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Decolonizing Environmentalism
It is clear there are connections between the goals of Indigenous reconciliation and decolonization, equity, and environmental resilience, In thinking about the environment, we also need to consider past injustices and exclusions, and different perspectives. Here are some links you may want to look at.
- Addressing the Contemporary Climate Crisis by Decolonizing Environmental History (Network in Canadian History & Environment)
- Decolonising Creativity: Why is the Western Standard What We Measure?
- Decolonizing Conservation: a Reading List (UBC Dept. of Geography)
- Decolonizing Environmentalism (Yes Magazine)
- How can we work towards decolonizing conservation? (UBC Dept. of Geography)
- How to Talk About Racial Justice in Sustainability (GreenBiz)
- Shades of Sustainability (website)
- The environmental movement is very white (National Geographic)
- The world spends billions to ‘protect’ Indigenous land. Only 17% goes to Indigenous peoples. (Grist)
- Think people of color don’t care about the environment? Think again. (Grist.org)