in response to an announcement i posted concerning one-year internships with
the u.s. state department in the area of women and international development,
sue grubb responded 'I thought ecofeminists rejected the notion of
"development?!"'
it seems to me that ecofeminism is at least consistent with, if not embracing
of, the notions of (1) satisfaction of basic human needs, (2)
self-actualization, and (3) personal control over one's situation and
community control over the local situation . . . these are what i understand
by the term 'development'
cheers,
craig
craig k harris
dept of sociology michigan state university east lansing michigan
48824-1111
tel: 517-355-5048 fax: 517-432-2856
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 16 08:59:27 1996
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:59:47 -0400 (EDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Wendy Priesnitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: women in politics
At 06:59 PM 16/08/96 +0800, you wrote:
>>Perhaps some women on this list would like to know that I've just been
>>elected leader of the Green Party of Canada.
>
>Congratulations.
>
>I don't know if its unusual for women to be elected to these positions in
>Canada but here in Australia we have women in Green party elected to our
>senate.
We don't elect our senate here in Canada...something that Greens would like
to change!
> It seems though that it is only the smaller parties (here its
>Green and Democrates) which would vote women as leaders.
Two of our traditional parties - the Conservatives (right) and the New
Democrats (left) - have had woman leaders (two in a row for the latter). In
fact, Kim Campbell, the Conservative leader, was Prime Minister for a few
months until her party all but got obliterated in a general election (and
many feel the blame was unjustly laid at her feet).
>I hope you get elected to parliament and can make an ecofem difference.
Thanks. I'm going to try my hardest, even though we have a LONG way to go in
this country.
