Audrea Lim Q&A with Bill McKibben
Audrea Lim, a Brooklyn-based journalist and editor of The World We Need: Stories and Lessons from America’s Unsung Environmental Movement (The New Press, 2021), did a Q&A with Bill McKibben for The New Yorker's Climate Crisis newsletter. Read the piece here.
“Far from the 'white college-educated hippie' stereotype, environmentalists are Black and brown youth transforming an abandoned jail into a community farm; a former coal miner turned blogger and environmental advocate; Asian, Latinx, and indigenous people creating healthier and more equitable neighborhoods for their kids … The health, safety, and well-being of their communities hang in the balance, but many activists understand that these goals also require bigger changes, from better access to parks, recreation, and community spaces to more localized food systems and good, clean jobs. I think that’s why many environmentalists don’t even call themselves 'environmentalists.' They are culture-makers, or community, housing, labor, and immigration activists who understand that environmental issues are ingrained in every part of society, and have simply made them a core element of their work.”
Audrea Lim