Watershed moments call for big changes. One of these shifts has been underway for some time: the righteous, individualistic, and exclusive environmentalism of the past is being steadily reimagined with an environmental movement that is characterized by joy, creativity, and authenticity. This environmentalism will also be intersectional. 

Guest Leah Thomas is an award-winning L.A.-based environmentalist and author of The Intersectional Environmentalist. She coined the term “intersectional environmentalism” in an Instagram post that quickly went viral in May 2020 amidst the widespread Black Lives Matter protests and calls for racial justice. She was recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 List and TIME100, spoke on prestigious stages like TED, appeared in features in outlets like The Washington Post, and writes for publications like Vogue.

This is the first episode of Reseed’s fourth season—LIONHEARTED—which explores how To act with courage, from the heart. We were made for these times.

In the darkness of solstice season, a slim and nourishing light begins to return, imperceptibly, like the small and steady reconnections we are making to the earth and each other.

This conversation explores how we can reconnect with land and improve our relationship with the environment through natural dye and slow fashion. These practices allow us to express creativity and connect with our specific homes on a miraculous and hurting planet. We discuss how no one can shoulder the weight of environmental care alone – we need each other.

Malú Colorin, a Mexican natural dyer and designer living in Ireland, inherited her name and a calling for textile art from her mother and grandmother. She is the founder of Talú, a natural dye house and educational hub, and she is also the co-founder of Fibreshed Ireland, a community-supported social enterprise building networks to craft a regenerative Irish textile system based on local fibre, local dyes and local labour.

In the slowly-receding darkness, we reflect on what to let go of – and what we hold onto fiercely.

Aditi Mayer joins Reseed to help reimagine the fashion system to be rooted in justice and environmental care, while advocating for the reclamation of culture.

Meet the woman who digs through and documents Manhattan’s waste, to divert from landfill, raise consciousness, and create systemic change.

Anna Sacks, aka the Trash Walker, creates viral TikTok and Instagram videos that shed light on the brand new merchandise that luxury brands deliberately destroy in the name of growth. This conversation explores not just our society’s waste problems - but also its solutions.

How do we remake fashion so that it is regenerative, fossil-free, inclusive, and equitable?

Sophia Yang, Founder and Executive Director of Threading Change, joins Reseed for a conversation about fashion, justice, gender, circular economy, and climate - and how they all weave together.