Equity and Climate Justice with Leah Thomas

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Leah Thomas is an outdoorswoman and activist who loves learning about science and society. In 2020, Leah created an infographic that went viral on Instagram about “intersectional environmentalism”– a movement that calls for climate justice through the lens of social justice– gender, class and racial equity.

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0:00.0	Leah Thomas is an outdoors woman and activist who loves learning about science and society.
0:12.7	She calls herself an eco-communicator, and she started her blog Green Girl Leah 6 years
0:18.7	ago.
0:19.7	In 2020, Leah posted an infographic on Instagram about intersectional environmentalism that
0:26.3	would viral.
0:27.5	The theory is an inclusive version of environmentalism that advocates for both people and her
0:32.9	planet.
0:33.9	Because unfortunately, race and income are kind of the number one and number two determining
0:38.9	factors of whether or not someone has something like clean air or how close they are to toxic
0:44.4	waste sites and facilities.
0:46.3	Leah Thomas' goal is to educate people about how racial justice and fighting climate change
0:51.6	go hand in hand.
0:53.3	She's written about this subject in publications like Vogue, Harper's Bizarre, Elle magazine,
0:59.0	and even Playboy.
1:00.9	After years of blogging on her site, Green Girl Leah, Leah came up with a wild idea to
1:05.9	teach the world about intersectional environmentalism in a new way.
1:10.4	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Adios Worth Living, an R.I. co-op studios production.
1:19.0	Leah Thomas, welcome to Wild Adios Worth Living.
1:22.0	Hi, thanks for having me.
1:24.4	How did you get the wild idea to advocate for intersectional environmentalism?
1:30.6	When did this happen?
1:32.2	What year?
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