Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging from the Wounds of Colonialism
A series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU’s California Program, an eminent ecologist, a lifelong angler and one of the core staff working to advance TU’s practice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Podcasts
- Seeing White, a multi-episode podcast that dives into the history, fabrication, culture, and implications of whiteness in the United States. The Scene on Radio podcast series is an effort of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
- Men, a multi-episode Scene on Radio podcast that explores male domination, the patriarchy, gender bias, misogyny and their broad implications for culture in the United States and beyond.
- 1619, A New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of 250 years of slavery.
- Webinar: Colonialism and the History of Conservation Presenters: Ava Holliday and Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin, The Avarna Group
- Webinar: Citizen’s Climate Lobby Training: Diversity & the Climate Movement: Bridging the Cultural Gap on Climate Change, this 2019 podcast presents research around diversity, equity, and inclusion within the environmental movement (associated slides).
Videos
- White Men: Time to Discover Your Cultural Blind Spots, Michael Welp. July 6, 2017.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Open your Mind, Jan. 13, 2018.
- The Power of Vulnerability, TED talk by Brene Brown.
Articles
- Mountain Views: Voices in the Wind, featuring Trout Unlimited staff member, Rene Henery.
- Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Matter, Kapila, Monisha, Ericka Hines, and Martha Searby. Independent Sector. October 6, 2016.
- Diversity Is Not Enough And, Done Alone, It Can Be Counterproductive., Huff Post. February 6, 2017.
- When Wilderness Was Strictly Whites-Only. Pacific Standard magazine
- ‘Environmentalist’ Doesn’t Just Mean White and Wealthy. CityLab
- How Green Groups Became So White and What to Do About It. Yale Environment 360
- This stereotype is holding back the environmental movement. EDF
- The Mainstream Environmental Movement Is Mostly White. Here’s How To Change That. Think Progress
- The Green Movement Is Talking About Racism? It’s About Time. Outside Online
- Environmentalism’s Racist History. Jedediah Purdy. The New Yorker. August 13, 2015.
- Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist. Leah Thomas. Vogue. June 8, 2020.
- Black Environmentalists Talk About Climate and Anti-Racism. Somini Sengupta. The New York Times. June 3, 2020.
- Read Up on the Links Between Racism and the Environment. Somini Sengupta. The New York Times. June 5, 2020.
Books
- Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgements in Our Daily Lives by Howard J. Ross 2014. Rowman & Littlefield.
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi 2019. One World.
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013. Milkweed.
Other
- Online Evaluation: Project Implicit. This site has a series of evaluations that will help you test your own bias.
- The Sum of Us: A Progressive’s Style Guide. Hanna Thomas and Anna Hirsch. “Language is a key ingredient in a winning theory of change. Language can build bridges and change minds… In fact, understanding and applying the authentic language of the individuals and communities with whom we work can be a revolutionary act in itself.”
- Inclusive Language Guidelines General terms related to equity and power from the American Physiological Association.