Professor Peterson discussed the anthropocentrism of the anthropocene at his lecture tonight, and one of his main points was about the intersectionality with feminism, racism, classism and similar movements with environmentalism.\u00a0 He suggested that environmental activists collaborate with other social justice activists, because their agendas are all fairly similar.\u00a0 At Colby this year, I have been working with other student leaders in the Outing Club to bring these collaborative conversations to campus.\u00a0 One issue that we have discussed at length is people of color in the outdoors.\u00a0 POCs are largely underrepresented in the outdoor industry, and we are examining the exclusivity of the outdoors as a space, the lack of an outdoor recreational tradition in POC communities, in a way to make the outdoors more inclusive for all.\u00a0 We believe that environmental activism comes from a personal connection with the outdoors, so in this way we have worked in collaboration with other organizations on campus that work on issues of race, class and gender.\u00a0 I think that this project accesses the ideas that Professor Peterson was talking about in his lecture tonight, because it actively bridges activist movements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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