Seeing the recent trend towards going to Ecofem for help on such endevours as
thesis work, I havew come to the realization that it would not be asking too
much to ask for help from fellow subscribers, but an okay concept.
Okay. Here's the situation: I am a senior at Binghamton University ("The
Public Ivy" (Hah)) and am doing a presentation with three very motivated
women on Ecofeminism. We've downloaded some of Ecofem's bibliography and
interesting articles, but I am the one still looking for a "take" on the
topic. I am looking for some aspect that I can really go into; be it green
politics, the greening of politics, the ecofeminism-low ecology debate,
whatever.... Is there anything out there right now that seems pretty cool and
can keep the attention of a political science seminar?
If you can help, please email me or post up.
Thank you.
Howard M. Unger
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 4 22:09:55 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 00:09:51 -0500 (EST)
From: BERNICE LIZAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hey! Can I get some help, too?
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm am just beginning to research on the connection between poverty and
health in women. I am going to look at this from an ecofeminist
prospective, but I would also consider this issue political.
You mentioned that you had looked at interesting articles on the
internet. I am a fairly new user and would appreciate it if you would
tell me how you get to these articles.
Thanks in advance.
Looking for my dog in cyberspace
Any information would be welcome
Reward offered.
Bernice Lizar
On Sat, 4 Nov 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Seeing the recent trend towards going to Ecofem for help on such endevours as
> thesis work, I havew come to the realization that it would not be asking too
> much to ask for help from fellow subscribers, but an okay concept.
> Okay. Here's the situation: I am a senior at Binghamton University ("The
> Public Ivy" (Hah)) and am doing a presentation with three very motivated
> women on Ecofeminism. We've downloaded some of Ecofem's bibliography and
> interesting articles, but I am the one still looking for a "take" on the
> topic. I am looking for some aspect that I can really go into; be it green
> politics, the greening of politics, the ecofeminism-low ecology debate,
> whatever.... Is there anything out there right now that seems pretty cool and
> can keep the attention of a political science seminar?
> If you can help, please email me or post up.
> Thank you.
> Howard M. Unger
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- ironic purposes only
>
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 5 12:56:09 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 95 16:01:09 PST
From: mary hallock morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: chilean fruit industry
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought this would be of interest to the list. Plus, If anyone has the address for
Dole Fruit, let me know so that I
can include it!
Thanks,
mary
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The Killing Fields
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Information taken from The Chicago Tribune, National Edition,
Sunday, November 5, 1995
In her article, "The Killing Fields: Chileans reap a tragic harvest
to put fruit on U.S. Tables," Lake Sagaris writes:
"The endless rows of trees burdened with fuzzing peaches and blushing apples
and the bountiful clusters of grapes make Chile's Central Valley, one of
the most important fruit producers, look like paradise. But for those who
live here, the uncontrolled use of pesticides is apparently turning their
dreams into nightmares of deformed and dying babies, babies who must be
carried to term even when they have no brains and no chance of survival."
She cites a study conducted by Dr. Victoria Mella, an obstetrician at the
Regional Hospital in Rancagua. In her study, she discovered three times
as many babies born without brains or with twisted spines and water
retention in the brain than in other Chilean hospitals. On closer
examination, She found that the birth defects coincided with families
who worked in the fruit industry -- AND the increase in birth defects is
parrellel to the increase of Chilean imports of pesticides from $4 million
to $38 million. These are the pesticides that are used on the fields around
Rancagua.
Chile uses 1,460 types of pesticides with 350 main active ingredients,
writes Sagaris. These include pesticides which have been banned in the
United States -- Lindano, Paraquat, Parathion, to name a few. Methyl bromide
is sprayed into fumigation chambers to prepare the grapes for export --
another chemical which has been banned in the United States.
The women in Chile have been banned from having therapeutic abortions,
even in cases where the babies have no hope of survival after birth.
The women who abort are turned into criminals.
This is another environmental crime that has turned into a crime against
women! But we can help -- by boycotting fruits grown in these areas until
the use of these dangerous chemicals are lifted.
It is not enough to boycott though. Be sure to write the companies that import
these products telling them why you refuse to buy these products. These include
Dole, Standard Trading, and Unifrutti. At this time, I do not have the addresses,
but they will soon be posted!
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Name: mary hallock morris
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mary hallock morris)
Date: 11/05/95
Time: 16:01:10
Check out my WEB page at http://www.bright.net/~mtmorris/index.html
Grad Student at The McGregor School of Antioch University
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Majoring in: Community and Environmental Education
"...In Nature, Nothing Exists Alone" -- Rachel Carson
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