E18: The environmental movement is not political enough

The amazing Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said in a few words on her official Facebook account, that the environmental movement is not political. But I thought that statement was very… irresponsible. In this episode I talk about that the mainstream environmental movement is not political enough, there's  a racist and colonial agenda behind the exploitation of natural resources, and why environmental activism spaces must be intersectional. In the anti-nihilism section the amazing work of; Ta'Kaiya Blaney @salishmemer, Wet'suwet'en Acess Point Facebook Page, and the organization the Wretched of the Earth. twitter.com/salishmemer https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/ https://www.facebook.com/wotearth/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/MangoPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/mangopodcast0 Climate activist of color: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/youth-climate-activists-of-color?utm_medium=social&mbid=social_facebook&utm_source=facebook&utm_brand=tv&utm_social-type=owned&fbclid=IwAR3MqEgEuC0iEqSBy9DfDP0ylXB0cfsKB3-Cf_TPY2uAJn55X12XINJ4vgA https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/top-oil-firms-spending-millions-lobbying-to-block-climate-change-policies-says-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/05/environmental-activist-murders-double https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/28/amazon-gold-miners-invade-indigenous-village-brazil-leader-killed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/22/uncontacted-tribe-video-amazon-rainforest-awa-people https://e360.yale.edu/digest/164-activists-were-killed-defending-land-and-water-last-year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/04/extinction-rebellion-race-climate-crisis-inequality https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/20/extinction-rebellion-founders-holocaust-remarks-spark-fury https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/3/21030688/google-amazon-ai-oil-gas?fbclid=IwAR30ZQCGREPbv6NXFhLMQwLBPJsL75H-XuTUMOeCBmmo-luWw0CUmm9VUok https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change