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Apr 2022
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Book Club: The Intersectional Environmen...

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Advocate and activist Leah Thomas' book The Intersectional Environmentalist is a much-needed examination of the environmentalist movement, and why it has to be intersectional. In part one, we dig into some key definitions and foundational ideas for this conversation. 

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