The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas

4.18 AVERAGE

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sldewael's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

mmcfall's review against another edition

2.0
Fairly surface level and reads almost as if it is an amateur collection of zines. Chapters mostly are a recitation of facts. Shows promise in the chapter on green energy where there are actual case studies but still doesn’t ever delve into deeper analysis.
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4.0
reflective slow-paced
A good coffee table book. 

The concept of Intersectional environmentalism is a huge fish to fry and writing an introductory book is a big undertaking. Unfortunately, it read a little bit like a thesis paper. The strongest parts being when the author would reference her own life examples and other examples happening around the world. This was not done often however. 

I wish I could say I learned a lot from reading this, but most of the concepts and examples i was already well aware of; it was a good refresher nonetheless. I would recommend this book as a coffee table book for someone who already is familiar the environmentalist movement. It is good to read in snippets but becomes dense when read in large chunks.

shelby258's review against another edition

3.25
informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
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auntiemaleficent's review against another edition

4.5
informative inspiring reflective sad
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speliza's review against another edition

5.0
informative inspiring reflective

maxwellkb2's review against another edition

5.0
informative inspiring fast-paced
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davidgross13's review against another edition

5.0
hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
This is a great introduction into the intersectional environmentalism movement. I really enjoyed the content and substance of the book. Some of it was review, but a lot of it was new. It’s a breath of fresh air compared to so much of the climate doomerism often seen. 
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grampypants's review against another edition

5.0
informative reflective medium-paced

kaddymarie's review against another edition

3.0
Wanted to love this book, and I really liked it, but I was hoping for quite a bit more depth into all of the topics discussed. Feels better suited as an introductory/complementary book for a class, especially with the prompts included in each chapter. She provides great lists of resources though that I hope to delve into soon!