Yesterday Meg Ruttan Walker tweeted as follows
hey folks, what are your favourite climate justice pieces written by Black, Indigenous, or other people of Colour?
Please keep in mind that I know @MaryHeglar‘s work and I always include her. Looking for other voices.
— Meg Ruttan Walker (@TricksyRaccoon) June 21, 2020
It got some great replies from @MaryHeglar, @el_macs @TutusNTinyHats @Trashista @rpancost and others.
We at @ClimateEmergMcr turned the thread into a list (which we will add to when we find/are alerted to other articles). See this recent post on our website too…
Books
The Optimist’s Telescope by @binajv
A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None by Kathyrn Yusoff
Articles
Lose your kin by Christina Sharpe
People of Color Experience Climate Grief More Deeply Than White People by Nylah Burton- @yumcoconutmilk
Why I quit being a climate activist by Karin Louise Hermes
It’s Time for Environmental Studies to Own Up to Erasing Black People by Wanjiku Gatheru @wawagatheru
No, climate action can’t be separated from social justice by Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat
Faster Than We Thought: What Stories Will Survive Climate Change? by Omar El Akkad @omarelakkad
Lessons in Survival by Emily Raboteau @emilyraboteau
Mothering in the Age of Extinction by Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt
Climate Change Anxiety Has Always Existed For Me by Saya Ameli Hajebi @SayaAmeli
Websites
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (multiple articles) @ayanaeliza
Chris Newman on Medium
UPDATE – we will add to the list, with books and articles, youtubes etc. Send us your tips – contact@climateemergencymanchester.net
Invasion Day is a day of mourning for Indigenous Australians. The bushfires make this year extra poignant by Nylah Burton
Oh, and “Climate Change Ain’t the First Existential Threat” by Mary Heglar
Environmentalism’s racist history by Jedediah Purdy
