302 - It’s About Ecological Wealth with Isaias Hernandez
302 - It’s About Ecological Wealth with Isaias Hernandez
Listeners, we are back this week with Isaias Hernandez
Isaias Hernandez (he/him), aka @QueerBrownVegan, is a freelance environmental educator and content creator focusing on topics like veganism, zero-waste, and environmental justice. Isaias is from Los Angeles, CA, where he lived in a community that faced environmental injustice. Because of this, he became interested in learning about and protecting the environment. He went on to earn his B.S. in Environmental Science at the University of California, Berkeley where he worked on a variety of diversity inclusion work in environmental spaces, academic research, and creative work. He now resides in New York and Los Angeles, working as a full-time content creator, public speaker, sustainability consultant, and business coach.
During our conversation we talked about:
01:56 - His heritage and growing up in LA
06:33 - “There’s certain limits of what can be shared”
07:15 - “When you’re younger you’re trying to be perfect for them”
14:01 - Getting interested in the environment
14:24 - “But you’re not white and you’re poor and you don’t have any experience”
16:24 - Academic Institutions and Whiteness
17:19 - “Why is my lived experience not as important as my white peers?”
18:32 - After College
21:17 - At the end of the day, at least I tried”
25:13 - Becoming Vegan
26:00 -“I’m choosing to become the person I wanna become as an adult”
27:50 - The catalyst of change
28:56 - His New York breakdown
29:36 - Starting his platform
32:30 - Ecological Wealth
34:07 - “To me generational wealth is a very sacrificial mindset”
36:18 - The Influencer Industry
40:40 -“Everything is nuanced”
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