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 # Green, But Mostly White: The Lack Of Diversity In The Environmental Movement, Part 5 of 5—Future 500

 

##### Guest Blog by Nick Sorrentino, Future 500

 

 

 Aug 27, 2014 5:00 PM ET

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I must admit that I usually loath discussing issues in terms of race, gender, class, etc. But in this case I will make an exception because I often experience firsthand the lack of political diversity in the work I do with [Future 500](http://www.future500.org) on environmental issues. I am rabidly free market. I believe that the government that governs least, governs best. I am also for reducing the size and roll of the state. I am also an environmentalist. You should know that my political disposition places me in a very small camp within the environmental community, as I’m also a libertarian.

I love hiking, trees, wild spaces, clean air, and clean water. I think the clear-cutting of rainforests is a tragedy and the plastic mess in the Northern Pacific Gyre disgusts me. I abhor waste. I am all for recycling and for fuel efficiency. I just approach these issues differently than the traditional environmental groups. For example, I am for indigenous people’s efforts to gain stewardship over land, but I believe that property rights are the best way to address it.

**[To continue reading, click here](http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-5-of-5-future)**

**Read [Part 1](http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-1), [Part 2](http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-2-of-5-future), [Part 3](http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-3-of-5), [Part 4](http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-4-of-5-future)**

*[Nick Sorrentino](https://www.future500.org/people/nick-sorrentino/) is Director of Political Outreach, [Future 500](https://www.future500.org)*



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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