Veteran environmentalist and writer Maya Van Rossum is the guest speaker for the Dec. 12 installment of Science Saturday, brought to viewers online by the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. Van Rossum will discuss the path to environmental preservation featured in her book The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment.

“For decades,” LBIF explains, “communities have relied on federal and state laws to ensure protection of a clean environment.