[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All I would like to see is a plan, a program, a thought, a > poem, a version, an idea, something that said NOT, "we are mad at each other > because of this or that"" but WE MUST WORK TOGETHER, before the motherfuckers > destroy the whole planet while we who are watching fight with each other about > whether or not we "perform magic" Thank you Jane for this action. > Let's stop this foolish quarreling about the face of > divinity, please, and instead make a step or two towards helping each other > find a way to save this gorgeous planet.! I'll get to work right now and write something to add to your letter to the world. I found this discussion group a while ago, when I put up my ecofem web site. I've had little time to participate in listserves. Now I realize it's necessary and the time must be made. I'm fortunate to be part of the Ecofeminist webring. Through my site I've learned from writers and curious onlookers that we are severely under-organized. People have written and asked how to start a 'chapter' in their area or how to become an ecofem and all I could offer were directions to this list serve and a few sites and books that have helped me along. Truly inadequate, that was my first thought. Perhaps I need more solidarity and some way to mentor and encourage the many out there who want and need to participate. Something else I've learned through the website is that there are quite a few who are intimidated or offended by the notion that deep ecology and ecofem principles belong to well-educated western middle-class righteous do-gooders with little understanding of the true reality of global suffering. This is no where near my understanding of ecofem, but it permeates every conservation I've had with anyone who skims the cover of Ecofeminism. I just keep doing what I do and hope it surfaces through the stereotype, but it would benefit to have... I don't even know what it is, seems something's missing in the bigger picture of ecofem. Unlike local, regional, national actions or campaigns, I don't know how to apply my activist functions to the big picture on the ecofem front. I'll write something for Jane's letter to the world. It's a beginning. Thank you for this action. love, peace, hope donna anderson http://www.uidaho.edu/~ande9584
