- Edward Abbey
The purpose of the Environmental Law Society is to:
1. increase awareness and availability of environmentally-orientated legal careers and pro-bono efforts.
2. to stimulate environmentally-conscious lifestyle choices in the law school and surrounding community.
Officers
Jules Ofenbakh - President
Ed Cox - Vice-President
Reed Baessler - Secretary
Tiffany Meredith - Treasurer
Professor Anderson - Faculty Advisor
Some Environmental Advocacy Tips and Guidance:
To help stay abreast of current environmental legislation, regularly visit, or sign up for email notification of, the NRDC’s Legislative Watch website: http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/legwatch.asp
Some core reading on becoming an environmental activist:
1. Robert Gottlieb’s Forcing the Spring (a good history of US environmental movements)
2. Howard Zinn’s Peoples’ History of the United States
3. Bill Moyer’s Doing Democracy
4. The Midwest Academy’s training manual Organizing for Social Change
5. Berit Lakey’s Grassroots and Non-Profit Terms of Activist Life-Skills and Personal Growth
6. Steven Covey’s First Things First
7. Vicki Robin’s and Joe Dominquez’s Your Money or Your Life.
To learn about environmental advocacy and lobbying groups which exist in the United States, visit: http://www.politicsol.com/advocacy-directory/advocacy-environment.html
For information contact Jules Ofenbakh at 515-559-4697, jo0013@drake.edu
