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551 reviews for:
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
Leah Thomas
4.18 AVERAGE
551 reviews for:
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
Leah Thomas
4.18 AVERAGE
3.5 stars. I applaud Leah Thomas for taking on the task of describing effectively ALL facets of an intersectional environmentalist worldview and perspective. With that, the book felt like it was missing a clear throughline and target audience: it was too nuanced and terminology-laden to be for true newcomers, while too basic to push the bounds for someone who has spent any time focused on environmental justice. I felt like the author could have pushed the reader to think more critically about certain points. For example, one of the most compelling stat lines in the book was about how white people breathe significantly less polluted air than the pollution they produce while BIPOC breathe in more polluted air than the pollution they produce. Diving deep into that would have been interesting to start getting philosophical and also come to some ways of thinking about solutions, but instead, like much of the book, this was glossed over as fact after fact was presented at a rapid clip. I understand this book is meant to be a "primer" rather than the final say on environmental justice which is why I still give it some stars, but I can't say it would be the first book I recommend to either newbies or more seasoned environmentalists.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Classism
Natural Disasters, climate change
really great toolkit and very well written, but was definitely lacking in some places. wanted to see more conversations about indigenous, queer, and disabled perspectives. as well as more global representation
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A little stat heavy for audio book but great compact and comprehensive overview. The piece about pollution created vs experienced by race will definitely stick with me.
Trying to read one nonfiction per month this year and this one was nice and short to start. I do think that I already knew most things/concepts covered here
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was an accessible, clear, easy to read book that laid things out clearly and with nuance. The only thing I really didn't like was the use of a loud beeping sound and crackling background noise when long quotes from other authors were introduced.
informative
medium-paced
Intersectional environmentalism is a very important concept. I would have given this 5 stars, but I felt it lacking in a lot of areas. The history was very informational and in-depth, but it felt as though the second half of the book was very, very brief. A lot of the verbiage and concepts discussed in this book will be repetitive to those who are already educated in this area, so I would recommend this book to those who have not done any literature reading or education in areas of intersectionality, environmentalism, etc.
I was left wanting more from this.
I was left wanting more from this.