How Can We Make the Redwoods More Inclusive?

March 8, 2018

Latina woman in a redwood forest with a banana slug. Photo: Ruby Rodriquez/Latino Outdoors.

Close your eyes and think of an “environmentalist.” What do you see? If its an old white guy (probably with a beard and a walking stick), you are not alone! Environmentalism has a diversity problem. It’s not that people of color don’t care about the environment—polls show that they do, and at levels that surpass white people—but the environmental movement has not made space for their inclusion.