hmmm, as in carolyn merchant, Cheryl?
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 13 08:52:54 1996
Organization: HEADWATERS DEAL IS **NO DEAL**! DEBT FOR NATURE -- JAIL CHARLES HURWITZ!
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 07:45:40 -0800
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Moonshadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: ecofeministmerchants, anyone?
At 10:31 12/13/96 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hmmm, as in carolyn merchant, Cheryl?
Hmmmmm ... I'm probably about to open a can of worms here, but I'm going
to speak my mind. That is the feminist thing to do anyway now isn't it?
I had great hopes of encountering meaningful discussion when I signed on
to this list, but to date there has been little of that and many postings
of conference announcements ... and the occasional rejoinder. Little
discussion took place around the issue of saving the forests ... it is an
ecofeminist issue. Little discussion has taken place period. I'm not at
all certain why this is, but this is not the only place where this dynamic
is occuring. I run an email (**private/invitation only**) for womyn
active in the Greens/green movement and the same phenomenon has taken place
there.
Is it because we're do'ers rather than discuss'ers? Or, is there some
other reason. Suffice it to say, I think one thing that is lacking in
the ecofeminist movement (if there really is one) and the green movement
(don't even ask me what I think of the Green Party here in Calif. :( )--
at least in the form it takes online--is any true communication, and
sharing.
I've got to go run (literally) ... so I'll put this post up and see what
discussion results.
.......... Moonshadow
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 14 07:00:07 1996
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 96 09:01 EST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Diane Schmolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: ecofeministmerchants, anyone?
At 07:45 AM 12/13/96 -0800, you wrote:
>At 10:31 12/13/96 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.... I'm probably about to open a can of worms here, but I'm going
>to speak my mind. That is the feminist thing to do anyway now isn't it?
>I had great hopes of encountering meaningful discussion when I signed on
>to this list, but to date there has been little of that and many postings
>of conference announcements ... and the occasional rejoinder. Little
>discussion took place around the issue of saving the forests ... it is an
>ecofeminist issue. Little discussion has taken place period. I'm not at
>all certain why this is, but this is not the only place where this dynamic
>is occuring. I run an email (**private/invitation only**) for womyn
>active in the Greens/green movement and the same phenomenon has taken place
>there.
>Is it because we're do'ers rather than discuss'ers? Or, is there some
>other reason. Suffice it to say, I think one thing that is lacking in
>the ecofeminist movement (if there really is one) and the green movement
.. Moonshadow
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One of the questions I have is : What makes a woman who is active in
conservation efforts, etc., a feminist? Eco-feminism itself is very new to
me, compared to my knowledge of religious feminism , philosophical feminism,
political feminism, radical feminism, and literary feminism.
Is eco-feminism a spiritual statement?
One of the things I am resolving to do in the New Year, is to read the books
recommended from posters to this list , on the philosophical standpoints of
Eco-Feminism.
Because of my ignorance, at the moment, I do not feel any confidence posting
to this list, on your very apt topics. I have been a very committed
religious- philosophical feminist, and somewhat of a socialist feminist. I
have also been very committed to conservation efforts, recycling, re-using,
and many other aspects of the 'Geen " movement all my life; however, I am
stil trying to find an exact point or axis, from which Eco-Feminism springs.
Can you post an outline of the philo-religious-political axes from which
this particular aspect of Feminism begins?
I thank you most sincerely for this, and for all your other very salient post.
Diane Schmolka.
