Im the news editor and metro columnist here at the austin chronicle, which is one of austins two newspapers, the independent local one. Hello gets like i said, welcome to the 27th annual texas book festival. Please, before its too late, silence your cell phones and. Feel free. Dont put away your cell phones because feel free to share your experience on social media. Please tag the festival and the hashtag tag. The festival adds texas book fest hashtag fest. After this conversation, the authors be signing books and the book signing tent just down the congress avenue from us about a block. Books are for sale, courtesy of book people, your local independent bookstore and largest indie in texas. Just like us. Portion of every book supports the texas book festivals and helps Fund Programs that bring books and authors to students in low income schools. In texas and to fund grants for libraries in texas. So thank you. Your authors today. Starting with my immediate right Nick Seabrook is profe
I. Will with Everyone Welcome and thank you for being here at the 2022 texas book festival, live from austin, texas. My name is brian sweeney. Im the proud member of the Advisory Board at the texas book festival. And though i am biased, i firmly believe it is the best one in the country. So thank you for being here. We are absolutely delighted today to have two unbelievably talented authors on our panel talking about the environment both past and future. Im going to start at the end. Id like to welcome maya cave and ross and to austin and to the book festival. She is an author. Lawyer and activist. For 30 years, she has led the Delaware River Keeper Network, which is the area where she grew up and lives now with her family. And she is the founder of the green amendment for the generations, which is the subject of her book, which has been updated. It is called the green amendment the peoples fight for a clean, safe and healthy environment. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome maya, keit
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