Intersectional Environmentalist

New episode of The Joy Report is live! This week, Arielle King  sits down with Astrologer, Jessica Lanyadoo to talk about the spring equinox as an invitation to set intentions, move through fear, and initiate from your values.

Our host, Arielle King asks, what would the world look like if everyone had climate education? 🌱 Brittany Jefferson  paints a picture of local economies, green infrastructure, and renewable energy looking at California Deserts for a living example.

New episode of The Joy Report is live! This week, Arielle King sits down with Brittany Jefferson, LA-based educator and founder of EJEDU, to talk about climate literacy, environmental justice in the classroom, and why education is one of our most powerful climate solutions.

Art has always been a site of resistance and reimagining. These Black artists use their work to confront environmental racism, reclaim space, and envision regeneration. We have just released our full resource guide via Substack to help you get educated and involved in the world of Black Climate Justice work. follow us at  Tag your Black Eco-Justice artist friends in the comments below! 👇🏾

Last week's episode of The Joy Report featured Dr. Margot Brown, Senior Vice President for Justice and Equity at the the Environmental Defense Fund. The conversation was so rich with history and experience from her decades of climate justice work. We covered everything from Louisiana's Cancer Alley to the impact of Audre Lorde on the Environmental Justice Movement.

Communities across the US are winning against environmental racism. In Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and more, residents are packing council meetings, collecting signatures, and using their collective power to push back against destructive AI data centers. Our future will be written by us, not tech profits. This post was made in partnership with The Solutions Project. #BlackClimateWeek Special thank you to Adam Mahoney at CapitolB for his vital reporting. Thank you to @mediajustice for the data work.

On this episode of The Joy Report, Arielle King   sits down with @Margot B., the Environmental Defense Fund's Senior Vice President for Justice and Equity, to explore the Black voices throughout history who most people don't know were climate justice advocates. In this clip, the conversation turns to Cancer Alley, an 85-mile corridor of nearly 200 petrochemical plants built alongside predominantly Black communities in Louisiana and the influence, Goldman Prize winner and environmental justice pioneer, Margie Richard, had on Dr. Brown's understanding of this work. 🖤

Morocco, Mozambique, Ghana, Senegal. Surf culture is African culture. @Selema Masekela reminds us that surfing is a big part of African history, dating all the way back to 17th century Ghana. This episode of the Artivist Series is made in collaboration with @Adventurecom and @Surfrider. You can watch the full video at the link in our bio.

We are not powerless! On last week’s episode of The Joy Report, Abre' Conner, Esq. and Arielle King talk about the many ways people have been using collective power to push back against dirty data centers. 🌱 Watch the full video at the link in our bio and follow us on YouTube and Substack to stay up to date with releases.

TOMORROW on episode 20 of The Joy Report, Arielle King talks with Abre' Conner, Esq., civil rights attorney and Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at NAACP about the communities fighting back against the dirty data centers. Follow IE Media on YouTube or where ever you get your podcasts to stay updated.