Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg are household names, but the list of female environmentalists throughout history is long. Like many fields, the accomplishments of women in environmental work have often been overshadowed by men – particularly in the early years of the environmental movement.
Dudley Edmondson is joining an expedition by people of color to support the Gwich in tribe. 6:00 pm, Jul. 10, 2021 ×
The Atigun River and Gorge in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where an expedition of people of color including Duluth s Dudley Edmondson will be touring this month in support of the Gwich in people. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Service)
DULUTH A nationally renowned photographer, videographer, birder and Black outdoor activist will be part of a seven-person expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this month on a 10-day trek to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous people there trying to stop oil drilling on their homeland.
But the issue remains far from decided.
Edmondson said the expedition including African American, Latino, Native American and Asian American trekkers is part of a larger effort to connect the many environmental and outdoor access battles of people of color across the continent. While in many cases people of color have been excluded from accessing wild lands, in the Gwich’in case, they are trying to keep the access they have, and keep the lands wild.
“The problems (the Gwich’in) face trying to protect their homeland are similar to the problems Black people and other people of color face every day in this country,” Edmondson said. “The social justice issues we have in the Lower 48 and the issues they have up there, are coming from the same people: Affluent white people who do whatever they want, whenever they want to whoever they want.”
Dudley Edmondson is joining an expedition by people of color to support the Gwich in tribe. 6:00 pm, Jul. 10, 2021 ×
The Atigun River and Gorge in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where an expedition of people of color including Duluth s Dudley Edmondson will be touring this month in support of the Gwich in people. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Service)
DULUTH A nationally renowned photographer, videographer, birder and Black outdoor activist will be part of a seven-person expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this month on a 10-day trek to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous people there trying to stop oil drilling on their homeland.
Dudley Edmondson is joining an expedition by people of color to support the Gwich in tribe. 6:00 pm, Jul. 10, 2021 ×
The Atigun River and Gorge in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where an expedition of people of color including Duluth s Dudley Edmondson will be touring this month in support of the Gwich in people. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Service)
DULUTH A nationally renowned photographer, videographer, birder and Black outdoor activist will be part of a seven-person expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this month on a 10-day trek to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous people there trying to stop oil drilling on their homeland.