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The Rise of Vegan Capitalism

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Meet Isaias Hernandez, environmental educator and founder of Queer Brown Vegan.

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Why escaping climate disasters is a privilege. As Why escaping climate disasters is a privilege. As someone who lived through intense wildfire season from 2017, 2018 Nor Cal Wildfires and 2020 Los Angeles Wildfire, it seems that the everlasting effects of the climate crisis will continue to worsen. It is an economic privilege to flee to a different state or area when your home area is filled with smog.

When I originally posted this on another platform several climate change deniers said that it was lighting that caused everything and that it was government weapons. When can we actually shift those individuals from the question of do you believe to do you understand climate change. Climate change is not a belief structure, ideology, or religion, it’s a factual incidence and event that has been accelerated by exploitative institutions. 

When I see people who are from privilege telling me that they’ll just flee to another country I roll my eyes because they rather not fight for their future and livelihood of their friends over holding politicians accountable. I’m not saying that if you have to move for emergencies or losing their home in a fire or flood that are the issue, it’s the people who have the privilege and still do not act on these issues. 

How have you been surviving the smog? What are some tips you give to people? Wearing a KN95 mask helps your lungs!

#queerbrownvegan #sustainability #wildfireseason #ecology
Up to 60% of our health is determined by zip code. Up to 60% of our health is determined by zip code. Social determinants of health - how our environments impact our health - play a significant role in predicting overall well-being. In fact up to 60% your health is determined by zip code rather than your genetic. Genetics often account for up to 30% of your health. For many Black, Indigenous, and POC communities there are high rates of asthma, heart related diseases, and other related chronic illnesses that are hurting our community progress. 

As someone who has suffered from the heavy effects of environmental injustices, it breaks my heart to see that there is lack of accountability from corporations and local governments to protect communities like mine. I was invited to speak at the @thesannehfoundation for their Gala 4 Goals on my experiences dealing with environmental injustice. You can learn more about my speech by heading to the link in my bio.

P.S. - Consider hiring me for your next speaking engagement ☺️🙌🏽 And thank you @fleurdejunkart for inviting me, it means so much to be able to share my truth in the space ♥️ 📕

#environmentaljustice #environmentalracism #sustainability #queerbrownvegan #environmentalspeaker #intersectionalenvironmentalism #intersectionalenvironmentalist #climateeducation #climateeducationmatters #climateeducationnow
Less technocratic solutions and more heart-based s Less technocratic solutions and more heart-based solutions that come from the depths of the Earth. 

I have become disillusioned with some advancements of technologies around the idea of fixing the climate crisis when it continues to be backed by several exploitative institutions and corporations to cover up their mess. From sucking carbon in the air with giant machines, to putting mussels on cows to reduce their emissions, and creating fake algae oil plants by fossil fuel industries, is this really what is being centered in mainstream discourses? Yes, I love the solar transition, people trying to redesign a food system, and other smaller technologies that address local challenges, but what is not profitable is changing hearts of mind of people. 

The cultural change we need is a psychological warfare as the US is on the rise of fascism and right wing ideologies that it almost seems like this battle is going to be one of the most taxing ones for our society. All I can do sometimes is tell people is that it’s frustrating doing this work, you all deserve to rest, and we all deserve the education to call out these greenwashing capitalistic technologies. A climate solution means to me that it addresses human, animal, and land-spiritual health. 

What are some climate “solutions” you have seen? 

#climatesolutions #climatesolution #earthrise #queerbrownvegan #intersectionalenvironmentalism #sustainability
Tag your favorite being that keeps you hopeful in Tag your favorite being that keeps you hopeful in your environmental journey. 🌍 💚 

Far too often, we believe that the acts of hoping, praying, and mediating are not as important. But the truth is these movements have been founded upon our collective despair, struggle, and resistance to keep your heads alive in the system that perpetuates a cycle of exploitation. I am my hope-keeper but I’m also to others too when people express their concerns of the future of the planet. I try my best to reconcile that there are moments of despair we all fall into and those moments have also been spiraling journeys to spring back into a new version of myself that has allowed me to reground others while facing the horrors of the crisis. 

You may not believe it or see yourself as a hope keeper, but you are too me because you show up with your imperfect life. That is the beauty of hope keepers, we strive for a better world that isn’t about toxic positivity but realistic actions that can help us collectively reorient ourselves. For the love of one, to the depths of the soil, to the stars of the astral plane, we will not be lost. 

#evidencebased #thoughtcatalog #queerbrownvegan #sustainability #hopekeepers
Thank you @theslowfactory for highlighting my work Thank you @theslowfactory for highlighting my work and I have been part of their Edu fellowship to work on a unique climate education project. I can’t share much details yet but I’ll be sure to update you all very soon 👀 

Collective liberation is the only true liberation. As a queer, brown, climate activist and as a child of immigrants, I believe we can't achieve true freedom and equality for any marginalized group without addressing the systemic oppression and intersectional inequalities that are imbued into
the social and economic systems we operate within. In other words, none of us are truly free
until all of us are free.” – Isaias Hernandez

We are thrilled to share this feature from Slow Factory’s latest book, Planet Justice! The piece
was written by Isaias Hernandez | , climate activist and 2023 Slow Factory
Fellow 🧡

✨Link in Slow Factory bio to get your copy today! ✨

#theslowfactory #sustainability #queerbrownvegan #climateeducation #climatescience #climatescientist #climateemergency
I am honored to join @iamanimmigrant for the 10th I am honored to join @iamanimmigrant for the 10th annual #ImmigrantHeritageMonth.

This month is about celebrating the family, joy, community, love and stories that make us who we are – and about believing in a future where there is liberty + justice for all immigrants.

📷: @fancybethany
❤️: @iamanimmigrant 

#IAmAnImmigrant #queerbrownvegan
State Farm stops selling home insurance in Califor State Farm stops selling home insurance in California. Could other insurers follow suit? It was recently announced that the cost to repair a home in California is not enough for State Farm’s profit. In a conversation with another user that worked at a SoCal insurer company, he shared that StateFarm wanted to increase their home insurance rates however the government state wouldn’t allow it, thus causing both losing situations but much worse for home owners. The average American has their house as the only asset and it worries me that the average American is at risk to lose their homes due to climate disasters.

The billions of dollars lost to climate disaster as threatened California insurance companies and the denialism and lack of accountability from the worlds worse polluters are yet to give any climate funds for their role of fueling the crisis. The climate adaption strategies we have today are still not being heard nor given proper funding. 

Do you have home owners insurance? What do you think of the recent announcement? Are other states announcing no more insurance for housing? This isn’t new as other states have experienced massive flooding / wildfires.

#statefarm #wildfire #wildfireseason #wildfiresmoke #queerbrownvegan #intersectionalenvironmentalism
I just finished reading this book and I loved it s I just finished reading this book and I loved it so much and I want you to win a copy. Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatbua (Authors / Editors) It’s been hard to find a book that covers so much intergenerational wisdom, science-based / Indigenous led solutions, and ways to defeat the fossil fuel industry. I got to meet Rebecca Solnit in real life a couple weeks ago, I forgot to ask her for a picture but when I told her I loved her work she gave me two copies of her recent book 📕 ♥️

There are many contributing writers to this book like Jade Begay, adrienne marre brown, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Gloria Walton, Farhana Suotana, Leah Stokes and so more!!! How do we prioritize community care? Is the fossil fuel industry losing power? What are the wins the movement has won and loss? This book highlights the complexities that we are currently facing but also adds in the solutions + cultural shifts that are happening as we speak right now. 

To enter this simple giveaway, ask why you would benefit from reading Not Too Late? 📖 tag atleast 1-3 friends below ⬇️ !! 

#queerbrownvegan #climatebook #environmentalbook #environmentalbooks #intersectionalenvironmentalism

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