Hi! I am registered member of the Green Party here in Pennsylvania (where
it is not exactly flourishing). I was wondering if anyone has a copy of
the ten priciples of the US Greens and could post them here. I think it
might spark interesting discussion. Thanks!
amanda swarr
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 28 07:58:34 MST 1995
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 95 08:58:22 CST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn Boeser)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: the Green Party
Hello--
I am also new to the list but wanted to come out as a Green
and an ecofeminist. I am a member of the Green Party
of Minnesota and serve on the coordinating committee.
In the U.S., the Greens first came together in 1986 as part
of the worldwide Green movement. Since then, many individual
states have formed Green Parties--Joel's earlier post shows
some recent results.
As an ecofeminist I was drawn to the Greens because of their
committment to a set of ten key values: Ecological Wisdom, Social
Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, Decentralization,
Community-Based Economics, Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal
and Global Responsibility, and Future Focus.
Greta Gaard (_Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature_) has produced a
video called "Thinking Green: Ecofeminists and the Greens". This is
available for a very small fee (approx. $12-the cost of making it).
If someone is interested, I'll be glad to send ordering instructions.
Shawn Boeser
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 28 10:54:35 MST 1995
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 95 11:54:23 CST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn Boeser)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Ecofems--
Before I joined this list last week, I first cruised the gopher
homepage to check out the archived threads, etc.
In the archives there's a directory entitled what_is_ecofeminism.
In this directory there are a few posts that address, to varying
degrees, the question of what is ecofeminism. The first one that I
read suggested that people read a book that I view as an awful
choice for a definition of ecofeminism--_Earth Follies_ by Joni Seager.
In this book Seager slams ecofeminist theory with a very brief and
unfair description and discussion. Ironically, Seager's book, without
that chapter, would be considered, by most, to be an ecofeminist book.
(As a geographer, I was excited to see other geographers contributing
to the ecofem list, however.)
I think there is a great need for the ecofem homepage to have a basic
definition of ecofeminism. Something as simple as, ecofeminism: an
ever-evolving theory that extends the feminist analysis of oppression
to include non-human nature, would be sufficient. What do others
think?
I also noticed that several people have listed bibliographic sources
within various archived posts, but, there is not one file that
is a comprehensive bibliography (ever-expanding, of course). This is
another thing that would be very useful at the ecofem homepage (for
interested newcomers) and just a handy thing to have for everyone else.
I have one list that I could start with but, if this has already been
done, I don't need to waste the space.
Shawn Boeser
