“As the daughter of Kenyan Indian immigrants, I’ve grown up believing the outdoors is somewhere I don’t belong.”
, have cropped up in Britain to inspire people of color to get outside by showing it is a space for everybody and not just a select privileged few to enjoy.On our outing there were 40 people, with ancestry including Brazil, Hong Kong and Nigeria.
Some are longtime environmentalists or ecology experts. Others, like me, are just getting acquainted with the outdoors — cobbling bits of camping equipment here and there for the trip. Those with non-White backgrounds like us account for less than 5 percent of people in environmental professions in Britain,published by sustainable education charity SOS-UK. It’s one of the least racially diverse careers.
Suddenly we stop as we hear birdsong. It goes quiet. Palestinian musician Saied Silbak begins to strum his oud, a stringed instrument that is similar to the lute.Nightingales, Lee had told us, are were known for being a playful species, though nobody knows quite what’s behind this sort of interspecies duet — if anything.
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