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Watershed Chats: Protecting People & The Planet with Intersectional Environmentalist LEAH THOMAS
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:34:16
Publish Date: 2020-06-16 10:00:00
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What are the links between social justice and environmentalism? Leah Thomas is at the leading edge of Intersectional Environmentalism, a term she coined as a way to advocate for the protection of people and the planet simultaneously.

Leah, a writer and activist, is blooming the efforts of Environmental Justice advocates. After posting a simple, but powerful graphic and pledge on Instagram, Leah’s unifying ideas went viral amidst the rising tide of the Black Lives Matter movement.

By focusing on the lived experiences of marginalised people and communities, who also bear disproportionate impacts from environmental crises, Intersectional Environmentalism connects the dots between personal, political and planetary.

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Welcome to our new series, Watershed Chats, conversational deep dives with experts and those in service of solutions for a healthier and habitable future on Planet Ocean.

Watershed Chats are presented by The Waterpeople Podcast in collaboration with Patagonia.  

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Waterpeople episodes resume on July 7th, 2020 

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Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich

Sound Engineer: Shannon Sol Carroll

Music by: Shannon Sol Carroll

Artist in Residence: Chris Miyashiro 

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