“As we work to heal the land, the land heals us.” - Joanna Macy This is the fourth blog in our Take Time Tuesday series to #amplifymelinatedvoices in intersectional environmentalism. Learn more here. Just like one perfectly ripe, fresh-picked strawberry leaves you hungering for more, I hope this post drives you searching for Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass if you haven’t yet had the pure pleasure of reading it. Both ecologist and a woman of indigenous heritage, Robin understands and honors both the science and the sacred when it comes to the natural world and our part in it. When it comes to intersectional environmentalism, she...

This is the third blog in our Take Time Tuesday series to #amplifymelinatedvoices in intersectional environmentalism. Click here to learn more. In honor of Pride Month, I’d like to highlight one of my FAVORITE intersectional environmentalists on the ‘gram! Any guesses? I’ll give you a hint: This individual has been working tirelessly — and hilariously — to show up for “Mother Natch." And even before hashtag amplifymelinatedvoices was a thing, this person has been bringing a widely diverse crew of people together, unified by a shared love of the outdoors, to Get. Sh**. Done. She’s raised hundreds of thousands (millions?) of dollars for environmental and...

This is the second blog in our Take Time Tuesday series to #amplifymelinatedvoices in intersectional environmentalism. Click here to learn more. It is my sheer pleasure to introduce you this week to Chelsea Murphy of @she_colorsnature on Instagram. Chelsea is one of my favorite leaders in the outdoors providing anti-racist education and showing a path forward. If you're an Instagram user and aren’t following Chelsea yet, I encourage you to do so! Though I was introduced to her first through our partnership with Adventure Mamas Initiative and a mutual love of the outdoors, I have come to also deeply value her teaching on anti-racism. She is thoughtful,...