Advancing environmental and climate justice by abundantly resourcing Black women and gender-expansive people to dream, ideate, and build toward a liberatory future.
We envision a world where these communities are able to access joy, liberation, and environmental/climate justice in their lifetimes.
Our Strategies
Our approach is based on the understanding that Black women and gender-expansive people are disproportionately impacted by environmental and climate change and must be abundantly, urgently, and boldly funded to implement solutions for the livelihood of themselves and their communities. To achieve its mission, The Lupine Collaborative focuses on three core strategies:
Fellowship
Narrative
Gather
Why Lupine?
Lupines are nitrogen-fixing plants.
These plants, also known as facilitator plants, are critical to primary succession, as they enrich otherwise intolerable soil and allow other species to establish.
Most notably on Mt. St Helens, lupines were the first plant to return after the volcano erupted. The lupines enriched the the soil with nitrogen, adding organic material, to create the conditions for other plants and animals to return.
When Black women and gender-expansive people are resourced they act as facilitator plants in society and provide rich soil for others to root and thrive.