Thanks for the great subject!
I think that intellectual property rights (ie those related to genetics and
industrial farming) are the greatest harm to the environment and to the human
capacity for self-empowerment, as well as to biodiversity.
If we allow corportations to become owners of the very processes that we
consider part of the life cycle, then we are giving up far more than the
rights to create our own varieties of tomatoes.
Also, the issue has many correlations (although not absolute ones) to the
current US abortion debate. The issue may not be whether or not it is right
to have an abortion (in terms of the public, secular debate) but whether or
not it is safe to allow the government to make the womb public space.
How many of you saw the film, "when it rains it thunders" about a futuristic
world where a series of comprimises by feminists and legal super-stars leads
to the implementation of registering pregnancies with the police, who are
able to do uterine warrants? Can intellectual property rights let the
government make DNA anaylsis warrantable? DNA searches, ets. YIKES!
So, those are my concerns. The moral issues will be with us forever, now that
the technologies have been invented. But the legal issues, those are what
worry me more.
Kim
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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 09:20:21 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kimberly Hart)
Subject: Seminar help
Hello,
I am working on a seminar on ecofeminism for a group of botany graduate
students. The students are quite conservative and for most of them, this
will be the first academic discussion about ecofeminsim. The ironic thing
is, I'm supposed to be the most informed on the subject (out of all the
students) yet I have never formally studied the philosophies of ecofeminism.
I have long been a feminist and an ecologist/environmentalist, but, as I
said, I lack formal training in thought or action with the two combined.
I am interested in your opinions, anything that might help me approach this
topic with this particular group. They are conservative, yet most are quite
open-minded and I'm excited to present a new way of thought to them. I've
come up with 3 questions, if you have time to respond, please do. Your
input is greatly appreciated.
1. Why is feminism combined with the ecological movement? (this is
what most people ask me about the subject).
2. How do femenist viewpoints enlarge our understanding of ecology
and environmental activism?
3. How do you (as an ecofeminist) define ecofeminism?
Once again, thanks for your help.
Cheers to you all,
Kim
Kim Hart
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Kimberly Hamblin Hart
47 S. Eastwood
Orem, UT 84058
