April 22, 2018
When it comes to environmentalism, many UC Berkeley professors, students and staff members have reached a consensus: The green movement is too white.
A quick glance through the leadership of environmentalism’s stalwart institutions — the Sierra Club, the World Wildlife Fund, the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management — reveals mostly white faces.
According to some students and professors on campus, environmentalism tends to serve white, upper-class interests while leaving out members of marginalized communities and their concerns.