Ep. 40: Social Media & Intersectional Environmentalism | with Leah Thomas

<p>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.</p> <p>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!!</p> <p>Learn about Intersectional Environmentalist <a href="https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/" target="_blank">here!</a> Follow Leah on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/greengirlleah/?hl=en" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/intersectionalenvironmentalist/?hl=en" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Read Leah's book, The Intersectional Environmentalist! You can find it <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58340703" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p>____________</p> <p>Visit our website to keep up with the OC team and for a full transcript of this episode! <a href="https://operationclimatepo.wixsite.com/operationclimate" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://operationclimatepo.w