Hi, my name is Paige Brown, I have an MS in Environmental
Economics, & @ BA's - English (where I did Feminist film studies)
and Ag. Economics. I currently live and work in Washington DC at
the World Resources Institute my area of work is forestry and
global warming. I was strongly inculcated with free market
ideology. I am interested in the connections between patriarchal
social systems and the subjugation of women and the degradation
of the environment.
Regarding Bob A's question what is ecofem, again there seems to
be several schools of thought. I am uncomfortable with the more
spiritually based side of ecofeminism and am opposed to what I
would term the essentialist expressions of ecofeminis. I think it
is problematic to associate women with nature, (and here I am
thinking specifically of Vandana Shiva's works). I find Shiva
very interesting, but fundamentally disagree that women are
"naturally" more nurturing, nature-connected etc...
