On Black Futurism with Leah Thomas
The Future Is Intersectional: An Artivist Series
Are you a Black Futurist? In this intimate BTS interview, we explore the topic with Leah Thomas who shares how she’s resisting and building through beauty and humor with hopes of creating spaces that makes people feel held.
This interview is part of IE’s newest video interview series ‘The Future is Intersectional: An Artivist Series’ - a program spotlighting your favorite artists in every region across the country to help you unlock transformative lessons + learnings for radically imagining an inclusive future for people + planet.
How can futurism help you envision thriving futures for people + planet? Tell us in the comments!
About the Artist
Leah is a celebrated environmentalist based in Los Angeles, CA, and the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist. Through Green Girl Productions - Leah has designed innovative programs like London’s first Black EcoFeminist Summit, Earth Sessions community driven climate justice concerts and a grassroots book tour of over 70 stops. Building on her work in the field, Leah penned The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, a book that serves as an introduction to the intersection between environmentalism, racism, and privilege.
Leah is also the founder of the eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, where she uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, and connect with her audience of more than 400k followers across channels. Follow her here:
.How to support the series
IE is dedicated to amplifying artists that help us envision better futures for all, and you can be part of this important work. Check out our contribution levels on Substack to become part of the IE Impact Collective. By donating, you will help power this program inspiring the next generation of artists to imagine thriving futures for people + planet.
We’ll also be dropping interviews exclusively for our IE Impact Collective donors - thank you for helping us produce eco-media for all!
yes yes yes. beautiful.
Beautiful, Leah 🤩✨ thank you.