Re: My forwarded post

1999-02-26 Thread Unleesh
this is bullshit. i am sick of these childish antics. let's get on with ecofeminism. fuck apologies ; let's just get on with our work. What do people think of native peoples administering national parks through living there and setting up tribal living posts as examples of ecological living?

What a waste...

1999-02-26 Thread S A Medlock
Okay folks. Enough is enough. I joined this list a few weeks ago to network, learn, mobilize, and expand use of what has until now, been a very efficient organizing tool. Joe E. Dees and Nicole, I give you full latitude to air your opinions and bicker at will, but not at the expense of my

Re: My forwarded post

1999-02-26 Thread T Washington
This post made me fall off my chair laughing. Someone should send the transcripts to NBC to make a 'kewl' TV movie. But Seriously... I have a question for the group. Is there anyone who knows about eco and/or feminist activist groups in the US (more particullarly with branches in South

Re: My final statement on the topic with a serious set of questions.

1999-02-26 Thread Hayley Lynch
Better yet, Nicole, why would any of us CARE? We want to talk about ecofeminism, not witness an off-topic character war. Stick to the issues, and stop worry about Mr. Dees. You have a lot of great stuff to say, and I'm learning a lot (not that I agree with it all, but I'm learning).

Abortion foes banned from Web site/Group calls for ban of pesticide

1999-02-26 Thread Kimberly Brett
Abortion foes banned from Web site PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge banned a group of abortion foes Thursday from contributing to an anti-abortion Internet site and publishing Wild West-style wanted posters featuring abortion doctors. In a strongly worded endorsement of a jury's $107 million

No Subject

1999-02-26 Thread Elizabeth MacNabb
Nicole, I respect your anger. But I'm tired of your narcissism, and I believe the majority of the list is as well. You said you were going to sign off. Was that an empty "threat"? Please give the rest of us a break, and either contribute something constructive to the list or sign off. Lewis

How we convey our deeply held beliefs

1999-02-26 Thread Arlene Plevin
That there have been at least two "exchanges" in the last few months that have lost some of their productve edge by disintegrating into what I'd call chest beating becoming defensive angry suggests a lot of things to me, one of which is that given the good of the list as a whole, folks might

Environmental Harmonization in Canada

1999-02-26 Thread Gary Gallon
THE GALLON ENVIRONMENT LETTER Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment 506 Victoria Ave., Montreal, Quebec H3Y 2R5 Ph. (514) 369- 0230, Fax (514) 369- 3282

Re: Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai Additional Help

1999-02-26 Thread Gary Gallon
Dear Heather, Yes, contacting Amnesty International and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based in Nairobi, Kenya will help. However, to be more effective, the issue has turned political. Thus your best efforts should be aimed at the Government of Kenya, to show it that the world

Re: Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai Additional Help

1999-02-26 Thread Heather McKenzie
Thank you, Gary! Heather ---Gary Gallon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Heather, Yes, contacting Amnesty International and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based in Nairobi, Kenya will help. However, to be more effective, the issue has turned political. Thus your best

oops. help with dr. Wangari Muta Maathai

1999-02-26 Thread Heather McKenzie
If anyone still has it, I would love a copy of the post regarding Dr. Wagari Muta Maathai, the work she does, and the troubles she in. I deleted it by accident... Thanks folks, appreciate it. Have a good weekend, all! Heather _ DO

Resourcefulness in the third world/response to Un(leesh)

1999-02-26 Thread Heather McKenzie
I spent many months in a small city in the Brazilian Amazon, and perhaps could also offer you some stories or insights. I think I will just type for a while and see what comes out. If you have questions, please let me know and I'll answer them as best I can. Background, quickly: The city I

the simple life

1999-02-26 Thread Susan Hoyle
A little while back, (un)leash asked about "practical discussions about people's experiences" in returning to a simpler life. Rain Magazine, some articles from which are available at http://www.rainmagazine.com/ seems to specialize in such stories, and may be of interest. There's a lot on

Gender Bias in Western Medicine Query

1999-02-26 Thread Sarah Martin
Can anyone on the list point me towards resources that discuss gender bias in diagnosing disease (such as heart disease and mental illness) and in the prescribing of drugs? I've heard about a woman who is interested in "genderizing" med school curriculum and helping ensure that women are

Re: Resourcefulness in the third world/response to Un(leesh)

1999-02-26 Thread Unleesh
Heather, thank you for sharing!!! That was very helpful. I think compiling these types of descriptions can help encourage us. In the "First World", we are so surrounded by more of the same in a self-referential loop that we forget that lifestyles that seem "impossible" to us (or at least the

Antiabortion Website Closure

1999-02-26 Thread joe dees
Thank You, Kimberly and Brett! It is indeed joyous news to learn of the judicial shutdown of that assassination solicitation device! Yee-Haa, Yaa-Hee, Great Goddess, So Mote It Be! Joe E. Dees Poet, Pagan, Philosopher

Re: Abortion foes banned from Web site/Group calls for ban of pesticide

1999-02-26 Thread Unleesh
I don't mean to be nitpicky, but the phrase " get into the real world " really bugs me, because it implies that there is some monolithic real world and that other worlds are somehow less real. But reality is social ; and therefore, whenever a social practice is created, that is the reality for