Inside the Mind of Sarah Boon: Unveiling the Untold Struggles Behind a Field Scientist’s Groundbreaking Journey
SB: Oh good!
HMM: Yes! And I was struck by the fact that she wanted to be a writer and a scientist. It seems to me that some of the most well known women environmental champions have been writers – Rachel Carson, of course, Terry Tempest Williams, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Lauret Savoy. Why do you think that is?
SB: I wonder if it’s because writing is the most common form of communication. Writing is how we communicate with each other. It could be that there are other women who communicate in other media, like sculpture, who also promote climate narratives or environmental change narratives, but we don’t know about them. We know a lot about writers because that’s who we are, but maybe there are artists who don’t work in words who also champion environmental causes.
