GENERAL RESOURCES
Several running lists of resources of all sorts can be found here:
Books:
- List of Children’s Nature Books featuring BIPOC
- Black Faces, White Spaces by Carolyn Finney
- Toxic Communities by Dorceta Taylor
- The rise of the American Conservation Movement by Dorceta Taylor
- Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy
- Legacy on the Land by Audrey and Frank Peterman
- Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks by Mark David Spence
- The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World – Anthology of 17 BIPOC writers
- Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Dianne D. Glave
- Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks
- The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors by James Edward Mills
Articles:
First, some history on the traumatic symbolism and significance of the woods and mountains for Black folks and the history of our parks:
- Bad things happen in the woods: the anxiety of hiking while black
- The US National Park System grapples with its racist origins
- How a notorious racist inspired America’s National Parks
- The President stole your land: public lands and the settler commons
- Ethnic cleansing and America’s creation of the National Parks
Next, a deeper look at the environmental movement
- The state of diversity in the environmental movement
- ‘Environmentalist’ doesn’t mean white and wealthy
- Americans of color are way more likely to be environmentalists
- Are there two different versions of environmentalism, one “White” and one “Black”?
- Environmental racism in America
- People of color are on the frontlines of the climate crisis
- Why does environmentalism have a dark side?
Now, a few articles and a data set about the status quo:
- Black environmentalists talk about climate and anti-racism
- Birding while Black
- Going it alone: hiking the Appalachian Trail as a Black Queer Woman
- The unbearable whiteness of hiking and how to solve it
- The Outdoor Recreation Economy
Finally, where we go from here
- Environmental Justice Toolkit
- The Melanin Basecamp guide to outdoor allyship
- Climate change isn’t racist – people are
- Intersectional Environmentalism: Why Environmental Justice is Essential for a Sustainable Future
- Climate Activists, Here is Why Your Work Depends on Ending Police Violence
- Solidarity solutions against false climate solutions
- How to make sure racial justice is a part of your climate activism
- True climate justice is impossible without racial and economic justice
Podcasts:
- Social Equity and Sustainable Food by Oregon Tilth
- “Mikhail Martin is a Brother of Climbing.” Outside Magazine Podcast
- “Native Connection to the Land.” She Explores.
- “Never Too Late to Become a Mountain Nomad.” She Explores.
- “Black Bodies, Green Spaces.” WBUR On Point.
- “Being ‘Outdoorsy’ When You’re Black Or Brown.” NPR Code Switch
- “Giovanna Di Chiro: Connecting Sustainability and Environmental Justice.” Swarthmore News & Events.
Organizations:
- Got Green
- Rising Tide
- Sunrise Movement
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Front and Centered
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Just Transition Network
- Women of Color Speak Out
- Greening Youth Foundation
- Center for Earth Ethics
- Future Coalition
- Voices on the Frontlines
- Sustain Us
- Indigenous Climate Action