermont Law Schoolʼs Environmental Law Center, the Earth Law Center, and a number of other Strafford residents, started the Vermont Rights of Nature Campaign, which sought to get a right of nature state constitutional amendment on the ballot. The campaign drafted the proposed amendment, which states that “The natural environment of Vermont…has certain natural, inherent inalienable rights to clean water and air, to health uncompromised by anthropogenic substances damaging to the systems of life, and to flourishing, connected habitats which supports the well-being of the flora and fauna of Vermont.”
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/proposed-amendment-to-the-vermont-constitution/.
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