Title: ‘Intersectional Environmentalist’ Platform by Leah Thomas Launches
Headings: ‘Intersectional Environmentalist’ Platform Launches to Dismantle Racism in the Climate Movement
‘Intersectional Environmentalist’ Platform Launches to Dismantle Racism in the Climate Movement
What is intersectional environmentalism?
Leah Thomas promoted the idea of “intersectional environmentalism” in an Instagram post.
Thomas was inspired by intersectional feminism.
Intersectional Environmentalist provides activists with free resources.
Environmentalism is an intersectional social justice issue.
Being an intersectional environmentalist is a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Environmentalism is an intersectional social justice issue. Those who are unclear about why environmentalism is an intersectional justice issue are likely people who have the privilege to not have to see the connections — if that’s the boat you are in, the most important thing you can do right now is learn. “As a Black environmentalist, I see the intersections because I can’t ignore them, because it’s just my life, and I don’t have the privilege to be able to say these are separate. Because I’ve seen the data on environmental racism,” Thomas explains. “ I think it’s a societal issue of humans feeling very disconnected from nature and not being able to see why it is such a huge environmental issue. Because we are humans, we are animals, and we are part of this global ecosystem.” For more resources on intersectionality in the climate movement, you can of course check out the Intersectional Environmentalist website. But Thomas also wanted to shout out a few of her favorite resources — on social media, she recommends following Pattie Gonia, Queer Brown Vegan, and Mikaela Loach. She’s also a big fan of Theresa Baker, creator of the Outdoor Industry CEO Diversity Pledge, and Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, a book of poems about the Black community’s relationship with nature edited by Camille T. Dungy .