Episode 13: Diversity, “Beyond the Buzzword”

Episode 13: Diversity, Beyond The Buzzword

Banner image by Liz Song

Thanks to our sponsor, Sierra Club Outdoors.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors: Part 1.

The outdoor space has been getting a lot of press lately about its lack of diversity. We’ve seen articles in USA Today, Outside Online, and within blogger circles (you can find a list at the bottom of this page). There are a growing number of organizations that are working to amplify non-white and LGBTQ people in the outdoors, and rightly so.

But why do the outdoors lack diversity? At the prompt of listener Sara Murphy, we go “beyond the buzzword of diversity” and investigate the many barriers we face in cultivating a more inclusive outdoor space. We teamed up with Liz Song of Snowqueen and Scout to dive into this two-part series on diversity in the outdoors.

Listen to Part 2, “Towards a More Inclusive Outdoors”->

This episode features:

Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin & Ava Holliday, The Avarna Group co-founders.

Graciella Cabello, Latino Outdoors National Director.

Miho Aida, “If She Can Do It, You Can Too.”

Elyse Rylander, Founder of Out There Adventures.

And voice memos from:

Simone Martin-Newberry, Ambreen Tariq aka @brownpeoplecamping, Lisa Dougherty, Marinel de Jesus, Monserrat Alvarez, Renuka Nagaraj, Rachel Samaniego, and Stephanie Harper.