An Intersectional Approach to Earth Day

Written By Diandra Marizet Esparza

Original Caption: Firemen stand on a bridge over the Cuyahoga River to spray water on the tug Arizona, as a fire, started in an oil slick on the river, sweeps the docks at the Great Lakes Towing Company site in Cleveland Nov., 1st. The blaze destroyed three tugs, three buildings, and the ship repair yards. Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images

The Influence of Social Justice Movements On Earth Day

A tool-kit walking you through the context, accomplishments and intersectional shortcomings of the first ever Earth Day.

Researched by Diandra Marizet Esparza
Copy Edited by Sabrina Katz
Designed by Monique Zarbaf

 

Key Summary

In this Tool-Kit you will learn about :

  • The Origins of Earth Month

  • Acknowledging the Influence of Social Justice Movements

  • The Intersectional Failures of the First Ever Earth Day

  • The Future of Earth Month: An Intersectional Approach

  • Make Your Intersectional Earth Month Action Plan

Diandra Marizet Esparza

Diandra Marizet Esparza is an environmental justice advocate, community cultivator, operational strategist and writer whose work resides where culture meets environmentalism to support equitable systems for people + planet. She is the Executive Director of Intersectional Environmentalist, and contributing writer to “The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet”.

https://diandramarizetesparza.com/
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