Art & Multimedia

By Ariana Thornton After reading Kristy's interview, I became inspired by the crucial role that female identifying individuals play in the fight for environmental justice. These three digital artworks are part of a larger multimedia project in which I plan to draw 26 portraits of influential female environmentalists from different backgrounds, cultures, and generations around the world–one name for each letter of the English alphabet.  Through this project, I seek to shed light on the intersectionality of the climate movement and raise awareness of important female environmentalists whose names are not as well known as, say, Greta Thunberg or Jane Goodall. Women climate activists who have made significant contributions to their cause are not just White, but also Black, Indigenous, A...