A film shown on October 15, 1995 at the Denver International Film Festival:
MY FATHER'S GARDEN
Directed by: Miranda Smith
Produced by: Abigail Wright
USA (1995)
60 min., color
"An engrossing, emotionally charged documentary that tells the story of
two farmers who have chosen different paths in the face of new economic
realities.
One championed the miracle pesticides and growth formulas. The other
adopted organic farming. Twenty years later, the latter is thriving
while the former is being swallowed by corporate agri-business.
The film is cautionary but hopeful It reminds us that we can harvest
health and beauty if we are willing to cooperate with nature's infinite
intelligence. World Premiere."
I don't have distribution info, but the folks at the Denver International
Film Society are helpful: Denver International Film Society, 1430
Larimer Square, Suite 201, Denver, CO 80202. Telephone (303) 595-3456;
FAX: (303) 595-0956.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 4 04:56:04 1995
Mon, 4 Dec 95 12:49:36 GMT+100
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From: "Petra Mayerhofer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 12:49:22 GMT+100
Subject: College Teaching on Ecofeminism
I thought the following posting in the Women's Studies List might be of
interest to the list.
Best wishes
Petra Mayerhofer
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "WMST-L"
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 08:04:11 -0500
From: Glynis Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ecofeminism
About a month ago, I posted to the list a request to swap syllabi with
other WS profs teaching courses on ecofeminism. I received very few
replies in response, and this posting is a compilation of them. The
dearth
of response raises several questions, namely, WHY don't Women's
Studies
professors incorporate ecofeminist concerns into their courses? Why
is
"the environment" not considered a "women's issue," or even a
significant
issue, by most of us in women's studies? But I digress. The
compilation
follows:
First of all, four people wrote giving me names of women who teach
courses
on ecofeminism but who aren't on WMST-L (I don't feel at liberty to
share
their names and e-addresses, since they didn't volunteer them
themselves).
Only one person, Wendy Lee-Lampshire, actually responded on behalf
of
herself; her course at Bloomsburg University is not exclusively
focused on
ecofeminism, but incorporates ecofeminist issues into a larger study
of the
"Philosophy of Ecology". Lee-Lampshire's required textbooks include
Carolyn Merchant's two books *Radical Ecology* and *Key Concepts
in
Critical Theory: Ecology*. My own course will require students to
read
Carsen's *Silent Spring,* Griffin's *Woman and Nature,* Mies and
Shiva's
*Ecofeminism*, Plumwood's *Feminism and the Mastery of Nature*
and Adams,
*The Sexual Politics of Meat.*
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 4 07:50:22 1995
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:50:26 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Demetri Kantarelis)
Subject: Conference on the Environment
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS. The 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference
on the Environment will be held in Newport Rhode Island, June 15-20, 1996.
You may participate as session organizer, presenter of one or two papers,
chair, discussant, or observer. The deadline for paper submission
and participation is February 28,1996. For more information please contact
Demetri Kantarelis or Kevin L. Hickey through
Fax: (508) 799-4502,
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
or the World Wide Web at URL:
http://www.assumption.edu/html/academic/conf/iicecall.html
