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"So I think the first step is definitely awareness. I know when I was the only Black student in my environmental science program, I didn't quite understand why I really wanted to focus on the environmental injustices that were going on in my neighborhood. Or the concept of racial justice was always kind of intertwined with my environmental advocacy. So it's something that I want other communities of color to understand that that's okay, that you can show up to this field and also have empathy for your own community and that you don't need to separate your identity from your environmental practice. And including your cultural background can actually enhance the work that you do because I think it's such a beautiful thing that we all have different identity aspects, whether that's religion, race, gender, etc.So I think that's the first step, making sure that representation is there so all people can see themselves reflected in environmental education and feel empowered to know that they belong and they can take their identity with them and that enhances their environmental practice. And secondly, through The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, we love to platform students who are working on climate justice research and share it through kind of untraditional means. So they might not be published in a scientific paper, but it's something they can share amongst their peers in our community of about half a million people, etc. So it's another way for them to share their research at the intersection of identity and environmentalism with more people. And that's something I really enjoy with our work, just letting people know that, yeah, your work is important, even if it's not published in a scientific paper. There is a really big community of people out there who are interested in learning and might even relate to that research."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
“Sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.comwww.instagram.com/greengirlleahwww.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"So I think the first step is definitely awareness. I know when I was the only Black student in my environmental science program, I didn't quite understand why I really wanted to focus on the environmental injustices that were going on in my neighborhood. Or the concept of racial justice was always kind of intertwined with my environmental advocacy. So it's something that I want other communities of color to understand that that's okay, that you can show up to this field and also have empathy for your own community and that you don't need to separate your identity from your environmental practice. And including your cultural background can actually enhance the work that you do because I think it's such a beautiful thing that we all have different identity aspects, whether that's religion, race, gender, etc.So I think that's the first step, making sure that representation is there so all people can see themselves reflected in environmental education and feel empowered to know that they belong and they can take their identity with them and that enhances their environmental practice. And secondly, through The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, we love to platform students who are working on climate justice research and share it through kind of untraditional means. So they might not be published in a scientific paper, but it's something they can share amongst their peers in our community of about half a million people, etc. So it's another way for them to share their research at the intersection of identity and environmentalism with more people. And that's something I really enjoy with our work, just letting people know that, yeah, your work is important, even if it's not published in a scientific paper. There is a really big community of people out there who are interested in learning and might even relate to that research."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when it came to the environmental justice movement because I think sometimes that really is a helpful learning tool for students.So in particular, Hazel M. Johnson, I'm so fascinated by her because she's often not really written about in environmental textbooks at all. She was just a woman in Chicago who had no environmental experience, but she started realizing that a lot of people in her community, including her husband, were getting all sorts of forms of cancers and other heart diseases and things like that at what she suspected were alarming rates. So when she investigated, she found that her neighborhood was built on top of toxic waste and other things, and she defined this term called a toxic doughnut that her community and so many other communities that were similar to hers that were lower income and primarily Black neighborhoods that were formerly redlined were surrounded by a toxic doughnut of waste, of landfills, highways running through their neighborhoods, and sometimes even buried radioactive waste, etc.So she was one of the first people who really made a stir about this, and I think something that's really cool in her work, and then also Dr. Robert Bullard, to formalize that research or that hunch that she had and produced the first study on toxic waste and race and really made the field of environmental justice is that they also were really just faith-based people that spoke about this amongst their churches.And I think again, that's something that's really cool because in the environmental or scientific community, sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, these are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."So I think the first step is definitely awareness. I know when I was the only Black student in my environmental science program, I didn't quite understand why I really wanted to focus on the environmental injustices that were going on in my neighborhood. Or the concept of racial justice was always kind of intertwined with my environmental advocacy. So it's something that I want other communities of color to understand that that's okay, that you can show up to this field and also have empathy for your own community and that you don't need to separate your identity from your environmental practice. And including your cultural background can actually enhance the work that you do because I think it's such a beautiful thing that we all have different identity aspects, whether that's religion, race, gender, etc.So I think that's the first step, making sure that representation is there so all people can see themselves reflected in environmental education and feel empowered to know that they belong and they can take their identity with them and that enhances their environmental practice. And secondly, through The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, we love to platform students who are working on climate justice research and share it through kind of untraditional means. So they might not be published in a scientific paper, but it's something they can share amongst their peers in our community of about half a million people, etc. So it's another way for them to share their research at the intersection of identity and environmentalism with more people. And that's something I really enjoy with our work, just letting people know that, yeah, your work is important, even if it's not published in a scientific paper. There is a really big community of people out there who are interested in learning and might even relate to that research."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."So I think the first step is definitely awareness. I know when I was the only Black student in my environmental science program, I didn't quite understand why I really wanted to focus on the environmental injustices that were going on in my neighborhood. Or the concept of racial justice was always kind of intertwined with my environmental advocacy. So it's something that I want other communities of color to understand that that's okay, that you can show up to this field and also have empathy for your own community and that you don't need to separate your identity from your environmental practice. And including your cultural background can actually enhance the work that you do because I think it's such a beautiful thing that we all have different identity aspects, whether that's religion, race, gender, etc.So I think that's the first step, making sure that representation is there so all people can see themselves reflected in environmental education and feel empowered to know that they belong and they can take their identity with them and that enhances their environmental practice. And secondly, through The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, we love to platform students who are working on climate justice research and share it through kind of untraditional means. So they might not be published in a scientific paper, but it's something they can share amongst their peers in our community of about half a million people, etc. So it's another way for them to share their research at the intersection of identity and environmentalism with more people. And that's something I really enjoy with our work, just letting people know that, yeah, your work is important, even if it's not published in a scientific paper. There is a really big community of people out there who are interested in learning and might even relate to that research."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"So I think the first step is definitely awareness. I know when I was the only Black student in my environmental science program, I didn't quite understand why I really wanted to focus on the environmental injustices that were going on in my neighborhood. Or the concept of racial justice was always kind of intertwined with my environmental advocacy. So it's something that I want other communities of color to understand that that's okay, that you can show up to this field and also have empathy for your own community and that you don't need to separate your identity from your environmental practice. And including your cultural background can actually enhance the work that you do because I think it's such a beautiful thing that we all have different identity aspects, whether that's religion, race, gender, etc.So I think that's the first step, making sure that representation is there so all people can see themselves reflected in environmental education and feel empowered to know that they belong and they can take their identity with them and that enhances their environmental practice. And secondly, through The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, we love to platform students who are working on climate justice research and share it through kind of untraditional means. So they might not be published in a scientific paper, but it's something they can share amongst their peers in our community of about half a million people, etc. So it's another way for them to share their research at the intersection of identity and environmentalism with more people. And that's something I really enjoy with our work, just letting people know that, yeah, your work is important, even if it's not published in a scientific paper. There is a really big community of people out there who are interested in learning and might even relate to that research."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when it came to the environmental justice movement because I think sometimes that really is a helpful learning tool for students.So in particular, Hazel M. Johnson, I'm so fascinated by her because she's often not really written about in environmental textbooks at all. She was just a woman in Chicago who had no environmental experience, but she started realizing that a lot of people in her community, including her husband, were getting all sorts of forms of cancers and other heart diseases and things like that at what she suspected were alarming rates. So when she investigated, she found that her neighborhood was built on top of toxic waste and other things, and she defined this term called a toxic doughnut that her community and so many other communities that were similar to hers that were lower income and primarily Black neighborhoods that were formerly redlined were surrounded by a toxic doughnut of waste, of landfills, highways running through their neighborhoods, and sometimes even buried radioactive waste, etc.So she was one of the first people who really made a stir about this, and I think something that's really cool in her work, and then also Dr. Robert Bullard, to formalize that research or that hunch that she had and produced the first study on toxic waste and race and really made the field of environmental justice is that they also were really just faith-based people that spoke about this amongst their churches.And I think again, that's something that's really cool because in the environmental or scientific community, sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, these are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023."Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when it came to the environmental justice movement because I think sometimes that really is a helpful learning tool for students.So in particular, Hazel M. Johnson, I'm so fascinated by her because she's often not really written about in environmental textbooks at all. She was just a woman in Chicago who had no environmental experience, but she started realizing that a lot of people in her community, including her husband, were getting all sorts of forms of cancers and other heart diseases and things like that at what she suspected were alarming rates. So when she investigated, she found that her neighborhood was built on top of toxic waste and other things, and she defined this term called a toxic doughnut that her community and so many other communities that were similar to hers that were lower income and primarily Black neighborhoods that were formerly redlined were surrounded by a toxic doughnut of waste, of landfills, highways running through their neighborhoods, and sometimes even buried radioactive waste, etc.So she was one of the first people who really made a stir about this, and I think something that's really cool in her work, and then also Dr. Robert Bullard, to formalize that research or that hunch that she had and produced the first study on toxic waste and race and really made the field of environmental justice is that they also were really just faith-based people that spoke about this amongst their churches.And I think again, that's something that's really cool because in the environmental or scientific community, sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, these are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when it came to the environmental justice movement because I think sometimes that really is a helpful learning tool for students.So in particular, Hazel M. Johnson, I'm so fascinated by her because she's often not really written about in environmental textbooks at all. She was just a woman in Chicago who had no environmental experience, but she started realizing that a lot of people in her community, including her husband, were getting all sorts of forms of cancers and other heart diseases and things like that at what she suspected were alarming rates. So when she investigated, she found that her neighborhood was built on top of toxic waste and other things, and she defined this term called a toxic doughnut that her community and so many other communities that were similar to hers that were lower income and primarily Black neighborhoods that were formerly redlined were surrounded by a toxic doughnut of waste, of landfills, highways running through their neighborhoods, and sometimes even buried radioactive waste, etc.So she was one of the first people who really made a stir about this, and I think something that's really cool in her work, and then also Dr. Robert Bullard, to formalize that research or that hunch that she had and produced the first study on toxic waste and race and really made the field of environmental justice is that they also were really just faith-based people that spoke about this amongst their churches.And I think again, that's something that's really cool because in the environmental or scientific community, sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, these are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when it came to the environmental justice movement because I think sometimes that really is a helpful learning tool for students.So in particular, Hazel M. Johnson, I'm so fascinated by her because she's often not really written about in environmental textbooks at all. She was just a woman in Chicago who had no environmental experience, but she started realizing that a lot of people in her community, including her husband, were getting all sorts of forms of cancers and other heart diseases and things like that at what she suspected were alarming rates. So when she investigated, she found that her neighborhood was built on top of toxic waste and other things, and she defined this term called a toxic doughnut that her community and so many other communities that were similar to hers that were lower income and primarily Black neighborhoods that were formerly redlined were surrounded by a toxic doughnut of waste, of landfills, highways running through their neighborhoods, and sometimes even buried radioactive waste, etc.So she was one of the first people who really made a stir about this, and I think something that's really cool in her work, and then also Dr. Robert Bullard, to formalize that research or that hunch that she had and produced the first study on toxic waste and race and really made the field of environmental justice is that they also were really just faith-based people that spoke about this amongst their churches.And I think again, that's something that's really cool because in the environmental or scientific community, sometimes people do try to separate faith advocacy from science. However, these are people who were mobilizing in their churches and talking about it in their sermons and seeing how they could transform their communities to be better for people and the planet.So I think it's just a great story, and I really want people to know the names of people like Hazel Johnson and Dr. Robert Bullard just like they know the names of people like John Muir because they've done such a beautiful job, and I want their legacies to be remembered."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
"Intersectional Environmentalism to me means prioritizing social justice in environmental movements and really thinking about what communities are most impacted by different environmental injustices. So, for example, in the United States, a lot of communities of color, Black, Indigenous communities, and also lower-income communities struggle with things like unclean air and unclean water, and those are environmental injustices. So I thought it was important to have an intersectional approach to environmental advocacy that doesn't ignore these things and these intersections of identity, but explores them to make sure that every community, especially those most impacted by environmental injustices, no longer are. And I wanted to write a really accessible introduction that was targeted at school kids or anyone who wants to learn more."Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. She is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Winner of the Creative Force Foundation Award 2023.www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com www.instagram.com/greengirlleah www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-thomas/the-intersectional-environmentalist/9780316281935/?lens=voraciousSeason 2 of Business & Society focuses on CEOs , Sustainability & Environmental Solutions Business & Society is a limited series co-hosted by Bruce Piasecki & Mia Funkwww.oneplanetpodcast.org
Within the world of environmentalism, Leah Thomas' voice and work as a Black woman holds a value that truly can't be understated. However, few happen to know that her love for green beauty is what started it all. Today, in an often whitewashed sector and industry, @greengirlleah is determined to provide hope, accessibility, and dimension to the climate conservation. Tune in as we talk about vegan skincare, conscious shopping, waterless beauty products, falling in love with microlocs, greenwashing, and reevaluating consumers' relationships with the “soft life.”Links to Products/Resources Mentioned: Bite Toothpaste, Everist Shampoo, Osea (Face Cleanser, Moisturizer, Hyaluronic Acid, Body Oil), CheapyXO Yung Rapunxel Shampoo Bar, Ilia Tinted Moisturizer, Saie Beauty (Setting Powder, Liquid Blush), Moon Juice (Ting, Magnesi-Om)Join the Naked Beauty Community on IG: @nakedbeautyplanet Check out nakedbeautypodcast.com for all previous episodes & search episodes by topicFollow Leah: @greengirlleah Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw, talks about the interconnectedness of different identities, and how the overlapping of them can create disadvantages in society. For example, a white woman can experience gender discrimination, but her experience is entirely different than that of a black woman's, who also experiences racial discrimination on top of gender discrimination. The same thing applies to the climate movement. Someone who is affluent has a much different experience navigating the climate crisis than someone who is of a lower socioeconomic status. BIPOC folks and those living in the Global South experience environmental discrimination in ways that white people or those living in richer countries don't. When we acknowledge the different ways that people experience the climate crisis and work towards creating a radically inclusive and better future for all, that is called intersectional environmentalism. Intersectional environmentalism. The term was coined by Leah Thomas, a young environmental activist who you may also know as greengirlleah and the founder of the non-profit organization Intersectional Environmentalist. She also happens to be our guest on today's episode of Operation Climate, and we are so excited to have her!! Learn about Intersectional Environmentalist here! Follow Leah on Instagram here and here. Read Leah's book, The Intersectional Environmentalist! You can find it here. ____________ Visit our website to keep up with the OC team and for a full transcript of this episode! https://operationclimatepo.wixsite.com/operationclimate Follow us on Instagram at @operationclimate! Follow us on Twitter at @opclimate! Subscribe to us on Youtube! To contact us, DM us on Instagram or email us at operationclimatepodcast@gmail.com! ____________ Host: Katherine Li Writer: Katherine Li Reporters: Chloe Fey, Cameron Cho, Rowena Wong Guest: Leah Thomas Audio Editor: Katherine Li --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/operation-climate/support
Leah Thomas, Founder of Intersectional Environmentalist & Author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet Leah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist based in Santa Barbara, CA. Coining the term ‘eco-communicator' to describe her style of environmental activism, Leah uses her passion for writing and creativity to explore and advocate for the critical yet often overlooked relationship between social justice and environmentalism. With this intersection in mind, Leah founded and launched Intersectional Environmentalist in 2020, a resource hub and platform that aims to advocate for environmental justice, provide educational resources surrounding intersectional environmentalism, and promote inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements. Leah, who is also the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, as well as her audience of more than 400k followers across channels. A graduate of Chapman University with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy and a cluster in Comparative World Religions, Leah has interned twice with the National Park Service and has worked at leading green companies, including eco-friendly soap company Ecos and most recently, Patagonia. A fundamental optimist and opportunity-maker, Leah used her time after being furloughed during the pandemic to create Intersectional Environmentalist. Leah is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and her writing has also appeared in a variety of publications, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Highsnobiety. She has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, and numerous podcasts. In This Episode: Leah shares her origins story. How Leah found intersectional environmentalism through her connection to the land, farming, and her ancestral roots. She defines intersectional environmentalism and also speaks about lateral oppression. Leah shares how she's able to share about the intersections of environmentalism and meet people where they are. Leah shares her views on why Indigenous and POC are not included in environmental education and why Leah is excited about the future. The importance of local policy and climate reparations. The importance of finding joy when working in social justice. Full Show Notes: Green Girl Leah Website Green Girl Leah's Instagram Twitter: @Leahtommi Leah's book The Intersectional Environmentalist Intersectional Environmentalist Website Laura Chung Instagram Brittany Simone Anderson's Instagram The Werk Podcast Instagram The Werk Podcast Website YouTube Channel Connect with The Werk: If you enjoyed the podcast and you feel called, please share it, and tag us! Subscribe, rate, and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Your rating and review help more people discover it! Follow on Instagram @thewerkpodcast Let us know your favorite guests, lessons, or any topic requests.
How to Blow up A Pipeline van Andreas Malm Tijd voor actie! Radio Savannah duikt het klimaatactivisme in en zoekt met How to Blow Up a Pipeline van Andreas Malm naar nieuwe manieren om de klimaatcrisis te lijf te gaan. Wat voor protest is er nodig? En is het tijd om oliepijpleidingen op te gaan blazen? Wil je meekletsen met Lola en Suzanne? Laat het ons weten op Instagram, Twitter en Facebook en gebruik #RadioSavannah. Voor (lees)tips en fanmail zijn we ook te bereiken op info@savannahbay.nl. The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emission levels, and a rising temperature. With the stakes so high, why haven't we moved beyond peaceful protest? In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop—with our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines. Vind het boek hier in de webshop. De wetenschap over klimaatverandering is nu al heel lang duidelijk. Maar ondanks decennia van oproepen, massale straatprotesten, petitiecampagnes en vreedzame demonstraties, worden we nog steeds geconfronteerd met een bloeiende fossielebrandstofindustrie, stijgende zeespiegels, stijgende emissieniveaus en stijgende temperaturen. Als er zoveel op het spel staat, waarom zijn we dan nog niet verder gegaan dan vreedzaam protest? In dit lyrische manifest doet de bekende klimaatwetenschapper (en saboteur van suv-banden en kolenmijnen) Andreas Malm een hartstochtelijke oproep aan de klimaatbeweging om haar tactiek te escaleren met het oog op de ecologische ineenstorting. We moeten de winning van fossiele brandstoffen dwingen te stoppen – met onze acties, met onze lichamen, en door het onschadelijk maken en vernietigen van installaties. Kortom, we moeten een aantal oliepijpleidingen opblazen. Vind het boek hier in de webshop. Meer weten over klimaatactivisme? Check onze tips! The Intersectional Environmentalist van Leah Thomas From the activist who coined the term comes a primer on intersectional environmentalism for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable change. The Intersectional Environmentalist examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and promotes awareness of the fundamental truth that we cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people -- especially those most often unheard. Written by Leah Thomas, a prominent voice in the field and the activist who coined the term "Intersectional Environmentalism," this book is simultaneously a call to action, a guide to instigating change for all, and a pledge to work towards the empowerment of all people and the betterment of the planet. Thomas shows how not only are Black, Indigenous and people of color unequally and unfairly impacted by environmental injustices, but she argues that the fight for the planet lies in tandem to the fight for civil rights; and in fact, that one cannot exist without the other. An essential read, this book addresses the most pressing issues that the people and our planet face, examines and dismantles privilege, and looks to the future as the voice of a movement that will define a generation. Vind het boek hier in de webshop. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis van Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
Kristy Drutman is an environmental justice advocate and Founder & Creator of Browngirl Green, a media platform and podcast committed to promoting diversity & inclusion in the environmental field as well as creative solutions to the climate crisis. And she's also hosting The Reusies this year! Tune into an uplifting conversation about how Kristy uses the power of social media to tell solutions-focused stories and build an engaged online community with trust and respect rather than virality as its focus. Resources: The ReusiesBrowngirl Green websiteGreen Jobs BoardBrowngirl Green on InstagramBrowngirl Green podcastClimate Week NYCOcean Plastics Leadership Network
In this episode, we discuss feminist foreign policy, intersectional environmentalism, climate justice and how they are all interrelated. We offer a deep-dive into feminist foreign policy and feminist climate policy and explore why they´re important in light of climate security and climate justice. Finally, we speak about activism and why it´s worth fighting for Utopia. Interviewee: Sheena Anderson, Project Manager, Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to celebrated environmentalist Leah Thomas. Leah talks about Intersectional Environmentalism and how we can't separate social justice from true environmentalism. While a little goes a long way when it comes to protecting the planet, Leah also recognizes that unsustainable practices also stem from social realities that need to be changed. Our planet's struggles are also our own and to solve environmental issues would also require solving the problems that hound human species alone. GUEST BIOLeah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist based in Santa Barbara, CA. Coining the term ‘eco-communicator' to describe her style of environmental activism, Leah uses her passion for writing and creativity to explore and advocate for the critical yet often overlooked relationship between social justice and environmentalism. With this intersection in mind, Leah founded and launched Intersectional Environmentalist in 2020, a resource hub and platform that aims to advocate for environmental justice, provide educational resources surrounding intersectional environmentalism, and promote inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements.Leah, who is also the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, as well as her audience of more than 350k followers. A graduate of Chapman University with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy and a cluster in Comparative World Religions, Leah has interned twice with the National Park Service and has worked at leading green companies, including eco-friendly soap company Ecos and most recently, Patagonia. A fundamental optimist and opportunity-maker, Leah used her time after being furloughed during the pandemic to create Intersectional Environmentalist. Leah's writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Highsnobiety, and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, and numerous podcasts.Connect with Leah and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://www.greengirlleah.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greengirlleah/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahpthomas/HIGHLIGHTS04:34 Leah's political awakening 07:42 What 'intersectional' means 23:27 Top 5 questions to dive into to become a better person26:08 Support conscious capitalism as much as you can 30:30 Living the nomad life in LA40:22 How to get started in becoming an environmentalistQUOTES05:35 Leah: "Really early on, I started seeing in my studies that environmental legislation is not enforced equally for all people, especially along racial and economic lines. That's something that always stuck with me for a really long time, just not understanding why there wasn't more representation of all the incredible black folks and our contributions to sustainability. " 06:22 Leah: "We can't separate the liberation of people from environmentalism. And if we do, I don't really want to take part in that type of environmentalism." 22:04 Leah: "I think about my time spent writing the book and it's all kind of a haze. I was just so into it, I was writing it during the pandemic. And I'm the type of person where if I have something to say, I'll say it. And when I don't, I'll be quiet. I'll be quiet for years. But I had something to say, I had it in my heart, and there's something just so freeing about that and then also I know that I can back it up." 26:10 Leah: "If you can, I mean, supporting conscious capitalism, shopping local, trying to reduce harm by getting things that are fair-trade, locally sourced, ethically made. I know sometimes there's a really hefty price tag on that." 41:03 Leah: "Do a little audit. Reward yourself with the things that you are doing. Compassionately guide yourself to do better in the areas that you're not." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.
Learning about the different climate and equality issues around us makes it easier for us to unpack and understand what is happening on a global level. This deep understanding also makes people want to do something to make an impact in the best ways that they can to make a better future for everyone.In this episode, Bri interviews Diandra Marizet, the Co-Founder of Intersectional Environmentalist. She discusses the meaning of intersectional theory and how Intersectional Environmentalist started. She also shares her journey in IE, what it looks like now, and some of their future plans for it.Listen up and learn more!Episode 7 at a glance.Diandra's background and how she got to her current field.How Diandra's fashion background ties into her interest in passionate environmentalism.The most vulnerable and underrepresented communities in industry developments.The best way to show up and make an impact.What intersectional theory is and how Intersectional Environmentalist got its name.The people that inspire Diandra while working in IE.The parts of IE that Diandra is most passionate about and launching Earth SessionsWhat IE looks like now and rounding up the experiences and learnings doing it.Experiencing disconnections with some people that IE engages with.Until the next episode!Today's Guest:Diandra Marizet is a co-founder of Intersectional Environmentalist.Intersectional Environmentalist is an inclusive form of environmentalism advocating for the protection of all people and the planet.Connect and know more about Diandra and Intersectional Environmentalist here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diandramarizethttps://www.instagram.com/intersectionlenvironmentalistWebsite:https://www.intersectionalenvironmentlist.comYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOWjfj7sVODZTmCeGPS9gAAbout the host:Briana Sullivan is the Community Manager of Keep Nature Wild. Her passions for writing, trail running, and community building sparked and fires up the value that she brings to creating compelling and exciting content and campaign ideas.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-sullivan-31602224/More about Keep Nature Wild:At Keep Nature Wild, we like to have fun outside. We share stories around the campfire. We look up at the stars. We dream big. We laugh—loudly. We bring that light-hearted spirit to every item we make and every outdoor cleanup we host. And together, we pick up one pound of trash for every product sold.Our products are crazy cozy, super soft, and exceptionally comfy. We design outdoor apparel and accessories to bring a smile to your face, to brighten your day, to enable your next adventure, to spark connections, to build community, and to make our planet a better place.Website: https://keepnaturewild.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepnaturewild/
As the threats of climate change become more urgent than ever, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure about what to do. The problems — and their solutions — seem unwieldy and complicated. But what if we embrace the complexity of the climate crisis and create solutions that are just as intertwined as the issues? That's where intersectional environmentalism comes in. Leah Thomas, a prominent voice in the field and the activist who coined the term “Intersectional Environmentalism,” offered us a call to action in her new book. The Intersectional Environmentalist serves as a guide to instigating change for all and a pledge to work toward personal empowerment and the healing of the planet. Thomas examined the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and argued that we cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people –– especially those most often unheard. She shows how not only are Black, Indigenous, and people of color unequally and unfairly impacted by environmental injustices, but she argued that the fight for the planet goes hand in hand with the fight for civil rights — one cannot exist without the other. Solving these issues becomes clearer when we recognize these intersectionalities. Thomas wrote that her goal “is to raise awareness of unsung heroes, look beneath the surface, and reflect on missteps in social and environmental movements so that future movements can improve. With complete knowledge of our past, we have a better shot at improving the outcomes of our future.” The effects of climate change are intensifying, but so are the voices of those who are creating meaningful solutions. Intersectional environmental activists like Thomas acknowledge where we came from and how to move forward, helping us push past the overwhelm and into meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable change. Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism and was the first to define the term “Intersectional Environmentalism.” She is the founder of @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform. Her articles on this topic have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, Fashionista, BuzzFeed, and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia headquarters before pursuing activism full time. She lives in Carpinteria, California. Hannah Wilson (they/them) is currently a Farm Manager at Yes Farm with the Black Farmers Collective and co-chair of the Environmental Justice Committee for the City of Seattle. In 2019, they graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Environmental Science and Resource Management and a minor in Geography. As a queer, disabled, deaf, and Black non-binary person, their intersectional identity informs the way they walk through the world and the work they do. They have committed their life's work centered around food sovereignty and Black liberation, continuing to organize around community building, growing food, healing, and our relationships to the land and each other. Buy the Book: The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover) from Elliott Bay Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here.
Jonny promotes local upcoming Earth Day events and explains Queer Ecology and Intersectional Environmentalism. Along the way, he explores why LGBTQ folks have a set of very specific stakes in sustainability and environmental advocacy. Topics range from social justice concerns to queer theology.
In her brilliant new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, activist and eco-communicator Leah Thomas put forth a helpful introduction to understanding the intersection between environmentalism, racism, and privilege. She joins the show this week to talk about the book, how she first got inspired to study environmentalism, how her activism took off with post championing "Environmentalists for Black Lives Matter," and why the climate and environmental movements desperately need to improve with an intersectional approach to action and justice. Read The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Check out our updated website!
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - MLK (1963) This week, we reject our flawed, siloed thinking and embrace the oneness of social justice and environmentalism as a singular, inclusive movement. In the Summer of 2020, our guest, Leah Thomas, coined the term “Intersectional Environmentalism” with a graphic she shared to Instagram that read, “Environmentalists For Black Lives Matter” as a call out to all environmentalists to stand in solidarity with BIPOC communities that face compounding social and environmental injustices daily. The Instagram post went viral, and the pledge she introduced along with it, The IE Pledge, has reached over a million people. And so now that it's 2022 and counting, how can we continue to root ourselves in that moment of clarity in 2020 and hold to the truth that you don't have to separate race or racial justice from environmental advocacy? How can we scale climate solutions while advocating for marginalized communities all the while not making excuses for extractive industries? We're also joined this week by special co-host Abigael Kima, a young energy expert and climate activist from Kenya .She is the producer and host of the new Hali-Hewa (Swahili for ‘Climate Change') podcast, which will profile African activists and climate experts airing through to COP27 on themes including a just energy transition, loss and damage, youth participation in intergovernmental processes and indigenous rights. And —- Stick around for 3-Time GRAMMY Award Winning Artist Fantastic Negrito performing a live version of his song, “Rolling Through California”! Enjoy the show! — Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter! — Mentioned links from the episode: ACT: Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge LISTEN: IE's Brand New Podcast ‘The Joy Report' READ: MAPS (Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary) WATCH: How Black Lives Matter and Environmental Justice Are Connected READ: The NAP Ministry — Thanks to our guest this week, Leah Thomas! Leah Thomas Founder | Intersectional Environmentalist Twitter | Instagram Intersectional Environmentalist Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Patreon BUY: The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas — Thank you to our Co-Host this week, Abigael Kima! Abigael Kima Host and Producer | Hali Hewa Podcast Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook Hali Hewa Podcast Website — Our musical guest this week is Fantastic Negrito! Fantastic Negrito Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | TikTok WATCH: ‘Highest Bidder' READ: New Film + Album “White Jesus Black Problems” coming June 3rd — Keep up with Christiana Figueres online: Instagram | Twitter Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter — Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!
DYK the climate crisis ain't a standalone issue, isolated from all else? It is in fact interwoven and intersecting with all areas of our lives and the action we take must reflect that! What does that mean? It means it's really easy to engage with The Green New Deal and intersectional environmentalism on a daily basis. In fact, you're probably already doing it! This episode is part two with Theresa Godin as she dissects On Fire, a book by Naomi Klein about the burning case for a Green New Deal. Jump into episode one here and then get into this one! Talk Climate To Me: https://talkclimatetome.ca/ Register for the April Sessions: https://talkclimatetome.ca/take-the-course Naomi Klein + On Fire: https://naomiklein.org/on-fire/ Part One of this Discussion: https://anchor.fm/practicallyzerowaste/episodes/136--On-Fire--The-Green-New-Deal-e1eu03p Theresa's Recommendations: Generation Green New Deal Podcast: https://www.generationgreennewdeal.com/podcast Change Everything Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/19VJiuk5f5n0MexO6zTpzs?si=90583d8095f04224 Leah Thomas + Intersectional Environmentalist: https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/ a r c h i v e s : 135 • On Fire + The Green New Deal 131 • An Act of Justice 077 • Garden Therapy 121 • Seed Saving + Being Radical 120 • City Trees + Racism s t a y c o n n e c t e d : Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Overcast and more. email • practicallyzerowaste@gmail.com instagram • @practicallyzerowastepod youtube • https://youtu.be/c5FPkXdBV64 facebook • Practically Zero Waste Podcast Support the podcast at https://ko-fi.com/elsbethcallaghan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/practicallyzerowaste/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/practicallyzerowaste/support
Let's better understand a term that *a lot* of our conversations here are founded on: environmental racism. We better understand what injustices upon BIPOC communities look like, how they may be legally combatted, and the adjacent valuable concept of intersectionality). More for you: Ep 111 with Leah Thomas on Intersectional Environmentalism; How Race and CultureRead more The post 171: What Is Environmental Racism? appeared first on ECO CHIC.
Tag along for this episode on all things intersectional environmentalism.Kristy Drutman otherwise known as "BrownGirlGreen" is a climate activist and host of the podcast show "BrownGirlGreen": a series of conversations around building an environmentally just society. She is passionate about working in the intersection between media, diversity and environmentalism and she has worked with young people all around the world to create collaborative and inclusive solutions to the climate crisis.Through her platform and as a contributor to the Intersectional Environmentalist she's rewriting the story of what it means to be a young climate activist and environmentalist today.How to get in touch with Kristy: Follow Kristy on Instagram here Check out Kristy's website here Listen to "BrownGirlGreen" here Support "BrownGirlGreen" hereWant more from the Humanity Up Fam? Follow Humanity Up on Insta here Head to our website here Follow Sara on Insta hereThis podcast was brought to you by Humanity Up and hosted and produced by Sara Gustafson#changeitup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pattie Gonia is an environmental advocate and backpacking drag queen, made famous through her vibrant social media presence. Through her work advocating for LGBTQ people in the outdoors, she has created a vibrant community that exists to explore the connection between self-identity, sexuality, and the natural world. Outside of heels, Wyn Wiley has worked as a photographer, speaker, and teacher, who created Pattie after strutting around a peak in Colorado and evolved her into the outdoor community voice she is today. Topics covered in this episode: - Wyn's upbringing in the Midwest and how he grew into an LGBTQ advocate - How we all perform drag to some extent - How the drag persona Pattie Gonia was born, and how she is different from Wyn - How Wyn/Pattie use drag to advocate for the environment To learn more about Wyn Wiley and Pattie Gonia, follow them on Instagram at @pattiegonia. This episode is supported by Kula Cloth, the antimicrobial pee cloth for anyone who squats when they pee. Learn more at www.kulacloth.com & Instagram @kulacloth. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.UnlikelyStoriesPodcast.com & Instagram @UnlikelyStoriesPodcast.
Zahra Biabani is taking a unique approach to climate change by being a climate optimist and incorporating her faith and intersectionality into her environmentalism. Through her platform Soulful Seeds, Zahra is making environmental education accessible for all by sharing information and inspiration about an ethical & sustainable life and style that won't hurt the planet, its people, or your wallet. In this week's episode with Zahra, we chat all about intersectional environmentalism, taking a more positive approach to climate change, the importance of faith and building sustainable style. If you want your environmentalism to be more positive and intersectional then this episode is for you! Head to https://www.tylalockwood.com/podcast/24 for the full show notes! Connect with me! Tyla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylalockwood/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYb5y5h-RZ-FrWVNUmvwsQ Website: https://www.tylalockwood.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We are joined in this episode by Ava, founder of Fearther Magazine, an environmental magazine with a focus on intersectionality within the environmental movement. We kick off this episode discussing Ava's history as an environmentalist and how it led to the magazine's founding. However, the main focus of today's podcast is intersectional environmentalism. If you are curious about the definition and development of this movement or how business owners and individuals can contribute, make sure to listen in. We also bring up our podcasts' favorite discussion: which form of environmental action is most effective? Ava gives us her own opinion on this issue. She also gives us tips about building our own TikTok empire, and gives her opinion on what it takes to be an environmentalist. This episode was filmed about a year ago, but the discussion is still very relevant in the movement to equitably transition to a more sustainable future.
On this week's episode we introduce our first guest of season 3 to the podcast. We are joined with QueerBrownVegan as we discuss environmentalism, climate doomism, and veganism in the context of his platform and experiences. We are so thrilled for our listeners to tune in this week for Isaias' interview with us! And as always you can find us on Instagram, Twitter and the general internet for show notes, resources and more! Don't forget to follow Isaias on all platforms @QueerBrownVegan and join his 98k+ following. More episodes and guests like this to come, and mew releases every Tuesday! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebelsadvpod/support
In this episode, joined by Gugu Nonjinge, we discuss intersectional environmentalism within the African context- what it means and how we may use it to create more inclusive climate solutions for Africa. We also meet an intersectional environmentalist living in Botswana, Tinaye Mabara. Notes Paper: “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” by Kimberlé Crenshaw Ted Talk: The Urgency of Intersectionality Policy Paper by Afrobarometer: Change ahead Experience and awareness of climate change in Africa African Union Transitional Justice Policy Also worth reading: https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice https://medium.com/climate-conscious/intersectional-environmentalism-a-crash-course-6a0c495ace91 Support Sustain267 from as little as $3.00 a month here Let's connect on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Leah Thomas is founder of the eco-lifestyle blog, Green Girl Leah – as well as the Intersectional Environmentalist platform, which is a resource and media hub that advocates for environmental justice and inclusivity. Leah is an eco-communicator and is deeply passionate about advocating for, and exploring the relationship between, social justice and environmentalism. She has been personally profiled in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine and GOOP – with her writing being featured in Vogue, Elle, and The Good Trade – yet most recently, her writing can be found in her upcoming book, 'The Intersectional Environmentalist', which is aimed at educating people on how to create inclusive and sustainable change. On this episode of The Progressivists Podcast we talk with Leah about intersectionality, environmental racism and climate optimism.
In this podcast, we talk and learn about Climate Justice with Richard Kim and Yang Hong from the community Work on Climate Some of the topics we'll be discussing include: - The “Work on Climate” community and its goal - The guide “Climate Justice 101” and the reasons for creating it - The different definitions of climate justice - The risk that technology perpetuates climate injustice - Intersectional environmentalism as an imperative to the fight against climate change - What we can do to integrate climate justice into our projects - Data justice and equity References: * [Climate Justice Guide 101](http://bit.ly/CJ-101) * [Work on Climate Starter Packs](https://www.notion.so/workonclimate/Starter-Packs-Community-curated-resources-52547bba557e4544bacc299d3a077795) * H. Moore & J.K. Russell, [Organizing Cools the Planet](https://climateaccess.org/system/files/Moore%20and%20Russell_Organizing%20Cools%20the%20Planet.pdf) * [BlocPower](http://blocpower.io/) * [GreenWave](https://www.greenwave.org/) * [Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson](https://www.ayanaelizabeth.com/), "[How to Save a Planet](https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/)" * [WeACT](https://www.weact.org/) On positionality and climate justice as a personal practice in community: * [On positionality](https://www.arteachingcollective.com/positionality.html) * [Bad Activist Collective](https://www.badactivistcollective.com/) * "[My Role in a Social Change Ecosystem](https://dviyer.medium.com/my-role-in-a-social-change-ecosystem-a-mid-year-check-in-1d852589cdb1)" by [Deepa Iyer](http://deepaiyer.com/) * "[Pod Mapping](https://batjc.wordpress.com/resources/pods-and-pod-mapping-worksheet/)" for accountability by [Mia Mingus](https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/about-2/) * "[Everything worthwhile is done with other people](https://adimagazine.com/articles/mariame-kaba-everything-worthwhile-is-done-with-other-people/)" -- [Mariame Kaba](https://forthewild.world/listen/mariame-kaba-on-moving-past-punishment-151) * A few climate communities with members from tech: [Work On Climate](https://workonclimate.org/), [Climate Action Tech](https://climateaction.tech/), [Terra.do](http://terra.do/) * Daily practice: [Anti-Racism Daily](https://www.antiracismdaily.com/), "[Practical Decolonization: How to live it daily](https://everydayfeminism.com/practical-decolonization/)" workshop On data (in)justice and the dangers of uncritical tech and data in climate: * [Data Harm Record](https://datajusticelab.org/data-harm-record/) of harms from data and algorithms from the [Data Justice Lab](https://datajusticelab.org/) * "[False solutions](https://media.wix.com/ugd/75b7f5_2c41011de1a84177ad9aaf477db50566.pdf)" to climate change ([here's a short sample](http://jtalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/False-Solutions.pdf)) * [Data Capitalism](https://datacapitalism.d4bl.org/) interactive from Data 4 Black Lives * “[Decolonizing Methodologies: 20 Years On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSX_4FnqXwQ)” annual lecture by [Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith](https://www.waikato.ac.nz/maori/linda-tuhiwai-smith) On the importance of intersectional climate justice: * [Intersectional Environmentalism](https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/) by [Leah Thomas](https://www.greengirlleah.com/) * [Who Killed Berta Cáceres?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/02/who-killed-berta-caceres-behind-the-brutal-of-an-environment-crusader) * "[Indigenous sovereignty could save the planet](https://truthout.org/articles/un-report-says-indigenous-sovereignty-could-save-the-planet/)" Principles aligning across movements: * [A Just Transition Framework](https://climatejusticealliance.org/just-transition/) from the [Climate Justice Alliance](https://climatejusticealliance.org/) * [Design Justice Principles](https://designjustice.org/read-the-principles) (en [français](https://designjustice.org/french))
Environmentalism--not just for white women! We are driving to action because you can't be anti-racist and ignore the environment, and you can't care about the environment and ignore racism. Honor The Earth: https://www.honorearth.org/ First Daughter and the Black Snake: https://www.blacksnakefilm.com/ Sign petition against Mountain Valley Pipeline: https://www.cancelmvp.com/ Zero waste stores locally: https://golessthan.com/ https://www.ecomaniac.org/
In the left's ongoing attempt to tell the masses what to think they have coined a new term: Intersectional Environmentalism. The term is being employed by the Biden Administration to utilize environment policies inn order to bring equity to the planet. However, in the process the left seems to be snacking on themselves. Also in this episode: Earth Day predictions that never became true.
On this episode, Dylan talks with social activist Sabrina Katz. She is the co-founder of the wonderful and important account "Intersectional Environmentalist" and they talk all about it. Not only that, but Dylan and Sabrina discuss all things vegan, best spots around the city for some plant-based food, and so much more on this weeks episode of HTTC.
"There's always a way to make a more conscious choice in your life to consume what you need and what you're going to use, so you minimize the new material things put into the waste system" says environmental activist, Laís Santoro. Laís is a student at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode, she covers the broad spectrum of Intersectional Environmentalism and several social issues associated with it, including: air quality, food deserts, colorism within environmental social justice, eco-fascism, the Baltimore incinerator, and other topics. Although this may seem like a lot, it only scratches the surface! Note From Laís: I want to reiterate that I am NOT an expert in this and come into this work with lots of privilege as a JHU student, immigrating from Brazil, etc.. This movement has been around for decades, still is, and has been led by many great organizations and people, especially Black, Indigenous, people and communities of color that have historically also been silenced while doing this work and need to be amplified. I don't want to do that! Plus, there are so many ways to engage in this and remember that taking the first step to a more just and sustainable world means everything. You can donate, volunteer, spread awareness, educate your family and friends, and always work to pair individual action with the collective action to address the systemic roots of environmental injustice as well! There's something for everyone to engage in.
In this mini-episode, Natalya and Marie speak with Maribel Cosme-Vitagliani about what intersectional environmentalism is and why it's necessary for equitable and inclusive sustainability work. Maribel shares some of the ways that she has embedded environmental justice in her work as the conservation departmental assistant at the Brooklyn Museum. To share feedback on this content, please reach out to Natalya and Marie at: ECPN.AIC.digitalplatforms@gmail.com This podcast is sponsored by the American Institute for Conservation's Emerging Conservation Professionals Network and it is generously supported by the Department of Art conservation at the University of Delaware in honor of Bruno Pouliot.
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"Why every environmentalist should be anti-racist" by Leah Thomas (2020) (https://bit.ly/3w2GCXB) "Intersectional environmentalism is an inclusive version of environmentalism that advocates for both the protection of people and the planet. It identifies the ways in which injustices happening to marginalized communities and the earth are interconnected. It brings injustices done to the most vulnerable communities, and the earth, to the forefront and does not minimize or silence social inequality." References: Leah Thomas (https://twitter.com/Leahtommi) Intersectional Environmentalist (https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/) Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru (https://twitter.com/wawagatheru) Black Girl Environmentalist (https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlenvironmentalist/) Michael Lipset, PhD of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/) Connect: Twitter (https://twitter.com/mjcraw) Website (https://www.mjcraw.com) Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)
In the words of Leah Thomas, “Intersectional Environmentalism would not exist without environmental justice… They work together really harmoniously.” Leah Thomas is the founder of Intersectional Environmentalism and Green Girls Co. Leah Shares with Rev the targeting of Black environmentalists with wokewashing, the need for cannabis reparations, and the environmental movement historically ignoring the intersectionality of other movements. The Coolest Show – brought to you by Hip Hop Caucus Think 100% PODCASTS – drops new episodes every Monday on environmental justice and how we solve the climate crisis. Listen and subscribe here or at TheCoolestShow.com! Follow @Think100Climate and @RevYearwood on Instagram, Twitter, and Instagram.
In this episode, Amelia speaks with Leah Thomas aka @greengirlleah, the cofounder of Intersectional Environmentalist. Leah shares how she became an eco-creative and why she coined the term “intersectional environmentalism.” They also chat about cannabis equity, Leah's upcoming book, and why we should all talk more about Kimberlé Crenshaw.Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia's next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Health isn't just about genetics and biology. In fact, factors external to our bodies have been shown to impact our health to a greater extent than we previously thought. In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ingrid Waldron - an associate professor at the University of Dalhousie in the Faculty of Health and the Director of the ENRICH Project.Her research looks at inequities in our social structures and how they impact mental and physical health. This conversation gives a summary of her mental health research, her work with Black and Indigenous communities impacted by environmental racism, and how we can help fight environmental racism as individuals.In this episode, we discuss:What are social determinants of healthHow stress, stigmatization, and eco-grief affect health, especially of those living in polluted communities.What is environmental racismHow Dr. Waldron approaches her research, from a community-driven and multi-media lensHow this research led to a book, film, and ultimately affected legislative changeHow you can support communities experiencing environmental racismDr. Ingrid Waldron is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University and the Director of the NGO Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities & Community Health Project (The ENRICH Project). As the Director of the ENRICH Project over the last eight years, Dr. Waldron has been investigating the socio-economic, political, and health effects of environmental racism and other public infrastructure inequalities in Mi'kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities. The ENRICH Project formed the basis to Dr. Waldron's first book There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities, which received the 2020 Society for Socialist Studies Errol Sharpe Book Prize and the 2019 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing. The 2020 Netflix documentary There's Something in the Water is based on Dr. Waldron's book and was co-produced by Waldron, actress Ellen Page, Ian Daniel, and Julia Sanderson. The ENRICH Project also formed the basis to the creation of the provincial private members bill An Act to Address Environmental Racism (Bill 111), which was introduced in the Nova Scotia Legislature on April 29, 2015, and the federal private members bill a National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism (Bill C-230), which was introduced in the House of Commons on February 26, 2020 and moved to second reading on December 8, 2020.Links Mentioned in the Episode:Free 5-Day Training Series, How to Create a Healthier Home without Overwhelm: https://greenathome.ca/trainingThe ENRICH Project: https://www.enrichproject.org/There's Something in the WaterNetflix Documentary: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81206890Dr. Waldron's Book: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/there8217s-something-in-the-waterHow to Support Bill C-230 A National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism: https://www.enrichproject.org/billc-230/Dr. Waldron's Twitter: @waldron_ingridDr. Waldron's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Iwaldron*****Green Product Forum: https://facebook.com/groups/greenproductforumInstagram: https://instagram.com/emma_greenathomeWebsite: https://greenathome.ca
Gugu Nonjinge is an NDP 2030 Youth Ambassador from South Africa. She is an external Communications and Advocacy practitioner with 6 years of experience in the social policy sector and a proven track record broadcast media. She is also the Senior Advocacy Officer for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, as well as project lead and communications expert with the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. In August 2015, she was awarded the Lead South Africa Hero award for the work that she does for young girls in Africa. Gugu has her finger on the pulse of democracy and social issues in South Africa, and she can often be found on the TV sharing her passion for Gender & Climate Justice and Intersectional Environmentalism. This episode examines the intersectionality of women's role in the contemporary climate movement; examining the gendered discrimination in the climate space. We delve into the fact that Indigenous women across Africa are at the front line of climate change, yet are often excluded when it comes to providing solutions in their communities. Gugu emphasizes that more focus needs to be put on climate adaptation, as we have largely surpassed mitigating climate change in many of these most vulnerable communities, and that we need to start championing women's roles as climate leaders in order to find effective long-term solutions to these problems. We are far more likely to tackle the climate crisis successfully if those impacted the most are included, as inclusive decision-making always yields better results. We also need to dramatically increase our education efforts within the spaces and groups we find ourselves, as it simply does not make sense for such a small portion of the population to be concerned with climate change when it impacts all of us.
Thanks for tuning in to the second episode of the Sunrise Movement LA Podcast! As mentioned in the episode, here are all the links you'll need to take tangible action in the movement. ----------------- Black Lives Matter Los Angeles: https://www.blmla.org IG @blmlosangeles FB/Twitter @blmla ACTION ITEM - Defund the Police: https://peoplesbudgetla.com/toolkit ACTION ITEM - Read up on Black LA Demands: https://www.blmla.org/newsfeed/2020/4/16/black-los-angeles-demands-in-light-of-covid-19-and-rates-of-black-death Donate to Los Angeles Action Bail Fund: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wp4bl Find my local BLM chapter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/chapters/ -------------------- Intersectional Environmentalism: https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com IG @intersectionalenvironmentalist @greengirlleah @climatediva ACTION ITEM - learn more about Bill AB345 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFINL_X3hWarOqHWoVbcHYEUDMFpxDFa1qsXG9kjaDE/mobilebasic ACTION ITEM - Sign STAND LA's petition to stop neighborhood drilling https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-la-countys-residents-health-and-safety Find your CA state senator here http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov -------------------- Sunrise Movement Los Angeles https://www.sunrisemovementla.org Find your local Sunrise Hub here https://www.sunrisemovement.org/hubs -------------------- Sources/Additional Information: George Floyd's murder: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52861726 Nonviolent Protests: https://time.com/5849679/history-protest-debate/ Jackie Lacey: https://www.blmla.org/jackie-lacey-must-go LA City Budget: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-city-council-votes-to-slash-lapd-budget-by-150-million/#:~:text=The%20entire%202020%2D2021%20budget,the%202019%2D2020%20proposed%20budget. Defunding the Police: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875311086/defunding-the-police-what-would-it-mean-for-the-u-s Black Lives Matter Movement: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html Mutual Aid: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mkjv/what-is-mutual-aid-and-how-can-it-help-with-coronavirus John Muir's Racist Past: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sierra-club-grapples-founder-john-muirs-racism-180975404/ Why Every Environmentalist Should be Anti-Racist: https://www.vogue.com/article/why-every-environmentalist-should-be-anti-racist To learn more about environmental and racism and how organizing can help combat it, check out the National Urban League's podcast For the Movement and their episode “Environmental Racism: It's a Thing” -------------------------- This episode was reported by Khristina Rhead and Suzie Hicks, with major contributions from Justin Chow, Brahm Genzlinger, Sarah Goldzweig, John Miller, Danielle Reynolds, Sara Sebahar, Jeremy Steinberger, and Ari Tibi. Thanks go out to the many Sunrisers who shared their stories for this episode as well. Our Sound Editors for this episode were Brahm Genzlinger, Jeremy Steinberger, Sara Sebahar, and John Miller. Our theme song was recorded by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm with contributions from several members of Sunrise LA, and it was mixed and mastered by Brahm Genzlinger. This episode's musical score was by Brahm Genzlinger and John Miller. We owe some deep gratitude for the presence, experiences and insights of our guests Megan Castillo, Yaslynn Rivera (IG @yaslynnrivera), Summer Dean, and Leah Thomas. We also want to thank everyone who contributed audio from protests and that recounted stories from the ground during some of the inciting moments of this movement. See you next time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Isaias is an intersectional environmental scientist and educator from California . We spoke about what it means to make your environmental work intersectional, the lack of diversity withing ecology and conservation, and living a vegan, low impact lifestyle. - you can find more about Isaias's work here; https://www.queerbrownvegan.com/; https://www.instagram.com/queerbrownvegan/; and here https://twitter.com/queerbrownvegan Follow the podcast on Instagram - coffee_with_conservationists / follow me - george_brynmor Coffee Notes - Equal Exchange Origins - A Blend from farms in Nicaragua, Peru and the DRC Info - Coffee produced by: Unicafec - Asociacion Union de Cafetaleros Ecologicos (Peru), SOPACDI (DRC) & SOPEXXCA - Unión de Cooperativas Agropecuarias (Nicaragua) Roast Date - Unknown Tasting Notes - Rich honeyed apricot and almond Learn more about Equal Exchange Coffee - https://www.equalexchange.co.uk/product/organic-women-farmers-coffee/ Music - "Heron Island" by Richard Bentley - https://www.smallsilence.org/
This week, we are joined by Makayla Archer (she/her), Alexis Tinoco (he/him), Mandy Huang (she/her), and Risako Nozaki (she/her) to explore the intersection of racial justice and environmentalism. In doing so, we discuss the history of whiteness within the environmentalism movement, present-day commodification of sustainable living, and everything in between. Through this conversation, we acknowledge the ways in which institutions create and maintain environmental racism as well as its impact on minority communities.
After a week away, Casey and Abby are excited to talk about intersectional environmentalism in this episode! They discuss statistics surrounding the communities both, most impacted by and most aware of, the effects of climate change. They also study the whitewashing of the green movement, and how their education systems failed to highlight the stories of the diverse environmentalists that shaped the United States. Finally, Casey and Abby share how they came into the environmentalist movement, and how they plan to continue integrating principles and learning into their own lives. RESOURCES: To Follow on Instagram Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza @celsious_social Nataly Neri @natalyneri Lauren Singer @trashisfortossers Queer Brown Vegan (Isaias) @queerbrownvegan @Alluviamag Mari Copeny @littlemissflint IE @intersectionalenvironmentalist Leah Thomas @Greengirlleah Sydney Porter @thesydneyporter To Listen Majora Carter Ted talk: “Greening the ghetto” and making urban spaces more green To Read Civil Eats' Article: "Dollar Stores Are Taking Over the Grocery Business, and It's Bad News for Public Health and Local Economies" Online platforms Grist media platform Goodonyou.eco Research Links from Episode: https://www.naacp.org/issues/environmental-justice/ https://www.naacp.org/latest/what-do-clean-air-covid-19-and-earth-day-mean-to-me-cleveland-branch/ https://www.instagram.com/essential_environment/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/ https://ecohusky.uconn.edu/2018/03/27/4-black-environmentalists-who-changed-the-environmental-movement/ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwvn8/the-environmental-movement-needs-to-reckon-with-its-racist-history https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/07/white-black-environmentalism-racism/
In This Episode We Talk About: how Black Lives Matter and Environmentalism are connected, healing quality of nature and processing generational trauma in the black community, Leading with compassion, how race and environment are interconnected and building the society we want Resources: Green Girl Leah Learn more about joining the alliance:https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com Instagram:@intersectionalenvironmentalist Instagram:@greengirlleah Guest Bio: Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She's passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism. You could say she's tryna make the world a little more equal for everyone and a little nicer to our home planet. Follow this mindset through her writing on The Good Trade. She graduated from Chapman University in 2017 with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy with a cluster in Comparative World Religions. Her goal is to inspire others to explore new places, live more sustainably and practice radical self acceptance. ________________________________________________________________ Thank you to Gwella and Source Point Wellness for sponsoring this episode! Source Point Wellness: Kind, Compassionate and Mindful Medicine. Source Point Wellness is an integrative healing oasis located in Los Angeles that combines Chinese, functional and spiritual medicine, along with a bit of magic. Their team of experts offer virtual healing services to anyone in the world, including integrative telemedicine, herbal medicine, distance acupuncture and reiki, goddess acupuncture, Akashic readings, chakra balancing, healing energy work, EFT, and customized breathwork. Please follow @sourcepointwellness or email Dr.Cohen directly at drcohen@sourcepointwellness.com to inquire more. ________________________________________________________________ Gwella is an app that was created by three siblings who believe in the power of self healing and working with amazing healers along the path to wellness. Follow us @getgwella on IG to learn more about connecting healers and explorers! Gwella so excited to be creating community and connecting healers with explorers through an app. Gwella was born out of frustration in finding healers when one founder moved to a new city and traveled to multiple cities for work, but wanted to continue her growth. We hope that others will find healers through gwella with a few clicks on their devices. We are so excited to have you on this journey with us! download now from the apple store download now from google play https://www.getgwella.com
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