3.5 stars, rounded up.

In a lot of ways, this felt like a long-form informational Instagram post (which makes sense given that that is Leah Thomas's platform), which was difficult for me personally to connect with as someone who engages with these topics in my grad school classes. Definitely a strong primer in intersectionality, environmentalism, and environmental justice for those who may be unfamiliar with those terms, though. As with a lot of environmental-focused media, I do wish this was more solutions-based, but that's also where I see my work in environmentalism so that's probably a me-thing. I did also appreciate the multitude of voices and organizations highlighted here and I think that's the book's strength. Definitely a book to peruse if you see it at an indie bookstore!

Thanks to Voracious (Little Brown) for providing me with an early e-copy of this work. The Intersectional Environmentalist comes out on March 8.

I enjoyed this book. It is an excellent primer on intersectional environmentalism. Leah Thomas gives some specific examples and statistics but overall it's more an explanation of ideas than an in-depth dive into any particular topic. I think this book would be perfect for people who don't know much about environmental racism. Thomas makes the information digestible and understandable for someone who maybe hasn't heard these terms and phrases before.

This book was a nice little resource for introducing the topic of intersectionality in environmental science. There are a lot of lovely anecdotes, questions to ask your self and resources to follow up on if you find a specific item particularly interesting.

It looks a bit at the history of environmental justice, ecofeminism and race struggles in the environmental movement. However, to me this felt like a supplementary book - one to be paired with a college class, textbook or a book on environmental justice, racism or ethics and/or recommended as additional reading. It didn't quite feel like it could stand alone and teach the topic at hand. Once upon a time I took an environmental ethics course that blew my mind and completely changed how I thought, and I was hoping to have the same experience here but this book stayed fairly surface level.

A nice introduction for non-environmental persons and good resource to have overall. Am excited to see what else Leah Thomas produces.