Poets, fiction and nonfiction writers and teachers: The Art of the Wild
is "an intensive, week-long program in writing inspired by--and on
behalf of--wilderness, nature and the environment."
Sponsored by UC Davis and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers,
July 14-21. This year's staff includes Brenda Hillman, Jane Hirshfield,
William Kitteridge, Sandra McPherson, Pattiann Rogers, Gary Snyder,
and Luci Tapahonso.
I have been attending this conference since it began in 1992, so I'm
recommending it from personal experience. If you would like to receive
a brochure/application (due May 10), or have any questions, you can
email me, or inquire directly to the program director: Jack Hicks,
The Art of the Wild, Department of English, University of California at
Davis, Davis CA 95616, (916) 752-1658.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 7 16:42:20 MDT 1995
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 15:43:00 -0700
From: Lonny Shavelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: TOXIC NATION
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Our apologies if you receive this notice on different lists.
Given recent political threats to environmental regulations, we
are trying to reach as many grassroots and political
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appropriate for your group. Please feel free to repost.
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TOXIC NATION: THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR COMMUNITIES FROM CHEMICAL
CONTAMINATION
by Fred Setterberg and Lonny Shavelson
John Wiley & Sons
301 pages
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 7 18:23:27 MDT 1995
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 17:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Coyote1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Kylie Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: That Overpopulation Bugaboo--Is It?
In-Reply-To: <v01510101abaab43e0b9f@[203.8.222.24]>
This may be apropos of nothing, and excuse the vague history here (I
usually pride myself on having names and dates, but OOOPs!) this vignette
may punctuate the irony of Il Papa and his infallibility.
Seems that after the crusades were over and the plague had run its course
in Europe the guys who were king of France and Pope of Rome got together
to address the problem of underpopulation in the land. So, they made all
forms of birth control and prevention (which until that time were thought
a good idea) a mortal sin and told everyone they would go to hell if they
had sex without the intent to procreate!
So, there you go
Jacque
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Kylie Matthews wrote:
> most cut out here.
> >
> >And still the Pope proclaims that not only abortion but even birth
> >control is somehow an affront to "life"! Only human life is meant, of
> >course--other life is apparently not worth talking about--and human life
> >is to be unlimited--as if we all live on an infinitely expanding planet!
> >
> >This is the second issue that seems to me to cry out for an "ecofeminist"
> >response. Any thoughts?
> >
> >Ronnie
>
> Ronnie thankyou for your thoughts. We must guard against our speciocentric
> thinking when considering population. Humans are the ones who need to cut
> down in numbers. I always think this whenever farmers go on about their
> need for guns to shoot rabbits or kangaroos. Especially kangaroos who
> would not be in such unmanagable proportions if white man hadn't come and
> stuffed the ecosystem. We need to start taking responsibility for what we
> as a race have done and start to take some of the cuts ourselves. Animals
> are not to blame for our bad decisions, why should they pay for them?
>
> Respectfully
> Kylie
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Interesting: Your people glorified organised violence for 40 centuries,
> but you imprison those who employ it privately."
> Mr Spock. Star Trek 'Dagger of the Mind'
>
>
>
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 7 18:32:39 MDT 1995
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 17:32:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Coyote1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ALISTAIR MCCULLOCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: That Overpopulation Bugaboo
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
And, to augment Alistair's comment - more money was spent on the highway
between my mountaintop and Seattle (70 miles) than on all the highways in
India.
Jacque
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On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, ALISTAIR MCCULLOCH wrote:
>
> Recently China (which has a population problem in anyones language) has
> become more capitalist. One of the scary issues for the environment as I
> see it is the new market for cars. China had no cars. Now overseas car
> manufacturers have found an untouched market. The figures went something
> like this: even if only 5% of China's population could afford a car that
> would be another one million cars on the road. And thats just the start of
> what capitalism can do for China.
>
> Respectfully
> Kylie
>
> What's really scarey is that there are more cars (so I have been
> told) in Los Angeles than there are in India.
>
> Alistair McCulloch
> School of Public Administration and Law
> The Robert Gordon University
> 352 King Street
> Aberdeen
> Scotland Tel: 01224 262909
> UK AB9 2TQ Fax: 01222 262929
>
> 'Why does a student go to school of policy?
> It cannot be because (s)he thinks everything
> is wonderful just the way it is: if so, (s)he
> would go to a school of business.'
> A. Wildavsky, 'Speaking Truth to Power: The
> Art and Craft of Policy Analysis' (1987).
>
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 7 20:52:13 MDT 1995
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 22:30:36 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MS MARY T HALLOCK MORRIS)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Overpopulation and the Pope
>From a former Catholic, here is my take on the situation
with the Pope and his feeling on birth control,
abortion,etc.... "What can you expect from a church that
will not allow women to be priests? From a church where the
priests used to (and some still do) tell abused women to
stay with their husbands because divorce was a sin?"
I look around where I live and it's scary. The majority
of my town is German Catholic -- and the church is more like
the 1950's than the 1990's. Today I wrote an obituary for a
man who had 18 children. And women are told to stay home
and raise families. I am 25 and I have been asked several
times why I don't have kids, why I work, and why I am
pursuing a higher education when I should be supporting my
husband so he can get a higher education.
I guess my point is that the Catholic Church works to
beat down women every time they begin to make strides toward
being equal.
And a quote from my husband -- "I might be against
abortion if you could find 4,400 good homes each day for the
potential children."
I think we should have a holiday like Mother's day --
called Unparents Day! -- Mary
