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[Wong Ee Ling]

Cd someone fwd this to Julia B. Hill: wd 'politicizing' the Redwoods
conservation as if every tree is symbolic of a 'communist/leftist' that
requires to be saved in some part of wth world, will actually help Julia's
course or it will have not just the lumber company going for the Redwoods
but also anti communists? Or is it better to save the Redwoods as the woods
and save the communist as the communist, that being two separate issue. 

'need to know' 

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[TSarick785]

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[Katrina M. Lewis]

Happy Thanksgiving!
Katrina

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[Viviane Lerner]

-Original Message-
From: Adriene Sere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:42 AM
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From: Adriene Sere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Why is it okay to capture these wild animals in the first place? as


Wild horses still being slaughtered 
   
186 mustangs
sold for meat
within 3 months
of auction,
BLM report finds 
Wild mustangs gallop in the Bureau of Land Management wild horse corral in
Burns, Ore., on Oct. 23 shortly after the bureau's latest auction.
   
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS 
 
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8   Nearly 200 wild horses ended up in slaughterhouses
during the past two years in apparent violation of a federal rule that
requires new owners to swear they do not plan to have the animals killed. 
 
 ALAN RUTBERG
Humane Society spokesman  THE BUREAU of Land Management says that
since March 1998, 186 wild horses were sent to slaughterhouses within
three months of their owners getting titles from the government. In July
1998, the BLM began requiring that all new owners sign a statement saying
they did not intend to sell their horse for slaughter, although some
owners may have signed those statements earlier.
   The quick trip from title to slaughter was detailed in an internal
BLM report last month that said 571 former wild horses were slaughtered at
four U.S. plants between March 1998 and Sept. 22. It was the first
detailed accounting by the BLM of wild horses going to slaughter since the
Associated Press exposed the practice in 1997.
   The report fueled renewed criticism of the adoption program, which
began under a 1971 law designed to spare wild horses from being rounded up
and sent to slaughter.
   
LAX ENFORCEMENT CRITICIZED
   Critics say the program has been plagued by poor record-keeping and
lax enforcement of rules designed to protect horses. For example, the
October report said five horses arrived at a Texas slaughterhouse the day
their new owners got title, but the BLM now says that was a mistake.
   Three of those horses were sent to slaughter three months after
their owners got title, but the other two had been in private hands for
five years or more, BLM spokeswoman Mary Knapp said Friday.
   We went back and took a harder look at the information. We were
just as alarmed as anyone at five horses being slaughtered the day they
were titled, she said. We learned that is not the case, which is good
news.
   That news did little to assuage BLM critics.
   This is a program that historically has had a lot of accounting
problems, said Howard Crystal, a lawyer for the Fund for Animals, whose
lawsuit prompted the affidavit requirement. Im surprised they havent been
able to sort it out by now. Youd think they would be keeping closer track
than they are.
   Knapp said the BLM revised its figures as part of an ongoing effort
to determine how many wild horses have been slaughtered since the agency
began requiring the affidavits in July 1998. She said BLM officials were
not sure if any other figures about slaughtered wild horses were
erroneous.
   
SOME HORSES CONSIDERED UNTRAINABLE
   All of the five horses in question arrived at the Beltex
slaughterhouse in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 20, Knapp said. One was a
21-year-old mare titled in 1994 and another was a 5-year-old stallion
titled in June 1998.
   The other three, all mares, had been adopted by a boys ranch and
titled Jan. 21, Knapp said. The ranch sold the horses at an auction
because they were considered untrainable  and one had kicked a boy in the
head, she said. She refused to identify the ranch.
   The BLM says there are about 40,000 wild horses on federal land in
the West. It rounded up 4,949 horses and sent out 5,745 for adoption
during the year that ended Sept. 30, Knapp said.
   Under the program, the adopter pays a fee of as little as $125 and
agrees to care for the horse for one year, after which the BLM can hand
over the title to the animal. It is illegal to slaughter a wild horse,
although the BLM says that once adopters take title, horses are private
property and not protected by the federal law.
   The Fund for Animals and other groups sued the BLM following the
1997 AP reports. To settle that suit, the agency agreed to require
adopters before they get titles to sign affidavits saying, Under penalty
of prosecution ... I hereby state that I have no intent to sell this wild
horse or burro for slaughter.
   The horse advocates hoped those affidavits would stop wild horses
from being sent to slaughterhouses, where the animals are processed into
meat that ends up being eaten by people in Europe and Asia.
   
TEST CASE SOUGHT
   Horse advocates are pressing the BLM to find someone to make an
example of for allegedly lying on their title application, said Allen
Rutberg of the Humane Society.
   Critics question 

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[Viviane Lerner]

Hello, everybody,
I thought of you, Lagusta, asking about feminist poets a few days ago. This
one a "feminist" coming to us through the ages Fascinating, no?
Cheers!
Viviane

http://www.access2arabia.com/jordantimes/Sun/homenews/homenews6.htm


Poster celebrates Iraq's women, ancient history with homage to ancient
poetess
By Riham Fakhoury


AMMAN — A poster financed by the Jordan Women Federation (JWF) and designed
by Iraqi Women Federation (IWF) celebrates history's first known woman poet
and will be the symbol of an international conference in support of Iraqi
women.
A delegation from the JWF left for Baghdad on Friday to attend the
conference, the 16th Iraqi Women Conference, to lend support to Iraqi women
and children reeling under the nine-year-old U.N. economic embargo. The
meeting is set to open on Nov. 8, organisers said. Over 200 women
representing most countries on the globe are expected to participate.

According to the United Nations Children's Fund, more than one million
children have died as a direct result of the embargo, while other U.N.
agencies have reported that Iraq now has the highest rate of nervous
disorders among women of any country in the world.

The Iraqi Women Federation chose an ancient Iraqi poetess to depict the
history and culture of Iraqi women and to symbolise the conference.

A coloured poster announcing the conference features on the Iraqi flag, the
head of a woman and a tablet inscribed with cuneiforms and on the back a
bilingual introduction to the character that inspired the poster, EnKhedu
Anna and a poem of hers, written in ancient Sumarian, Arabic and English.

Presumably, EnKhedu Anna is the oldest women poet known in history. The
poetess, priestess and princess is from Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq), the
cradle of civilisation, where 10,000 years ago man laid the foundation of
the Tower of Babel, the symbol of civilisation.

Five-thousand years later, the earliest signs of mature civilisation began
to bloom; the indigenous populations of Mesopotamia — Akadians and
Sumarians — were the first to use writing.

Subsequently, man started to record notions and desires. Writing helped
immortalise oral epics, legends and poems, turning Iraq into a radiant
centre of culture and thought.

The gift is one of the most lasting that ancient Iraq gave to the world.

EnKhedu Anna, the world's first known woman poet to write her own poetry,
reigned as a princess and a high priestess. Her father was Sargon, the great
Akadian monarch.

The Akadian descended from the ancient Arab tribes, who worshipped goddess
Ishtar in the form of diverse symbols.

According to history, EnKhedu was the first princess to hold the position of
high priestess in the temple of the moon god of Ur and later in the temple
of Ann, the god of heaven in Warka, two crucial Mesopotamian cities. Such
positions were reserved only for daughters and sisters of kings.

When the Akadians came to power in Mesopotamia, EnKhedu acted to heighten
the status of Anana, a Sumarian goddess, describing her as the mistress of
heaven and earth.

EnKhedu became a salient figure in the field of literature as a poet who had
shown a fondness for praising the deities.

One poem, Nin-Me-Sar-Ra (the Mistress of All Divine Codes), was merely a
devotion to goddess Anana (known also as Ishtar to the Akadians). In doing
so, her status was elevated to that of Queen-Consort of god Ann, also the
chief of the Sumarian deities. Ann endowed her with all divine codes and
made her the master of destinies.

That poem in praise of the Sumarian goddess Anana is now believed to be one
of the earliest poems to ever have been written that bears the title of its
author.

In the “Mistress of all Divine Codes,” the poet enumerated goddess Anana's
virtues. The significance of the poem lays in the fact that it revealed a
religious and political reality: EnKhedu's own father sent her to reign over
the temple of the god Sin, the moon god of Ur, and gave her a number of
religious authorities in that city. He also extended her authority to Warka,
in the temple of god Ann, the god of heaven. It is believed that Sargon's
purpose was to extend Akadian power to the most important Sumarian towns.

The following is a translation of excerpts from the poem:

The Invocation of Anana

Oh my lady the Anana, the great great gods

Fluttering like bats, fly off from before you to the clefts,

They who dare not walk in your terrible glance,

Who dare not proceed before your terrible countenance,

Who can temper your raging heart?

Your malevolent heart is beyond tempering.

Lady (who) soothes the reigns, lady (who) gladdens the heart,

Lady supreme over the land, Who has (ever) denied (you) homage?


November 07, 1999

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[Subir Ghosh/Richa Bansal]

Hallo!
After the successful launch of my e-zine pertaining to a specific 
geo-political entity in India, I have mustered the courage to regularise my 
e-zine on book reviews, "The Reviewer". To start with I have opted for 
the highly-reliable site, Onelist.com, and will post it to my subscribers every 
Sunday. 
"The Reviewer" will carry reviews of books
(i) published in India
(ii) about India, but published elsewhere
(iii) that are relevant to India
(iv) published elsewhere, but available in India
(v) published elsewhere, but can be ordered by snail mail or e-mail.
"The Reviewer" is meant for all and sundry. We will carry reviews 
of books — and that means all kinds of books and on all subjects. One 
thing we will, obviously, stop short of is the pornography kind.
To subscribe send a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Simple.
Regards and best wishes.
Subir Ghosh
Editor
The Reviewer

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[Marie Williams]

 I would like to be omitted from this list

-Marie

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[ishiguchi]

Dear,
I would like to sign off this forum.

Thank you.

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[Jorge Cardoso ou Rosário Durão]

unsub ecofem

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[Elizabeth MacNabb]

Nicole,

I respect your anger.  But I'm tired of your narcissism, and I believe the
majority of the list is as well. You said you were going to sign off.  Was
that an empty "threat"?  Please give the rest of us a break, and either
contribute something constructive to the list or sign off. 

Lewis and Joe, can't you see that you're just prolonging the agony of this
whole childish exchange?  I really hate to see our list fragmented and
demoralized this way.  Can both of you refrain from responding to Nicole?
That's more than likely the only way it will ever end.  

sending all of you good thoughts,  --E. 

~~~
Elizabeth L. MacNabb, PhD
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Service Learning, Career Development Center
Richmond Hall, UR, Richmond, VA 23173
phone 804-289-8686, fax 804-287-6465

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[Aabbcc1010]

In a message dated 2/25/99 10:09:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>Don't send me some bullshit.I don't care about your messages.Vy kundy
>pojebane nedomrdle

and just who are you talking to?

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[Petr B.]

Don't send me some bullshit.I don't care about your messages.Vy kundy
pojebane nedomrdle

   Ahoj
Petr

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[Petr B.]

Dont fuck with me bitch

   Ahoj
Petr

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[jivan]

Happy Valentines day to you and your beloved ones.  Jivan

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[STEFANIE S. RIXECKER]

FYI...

Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS: REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ON MEDICINAL PLANTS AND
TRADITIONAL  MEDICINE IN AFRICA
edited by Ernest Rukangira (see address below)

We are pleased to announce that the workshop reports on the regional
workshops on medicinal plants and traditional medicine have now been
published.
The table of contents includes an introductory overview on medicinal
plants and traditional medicine in Africa, workshop objectives and
methodology, opening session, highlights of plenary discussion, major
results of the workshops, workshop recommendations, and an action plan
which is the main core of the workshop reports.
You can request for a copy of the reports. The cost  of a single copy
is  US$30.00 including postage. The workshop proceedings are in French
or the regional workshop held in Conakry Rep. of Guinea and in English
for the regional workshop held in Cape Town (South Africa).

The two regional workshops on medicinal plants and traditional medicine
were held in Conakry, Republic of Guinea, from 17 - 21 November 1997 and
in Cape Town, South Africa from 14 - 18 April 1998 respectively for
French-speaking and for English-speaking African countries.  The
workshops were organised by the Environment Liaison Centre International
(ELCI), (Kenya) in conjunction with the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC), (Canada).  The two workshops took place within
the framework of the Medicinal Plants and Local Communities Programme
(Africa) being implemented by ELCI with support from IDRC and DANIDA.
The workshops each brought together a multi-disciplinary group of more
than 55 people from environmental NGOs, grassroots organisations,
research institutions, and government bodies.  Participants included
researchers, health professionals, traditional practitioners,
herbalists, conservationists and representatives of environmental NGOs.

Participants presented papers focusing on their own work and on the
status of traditional medicine and medicinal plants in their respective
countries.  The workshops laid the groundwork for a continuing dialogue
and networking among key stakeholders in the effort to conserve
medicinal plants and promote traditional medicine in Africa.  The
workshops were an excellent occasion to build bridges between
researchers, traditional healers and NGOs so that collaborative efforts
can be initiated for future work in the area.
For more information, please contact:

--
Ernest Rukangira
Programme co-ordinator
NGO Working Group on indigenous knowledge and biodiversity
Medicinal Plants and Local Communities Programme
E.L.C.I.,P.o. Box 72461 ,Nairobi ( KENYA )
Fax (2542)562175 ,Tel 576114/25/.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]







Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841

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[Kimberly & Brett]

Pens in impeachment had misprint

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - The pens used by U.S. senators to pledge impartial
justice in President Clinton's impeachment trial contained a misprint.
Instead of "United States Senator," the writing on the pens said "Untied
States Senator." "The Senate is like any good customer of ours, and we will
reprint the order and make things right," said Michele Szynal, a
spokeswoman for The Gillette Co.'s Stationery Products Group in Janesville.
Each of the 100 senators got to keep the black and silver Parker Vector pen
used to sign the pledge in the Senate chamber Thursday. ###

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[joanne russo]

Hello Donna,
Your notes were very interesting indeed. please send more.


>

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[Robert L Auger]

Since this List is fairly new it looks like introductions are
appropriate.  I'm Bob Auger (yes, I'm a man), from Pittsburgh Pa.  I'm
at CMU getting a PhD in Chemical Engineering specializing in
environmental biotechnology.  I got my BS from Delaware where I also got
minors in chemistry and philosophy.  I took a course in Feminist Theory,
which enlightened me to the current subjugation of women in our society.
interested in finding out.  Since there is currently no active
discussion on this list perhaps this would be a good starting point.  
I don't subscribe to any 'type' of feminism but perhaps I should
review my class notes to see where I stand philosophically (I do
remember certain schools of thought that I agreed with).  Politically I
am a conservative, which should add yet another dimension to any
discussion.  Perhaps the matriarchs of this list could post an
explanation of ecofeminism.

Bob Auger

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[Gwendolyn L Griffin]

MOSES AND THE SHEPHERD
by Rumi

Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying, 
“God, 
where are you?  I want to help you, to fix your shoes
and comb your hair.  I want to wash your clothes
and pick the lice off.  I want to bring you milk
to kiss your little hands and feet when it’s time
for you to go to bed.  I want to sweep your room
and keep it neat.  God, my sheep and goats
are yours.  All I can say, remembering you, 
is a and ah..”
Moses could stand it no longer.  
“Who are you talking to?”
   “The one who made us, 
and made the earth and made the sky.”
“Don’t talk about shoes 
and socks with God!  And what’s this with your little hands
and feet?  such blasphemous familiarity sounds like 
you’re chatting with your uncles.  
  Only something that grows
needs milk.  Only someone with feet needs shoes.  Not God!  
Even if you meant God’s human representatives, 
as when God said, ‘I was sick, and you did not visit me,’
even then this tone would be foolish and irreverent.  

Use appropriate terms.  Fatima is a fine name 
for a woman, but if you call a man Fatima, 
it’s an insult.  Body-and-birth language 
are right for us on this side of the river, 
but not for addressing the origin, 
 not for Allah.”
The shepherd repented and tore his clothes and sighed 
and wandered out into the desert.  
  A sudden revelation 
came then to Moses.  God’s voice:
You have separated me 
from one of my own.  Did you come as a Prophet to unite, 
or to sever?
   I have given each being a separate and unique way 
of seeing and knowing and saying that knowledge.  

What seems wrong to you is right for him.  
What is poison to one is honey to someone else.  

Purity and impurity, sloth and diligence in worship, 
these mean nothing to me.  
  I am apart from all that.  
Ways of worshiping are not to be ranked as better
or worse than one another.  
Hindu do Hindu things.  
The Dravidian Muslims in India do what they do.  
It’s all praise, and it’s all right.  

It’s not me that’s glorified in acts of worship.  
It’s the worshipers!  I don’t hear the words
they say.  I look inside at the humility.  

That broken open lowliness is the reality,
not the language!  Forget phraseology.  
I want burning, burning.  
Be friends
with your burning.  Burn up your thinking
and your forms of expression!
 Moses, 
those who pay attention to ways of behaving
and speaking are one sort.  
  Lovers who burn
are another.  
   Don’t impose a property tax
on a burned out village.  Don’t scold the Lover.  
The “wrong” way he talks is better than a hundred
“right” ways of others.  
 Inside the Kaaba
it doesn’t matter which direction you point
your prayer rug!
   The ocean diver doesn’t need snowshoes!
The love religion has no code or doctrine.  
  Only God.  
So the ruby has nothing engraved on it!
It doesn’t need markings.
God began speaking
deeper mysteries to Moses.  Visions and words, 
which cannot be recorded here, poured into
and through him.  He left himself and came back.  
He went to eternity and came back here.  
Many times this happened.  
   It’s foolish of me
to try and say this.  If I did say it, 
it would uproot our human intelligences.  
It would shatter all writing pens.  

Moses ran after the shepherd.  
He followed the bewildered footprints, 
in one place moving straight like a castle
across a chessboard.  In another, sideways, 
like a bishop.  
  Now surging like a wave cresting, 
now sliding down like a fish, 
with always his feet
making geomancy symbols in the sand, 
   recording
his wandering state.  
Moses finally caught up
with him.  
“I was wrong.  God has revealed to me
that there are no rules for worship.  
   Say whatever
and however your loving tells you to.  Your sweet blasphemy 
is the truest devotion.  Through you a whole world 
is freed.
  Loosen your tongue and don’t worry what comes out.  
It’s all the light of the spirit.”
 The shepherd replied, 
“Moses, Moses, 
   I’ve gone beyond even that.  
You applied the whip and my horse shied and jumped
out of itself.  The divine nature and my human nature
came together.  
Bless your scolding hand and your arm.  
I can’t say what has happened.  

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[DMadrone]

Women are
NOT blameless when it comes to abuse... and NOT blameless when it comes to
destroying our planet either.  OUR COMMON ENEMY IS PATRIARCHY, NOT MEN. 

I think we all agree on that.  However, the problem with patriarchy is that it
produces individuals, mostly men, who are abusive.  

There is an excellent book:  "Male Violence" Edited by John Archer. It
contains the results of studies on violence, and is heavily annotated.  This
book is good because it addresses the issue of male v.s. female violence.
"...we...acknowledge that females are quite capable of aggression, and may
even be violent in some cases.  But we do not let this side-track us from the
much greater social problem of male violence by mistaking aggression for
violence or by over-emphasizing the relatively unusual, but highly newsworthy,
cases of the seriously violent wife, the female sexual abuser of children, or
the woman serial killer."  pg.4.

"Most human violence is carried out by men.  Male violence could even be
described as the major source of human suffering."

There is another truly excellent book, "Real Boys" by William Pollack which
discusses the innate humanity of males and the de-humanizing effect on them of
growing up in a patriarchy.  


Good reading!
Madrone
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 26 17:28:56 1998
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:28:50 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jake A Paisain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: working together
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

In regards to my objection to the idea of creating a male-free ecofeminist
listserv:

On Th
u, 27 Aug 1998, bunny wrote:

> I also feel you made some good points.

hmm

> However, in general, it is men (in my country) who are most guilty of
> raping the country (they have the power here both in parliament and in
> commerce) and also many more women and children die here from acts of
> domestic violence than men. 

I don't disagree that those men do this... but why?  Because Patriarchy
and our culture have trained them to do that from the beginning?  And I
don't hold those men in any higher regard than you do.  In America, there
are women who yield power too... in the government, in corporate America
and while they might be doing real well on a self-empowerment level,
they're not always necessarily doing anything to bust this system open,
expose it and transmute it into something that might last women
participate in and support capitalism too, just as much as men, and
capitalism, thus far, has had nothing but detrimental effects on our
ecological situation.

Furthermore, Francoise d'Eaubonne, the woman who coined the term
eco-feminism, is quoted as mentioning that in Australia, there was at one
time an ecofeminist delegation of representatives to the government.  Does
anyone in Australia (or anywhere else know about this group?  Could we get
bunny in touch with them?)

My original point was that excluding men from participating in an
ecofeminist dialog is contrary to my understanding of an ecofeminist ethic
of loving care and friendship.  Please don't judge all of us because we
have a piece of flesh hanging between our legs any more than you would
wish to be judged for your abilities to participate in ANY dialog because
you have flesh hanging from your chest.  Pardon the crudeness of that, but
this topic really ruffles my feathers because I for one am tired of being
excluded from dialogs that are important because I don't meet others
expectations of who I should be. 

Education and a revised schooling system
> might help rectify some problems (in my view) if this was done correctly
> but there is no financial plan or deliberate strategy in place here to
> promote respectfuleness towards women.

This can also happen on a daily basis by putting our own ethical stance to
practice in our personal, academic, business and political lives.

 Also, male sports and a macho
> society continually rewards some violence (such as sport violence) while
> women and children are the end sufferers (in general) of this behaviour.
> I would like to see some positive strageties adopted by our government
> now to reduce entrenched violence towards women and children and to aim
> to lower the acceptance of violence in entrenched male enclaves such as
> sport etc. 

I thoroughly agree and support your position.

> 
> Sorry to disagree, but in my view of things, men are the largest group
> of perpetrators of violence towards women and the environment.
> 

I don't disagree with you on this at all.  I agree that we must change
this.  Let's work together.

jacob

> Kind regards,
> 
> Marguerite
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[jivan]

THIS DOCUMENT ORIGINALLY CREATED ON WP61.  Please respond as soon as possible

Chitaranjan (Jivan) Saran, PhD, PE, CPE, CHCM
Professor Engineer Ergonomist, 191 SE 411, Warrensburg, MO 64093-8381, USA
Electronic Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tel/Fax: 1 660 747 8065
 Building Bridges Breaking Barriers
  SHE (Safety, Health, & Environment) + Ergonomics + Globalization
   = Worker/Community Well Being + Productivity + Profits

Dear Safety, Health, & Environment Scholar:

International Social Security Association and I would like to invite you to I)
attend the XVth World
Congress on Occupational Safety & Health to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April
12-16, 1999, and ii)
present technical papers and posters.  The theme of this triennial Congress is
Safety, Health and
Environment (SHE) - A Global Challenge.

I am encouraging submission of 200 word abstracts on SHE Systems opportunities
and challenges
(O&C) in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in your
country/organization for Session:

Session B.4. "New economic structures and SMEs". Machine safety extended from
safe design of
machine s to safe and integrated use of technology and engineering in working
systems. Occupational safety
& health (OSH) and management systems for quality and environmental protection:
problems resulting from
interaction and integration in complex work systems.  Methods of problem
solving: risk analysis and
evaluation; development and implementation of techniques and methods generally
applicable to a wide range
of SMEs; new approaches for education and training; prevention measures
extending beyond the workplace.
Systems relevant to individual SMEs as well as to groups of SMEs.  Particular
target groups are SMEs and
small enterprise units resulting from restructuring large

Other sessions include:
A: Impact of Globalization- Role of Governments, Common perspectives for SHE
Protection (SHEP) in
Agriculture and Forestry, Managing Chemical Risks, and International Questions
B: Implementation of Occupational SHEP- Informational Technologies- O&C; OSH
Systems in mining,
construction, and health services; New economic structures and SMEs; SHEP Risk
assessment, research
& training, and management; Ergonomics and psycho-social issues.
C: Dock work and transport, child labour, gender issues

Contacts: For details of other Sessions, format for abstracts, full papers, and
posters please contact the
  Program Committee at: Comite de Programa
  XV Congresso Mundial sobre Seguranca e Saude no Trabalho Fundacentro
  Rua Capote Valente, 710
  05409 - 002 - Sao Paulo - SP - BRAZIL.
  E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Home Page: http://www.fundacentro.gov.br
Deadlines: Abstracts: June 30, 1998, Full Paper: January 21, 1999.  For Session
B4, please send: i) abstract
on 3.5 or 5.25" floppies or originals to Brazil, ii) copy of your abstract by
fax or email to: Dr Hans-Jurgen
Bischoff, ISSA Section Machine Safety, Dynamostrasse 7-11, D-68165 Mannheim,
GERMANY; T:
+49/(0)621 - 44 56 - 2213, Fax: +49/(0)621 - 44 56 - 2125, Email:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Internet:  and iii) a copy by fax or email to me.

For registration, exhibitor booths,  and other information, please contact:
Congress Secretariat, Fundocentro
at the address in Brazil.  We look forward to hear from you.  Sincerely yours,
Jivan
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 18 15:33:24 1998
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 17:32:28 +
From: Vera Britto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCIENTISTS RECONFIRM HAZARDS OF SOFT PVC TOYS

From: "greenbase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EU Scientists Reconfirm Hazards of Soft PVC Toys

EUROPEAN UNION SCIENTISTS RECONFIRM HAZARDS OF SOFT PVC TOYS
WHILE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND EU INDUSTRY DIVISION BLOCK
BAN

Amsterdam, 5 May 1998 --- Greenpeace called on the European
Union Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann and the US
Department of Commerce to stop blocking European efforts for an
immediate ban on soft PVC toys. Meanwhile, a EU Scientific
Committee reconfirmed the hazards represented by soft PVC toys.

In a yet unpublished opinion adopted 24 April 1998, the EU
Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the
Environment concluded that PVC teething rings made from
polyvinylchloride (PVC) leach up to ten times the acceptable
level of softeners known as phthalates.

However, Martin Bangemann, Commissioner for Industrial Affairs,
has maintained that immediate action is not necessary or
warranted. Further, the US is actively lobbying against any ban
decision. 

Greenpeace recently obtained a letter sent from the US
Ambassador in Brussels A. Vernon Weaver to Hans Beseler, the
Director General of the European Commission responsible for
External Affairs, and internal "action cables" sent by the US
Department of Commerce to US embassies in Europe to lobby
against proposed restrictions on soft PVC toys (1).

These memos urge US government representatives to immediat

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[warrior girl]

thought you might all be interested in some dialogue happenin' about the Spacewalk and 
superheroes.


>The biggest problem I have with the whole "superhero" movement is that it
>smacks of childish make believe and panders to the lowest common denominator.
>It might make you famous, it already has locally, but, what is the message?
>Dress up and pretend to be a superhero and everything will be alright?

Actually, I am responding to my own needs...  I had a lack of role models as a kid, 
and I follow (in a sense) Aleistar Crowley's words, "Every Man and Woman is a Star."  
Basically, there are a few facets to this.
1.  When I use the word "Superhero" (and I have consistantly make this clear - as well 
as the fact that I am writing a book about it) I am actually talking about "Super 
Human"  Where individuals in society understand that we are all responsible for 
society as we know it.  THat each HUMAN can be empowered to change the world.  I use 
childhood make believe as a language to talk to society, because I have discovered the 
power of humor and our common childhoods.

2.  By making myself a superhero, I have "battled" my demons.  In fact, that is what 
Warrior Girl is all about for me, The INternal Struggle.  Each performance I do, is 
representative of one of my "Battles."
>
>Superman became popular in this country at a time of deep uncertainty about
>the future.  His sociological role was defined by societies need to believe in
>the unbelievable.  That was very cool then, but, now we live in a much more
>sophisticated world.  Everyone is constantly bombarded with images and ideas
>that only a few years ago weren't even imagined.  Are the UFO's a
>manifestation of the same need?  
>
>Art isnt the same as it used to be.  There is no religious need for story
>telling imagery.  Society no longer believes in the "artist visionary" because
>of people like Andy Warhol and the entire abstract expressionist movement.
>
(Art cannot compete with Hollywood as entertainment nor should it try.)

That is your opinion.  I plan on working WITHIN hollywood, subversively, because I 
plan on using my influence for good.
>
>All this "soap boxing" I am doing goes to prove one point about Burning Man
>and the Spacewalk.  These events are giving creative people something to rally
>around.  They are safe places for people to express themselves and all that is
>great.  

Actually, the Spacewalk does things that Burning MAn never thought of.  Maybe you 
missed the fact that 300 artists donated food that fed the homeless the following day, 
maybe you don't get that we included every aspect of the mission District last time

We are planning to include offices that exist in South Park for the next one,  and I 
am meeting with local well known arts theorists and educators to discuss the best ways 
to have the greatest effect on the local community.  THIS IS NOT JUST FOR FUN FOR 
ME!  THIS IS ONE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE WAY ART IS LOOKED AT , TO TEACH 
SOCIETY THAT WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT ART!!
GRR!!!

I am ruffled!!

I think there are aspects of my work that you don't know about, including aspects of 
the spacewalk.  I think about absolutely everything I do as having a major impact on 
the community and the art world.  I criticize BUrning Man with the fact that they 
leave the city, and live in utopia, without having any political or social 
responsiblity.  I think we're on the same side.

My performance was all about questioning "Fame." I think you missed it.  I made joking 
comments about only having to shake my butt to get famous, and how I didn't have to 
think about anything since I was famous.. 

I think you missed alot about the last spacewalk.  I am not even sure who you 
are...from your e-mail name, who are you? How did you participate?

warriorgirl
>
>You don't have to "prove" yourself to me, or to anyone for that matter.  I
>just hope that you can dig a little deeper into your soul when creating the
>next event, look for something to say that really means something to people
>outside of the circle of friends and aquaintences that makes up this art
>scene.
>
>a friend

Warrior Girl,
Founder, performer, The Society of Superheroes;
Co-Founder, performer, The Aerial Action Team
Event Planner, Founder, Organizer, Performer, The 24 Hour Community Spacewalk

to reach
The Society of Superheroes, The Aerial Action Team hotline, the 24 Hour Community 
Spacewalk, 
or Warrior Girl  call 415-621-2820
or 
snail mail to:
PO Box 170034
SF, CA 94117

e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Websites: http://www.spacewalk.org
see the Cyberbuss Site for images http://www.cyberbuss.com

Warrior Girl is the fusion of tribalism, technology; community, and progress; 
dedicated to interdependant, interpersonal, and interactive change that empowers 
society.

To Subscribe to the 24 Hour Community Spacewalk List, email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
and in the body, write "subscribe spacewalk" (Subscribe Spacewalk 
Billy_Joe_Bob)you 

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[Britta Abenius]

Hi
I'm new here and I just want to introduce myself briefly. My name is 
Britta Abenius and I'm from Sweden. Right now I am in Canada as an 
exchandge student.
In Sweden I am an active feminist, and I work for a better enviroment in 
a Swedish organisation, but now when I am here I feel that I don't do 
anything. It is hard to talk about feminism and enviromental issues with 
people here, because I always feel as if they think I am complaining 
about Canada and not the problems as a whole.
But there are so many things I feel are wrong and I almost explode 
sometimes because I can't discuss them with anyone.
That is the reason why I have joined this group.
Britta


















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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 22 11:11:57 1998
From: "us" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 12:12:02 -0600
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Hi Britta nice to meet you, welcome to Ecofem :)

-Original Message-
From: Britta Abenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998 11:46 AM


>Hi
>I'm new here and I just want to introduce myself briefly. My name is 
>Britta Abenius and I'm from Sweden. Right now I am in Canada as an 
>exchandge student.
>In Sweden I am an active feminist, and I work for a better enviroment in 
>a Swedish organisation, but now when I am here I feel that I don't do 
>anything. It is hard to talk about feminism and enviromental issues with 
>people here, because I always feel as if they think I am complaining 
>about Canada and not the problems as a whole.
>But there are so many things I feel are wrong and I almost explode 
>sometimes because I can't discuss them with anyone.
>That is the reason why I have joined this group.
>Britta
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[warrior girl]

I am a student about to graduate with my BFA at the San Francisco Art Institute.  I am 
a superhero.  I embody the concept of being a responsible vocal citizen in my 
community, and empower myself and others to change society.  

I have formed a number of organizations, as listed below, and I am an aerial 
performance artist, using this medium to empower others through interactivity and the 
message.

I produce an event called the 24 Hour Community Spacewalk where artists enter into 
different communities within cities and create a festival that involves all aspects of 
the neighborhood for 24 Hours with temporary and mobile art.  

The first event was last year October 25th through th 26th.  Over 300 artists created 
artpieces over 63 blocks of the Mission District in San FRancisco.  There was a 3am 
tip-toe parade, a non-motorized vehicle parade, I created a 24 Hour Soap Opera called 
"Warrior Girl's Hollywood Fame," and in the end, all the artists donated food that 
became part of a Stone Soup Reception where we fed the homeless in the area when we 
were finished.

As one founder of the Aerial Action Team, I rapell off of historical architecture in 
cities; and create live comic books in which the stories are actually contemporary 
social commentary.  "Warrior Girl vs. the Nation of Finks" was performed on the side 
of a four story abandoned building in San Francisco on March 9th, 1997.  A 17 foot 
Spiderweb symbolized the world wide web, and the characters were representative of the 
choice between humanity and materialism.  Warrior Girl fought and won for humanity by 
destroying the evil "mothra" and his cloned counterparts.

The next Spacewalk is scheduled for October 23rd through the 24th, in the South Park 
area of San Francisco.  The parade routes will range from China Basin to Market and 
Montgomery Streets.  We will be teaching collaboration workshops to local businesses 
and inviting them to create SUPERHERO HEADQUARTERS out of their offices.

Warrior Girl,
Founder, performer, The Society of Superheroes;
Co-Founder, performer, The Aerial Action Team
Event Planner, Founder, Organizer, Performer, The 24 Hour Community Spacewalk

to reach
The Society of Superheroes, The Aerial Action Team hotline, the 24 Hour Community 
Spacewalk, 
or Warrior Girl  call 415-621-2820
or 
snail mail to:
PO Box 170034
SF, CA 94117
SEND ME FUN STUFF!!!

e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Websites: http://www.spacewalk.org
see the Cyberbuss Site for images http://www.cyberbuss.com

Warrior Girl is the fusion of tribalism, technology; community, and progress; 
dedicated to interdependant, interpersonal, and interactive change that empowers 
society.

To Subscribe to the 24 Hour Community Spacewalk List, email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
and in the body, write "subscribe spacewalk" (Subscribe Spacewalk 
Billy_Joe_Bob)you will recieve all the latest information on the progress of this 
project.  

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[warrior girl]

I am without e-mail for a week.  Please call me if you need to ask questions or need 
to clarify. 

Have a great spring break.  Next spacewalk meeting is the 9th of march 9pm at muddy's 
at 16th, 

(No limits, 
NO LIMITS
MAKE ARTTT GGRLS)

love
kate
wg


Warrior Girl,
Founder, performer, The Society of Superheroes;
Co-Founder, performer, The Aerial Action Team
Event Planner, Founder, Organizer, Performer, The 24 Hour Community Spacewalk

to reach
The Society of Superheroes, The Aerial Action Team hotline, the 24 Hour Community 
Spacewalk, 
or Warrior Girl  call 415-621-2820
or 
snail mail to:
PO Box 170034
SF, CA 94117
SEND ME FUN STUFF!!!

e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Websites: http://www.spacewalk.org
see the Cyberbuss Site for images http://www.cyberbuss.com

Warrior Girl is the fusion of tribalism, technology; community, and progress; 
dedicated to interdependant, interpersonal, and interactive change that empowers 
society.

To Subscribe to the 24 Hour Community Spacewalk List, email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
and in the body, write "subscribe spacewalk" (Subscribe Spacewalk 
Billy_Joe_Bob)you will recieve all the latest information on the progress of this 
project.  

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[Saira Kurup]

I would like information on action/protests against use of quinacrine 
for forced sterilisation of women. thanks

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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 22 14:22:30 1998
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:24:16 +1300 (NZD)
 23 Feb 1998 10:22:51 +1300
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:22:21 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (Fwd) Nature and Culture Radio Editor
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FYI...Stefanie

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> From FOLKLINE, edited by Jennifer A. Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[Folkline is an information service of the American Folklife
Center at the Library of Congress.  If you have information to
contribute, please email Jennifer Cutting at [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

A Westchester, New York-based radio producer seeks a full-time Associate
Producer/Researcher for a radio series which deals with nature and
culture. "Pulse of the Planet" is an award-winning daily radio series,
currently broadcast over 200 public and commercial stations in the US and
around the world.  The series, sponsored by the American Museum of Natural
History, tracks the rhythms of nature and culture worldwide, focusing on
seasonal events - such as animal migrations and cultural festivals.  The
hallmark of the program is its creative use of sound.  As an associate
producer for "Pulse," you will be researching stories, and working with
field producers to record interviews.  You will be writing scripts,
editing them on audio tape or on a digital workstation, maintaining a
program database and responding to listener requests.  You will also be
helping to update the program's web site.

If you have a special interest in nature and traditional cultures, you
will find this position particularly rewarding.  Candidates should know
how to write creatively and well; be resourceful, computer literate, have
their own computer or access to one (preferably a Macintosh), and know
their way around the Internet; and ideally, they should know how to edit
analog audio tape and/or digital sound files.  Being able to record sound
and to conduct interviews well are both required skills.  Knowledge of
FilemakerPro software and html programming would be useful, but not a
requirement.  Some of the work can be done at home. You need to be in the
studio (in Yorktown Heights, NY; one hour north of New York City) at least
2-3 days a week.  The salary is $30,000 plus, depending upon experience.
To apply, send resumes and samples of your work (written and, if possible,
recorded) to Jim Metzner, 340 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights, NY,
10598; email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.  This full-time position is available
immediately.  The URL for the "Pulse of the Planet" web site is
.  Jim Metzner appears monthly on NPR's
"Weekend Edition Saturday."



Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 56
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841

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[jivan]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY.  Jivan
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 13 20:39:14 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:50:18 -0700
From: Larry Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ethnobotany

I am a graduating senior at UNM.  I am currently involved in research 
concerning alternative herbal treatments used in labor/delivery, 
whether historically or currently or both.  Preferably, I am looking 
for information about pain control, stimulating labor, minimizing 
bleeding or treating hemmorage.  Additional information about 
abortifactants might also be applicable.  Any assitance would be 
greatly appreciated by myself and my colleagues.
TJ Peterson
UNM Albuquerque, NM.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 14 00:47:53 1998
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 20:50:10 +1200
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris King)
Subject: Gaia Chaos Eros Valentine



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Dear Ecofem,

To all in true love.
Your Gaia Chaos Eros Valentine is attached: CKval98.jpg

El Ni=F1o



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[sullivan]

Hi again --

Oops, forgot to list this site for PRIDE and other BGLT events
as well:

http://www.lesbianation.com/hot0697/calendar.htm

Have fun!!

- Charlotte

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[Chris King]

ANYONE KNOW ANYONE IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTEND
AND REPRESENT THE REGION AT:
APEC:  A SPECIAL SESSION ON FORESTS?

Part of the Sustainable Issues Forum of the People's Summit on APEC
Thursday, November 20, 1997   8:30am to 9:00pm
BC Room - Plaza of Nations - Vancouver B.C.

From: Paige Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APEC and Forests Session

Do you know anyone from NZ who works on forests that may be
coming to the People's Summit?  Anyone who is already in
North America?  New Zealand - along with the US, Canada,
and Indonesia - is pushing for ahead-of-schedule
liberalization of forest products through APEC.  Last month,
rep's from NZ Forest Products Ass. and Fletcher Challenge
visited PERC to discuss log imports regulations.  They are
working to free up trade in wood products through APEC.

It would be very beneficial to have someone who knows about
New Zealand's forests and trade policies participate in our
Session.  Can you recommend anyone?  Do you have access to
any information that may help us learn more about NZ's
position on wood product trade?

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pacific Environment and Resources Center (PERC) and Sierra Club of
Canada (Ottawa) invite you to:

APEC:  A SPECIAL SESSION ON FORESTS

Part of the Sustainable Issues Forum of the People's Summit on APEC
Thursday, November 20, 1997   8:30am to 9:00pm
BC Room - Plaza of Nations - Vancouver B.C.

Using the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as a tool,
multinational corporations and governments on the Pacific Rim are
pressing for free trade in all commodities including forest products.

ATTEND "APEC: A SPECIAL SESSION ON FORESTS" TO:
* Learn how APEC will affect Pacific Rim forests,
* Build partnerships with activists from Japan, Chile, Malaysia,
Indonesia and North America working to protect forests,
* Develop a set of specific policy demands for APEC Leaders about how
to improve forest management standards and ensure sustainability of forest
ecosystems and forest-dependent communities around the Pacific Rim.

FOREST ACTIVISTS WILL GIVE UPDATES FROM APEC COUNTRIES SUCH AS:
* MALAYSIA, where fires still burn because of negligent management of
oil palm plantations;
* JAPAN, the largest consumer of forest products in the Asia Pacific;
* CHILE, where environmentalists challenged government approval of
US-based Trillium Corporation's plan to log an ancient beech forest;
* BRITISH COLUMBIA, home to one of the world's final forest frontiers
where clear-cutting continues despite Canada's claim to be a leader in
forest management for APEC countries;
* U.S. PACIFIC NORTHWEST, where environmental groups recently won a
federal court injunction to halt imports of raw logs containing exotic
pests and pathogens.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION WILL ADDRESS
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
* How is trade liberalization impacting forests in British Columbia, the
U.S. Pacific Northwest and other APEC countries like Chile and Malaysia?
* How can forest activists stop APEC from compromising forest management
standards and dismantling regulations on wood product imports and exports?
* What role can community-based management play in the context of free
trade and globalization?
* How can forest activists promote timber trade alternatives like
certification, ecolabelling and bans?
* How can forest activists work together to monitor and encourage more
transparency and public participation in APEC?
* How can APEC be made more accountable to forest ecosystems and forest-
based economies?

REGISTRATION:
* To register for "APEC:  A Special Session on Forests" please complete
the following registration form.  Don't forget to mark 'Forestry" as
your first choice.  E-mail or fax your form to "Sustainability Issues
Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (fax)250-360-2295.  Send your money order or bank
check with a hard copy of your registration form to S.I.F. 930 Mason Street,
Victoria BC, V8T 1A2 Canada.
* For questions or additional information contact Forest Session organizers:
Paige Fischer at PERC, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ph: 415-332-8200, fx:  415-332-8167
or Fiona Koza at Sierra Club, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ph: 613-744-4786,
fx: 613-241-2295.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Paige Fischer, PERC
Fiona Koza, Sierra Club of Canada

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

REGISTRATION FORM:  SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES FORUM
during the 1997 PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON APEC
Vancouver, Canada - November 20, 1997

Last Name:   First Name:

Title:   Organization:

Address:

Country:   Postal/Zip Code:

Phone:Fax:

E-Mail:
Female:Male:   Youth (under the age of 30)?

REGISTRATION DEADLINES
* Advanced Registration:  October 20, 1997
* Final Registration:  November 10, 1997

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[lori bellamy]

ECOFEM lori bellamy

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[jivan]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 10 19:48:09 1997
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 10 May 1997 21:49:29 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 21:43:39 -0400
From: Amy Tamulevicus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Web Site
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Is everyone sure this web site is linked with the White House?  It is
awfully suspicious, and obviously set up by a Pro-life person/people,
with all of the pictures and all.  Plus my vote never registered.  I
think they put the comment about the White House on there just to make
people think it was somehow not biased, but it obviously is.  Besides,
the set up of the page is just too Pro-Life to be officially linked with
the White House.  I really don't think the White House would risk being
linked with this page- they've got enough problems.  I don't know, but
there is definitely something fishy about that page!!!

AMT
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 11 15:11:58 1997
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 14:11:40 -0700
From: Christine Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Web Site
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Nancy Elizabeth Low wrote:
> 
>  My name is beth. I visited the pro-choice voting web site and voted a few
> times. Something wierd is going on because I watched the counter after
> voting and the pro-choice number didn't go up once after five votes, buthe
> pro-life vote went up by fifteen.
> Something strange is going on here.
> I am writing to president clinton and I am relating my experience with the
> site to him in the hopes that someone will investigate the situation and
> determine whether or no to use the "reports" that come from the site.
> Here is president clinton's address:
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Beth
> 
> On Fri, 9 May 1997, Christine Whaley wrote:
> 
> > Karen,
> >
> > Yours was the first post I got since signing onto this list.  Where is
> > this website so I can go vote...then there will be 501 votes for
> > pro-choice.
> >
> > Christine
> >
I had this very same experience when I went to the site to vote last
night and again this morning.  I wrote the editor of the page.  I will
also write to the white house, house of representatives and the congress
to let them know that this is not a properly functioning site.  I think
an e-mail to planned parenthood and Naral is also in order and I will
write to them as soon as I send this.  I think it is most obviously an
anti-choice site.  The fact that the "non-partisan" citizens want a
public forum and will not identify themselves speaks for itself, not to
mention the at least 8 month old baby sitting in the big A  at
abortion.com is a little suspect.  Not very honest is it?

Christine
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 11 16:15:36 1997
 12 May 1997 10:14 +1200 (NZS)
 12 May 1997 10:17:48 +1200
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:17:05 +1200
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: Southwestern Historical Assoc., Mar. 98
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

fyi...Stefanie

--- Forwarded Message Follows ---

Subject: CFP: Southwestern Historical Assoc., Mar. 98

SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Southwestern Historical Association will meet in conjunction with the
Southwestern Social Science Association in Corpus Christi, Texas, 18-21
March 1998.  Information about both the Southwestern Social Science
Association and the Southwestern Historical Association can be found at
the following web address:  http://www.sfasu.edu/soc/sssa

Proposals for papers or sessions should be sent to the appropriate
coordinator:

For United States History:
Dr. Michael Collins
Department of History
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
(817) 692-6611, ext. 4258/9

For European/Asian History:
Dr. Ingrid Westmorland
Department of Social Sciences
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK 74701
(405) 924-0121, ext. 2203

For Latin American/African History:
Dr. Joan Supplee
Department of History
Baylor University
Waco, TX 76798
(817) 755-2667
e-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Program coordinators will endeavor to achieve a balance of topics, and
interests.  Proposals for complete sessions are especially encouraged, as
are those for interdisciplinary sessions, panels, and roundtable discussions.

A best paper prize of $100.00 is awarded in U.S. History; European/Asian
History; and Latin American/African History.  Prize winners are given one
positive review by the Social Science Quarterly in evaluating manuscripts
for possible publication in the journal.

THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 1 OCTOBER 1997.

Proposals for papers should include a brief vitae, and a one-page (200-250
word) abstract; proposals for panels should include a vitae for each
participant.



Stefan

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[jivan]

HAPPY NOWROOZ- Iranian New Year.  Regards, JIvan
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 21 16:08:55 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:08:48 -0800 (PST)
X-Originating-IP: [194.204.134.78]
From: " kuba  pecssz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help

help ! i wanna unsubscribe !!!

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Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 21 21:55:32 1997
id XAA04244; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 23:55:29 -0500 (EST)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 23:55:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Vera M. Britto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Electronic activism
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

hi lisa,

not that long ago pacifica radio station - "democracy now"
show in washington -  covered a 
conference/seminar/whatever in california that dealt
with many of the issues/questions you have. it was fascinating.
pacifica does have a web site (just do a search) and they list
their daily 
program titles and they also have a station at berkeley (i believe)
who probably did the local covering in california.

good luck (and can i read your paper when it's done? :) (seriously)

Vera Britto
([EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux) 
.
Le Bret: Si tu laissais un peu ton ame mousquetaire, la fortune et la 
gloire...  Cyrano:  Et que faudrait-il faire? Chercher un protecteur 
puissant, prendre un patron, et, comme un lierre obscur que circonvient 
un tronc et s'en fait un tuteur en lui lechant l'ecorce, grimper par 
ruse au lieu de s'elever par force? Non, merci! Non, merci! Non, merci! 
Mais... chanter, rever, rire, passer, etre seul, etre libre... oui. 
"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Edmond Rostand

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[Sarah Pritchett]

Hi, I am a Masters of Resource Studies student at Lincoln University, 
Aotearoa/New Zealand.  I am writing my thesis this year on the links 
between New Zealand aid, trade, and health in Western Samoa.   More 
specifically I am exploring the contradictions of "sustainable 
development" in this context, i.e through the aid process and the 
"Sustainable development" policies of NZODA (among other countries and 
institutions giving aid)  Western  Samoa is becoming more aid and 
import dependent.  This is compounded by free trade policies which 
mean imported food (with little nutritional value) are often cheaper to 
buy then local products.  Consequently the incidence of diabetes, 
cancer and other"western" disease are increasing.   I am using an 
ecofeminist approach to the research and was wondering if anyone had 
any experiences of carrying out ecofeminist research which they would 
like to share with me.  Or alternatively does anyone know of any 
relevant research that has been carried out in the topic outlined 
above? I can be reached directly on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or on this list.  Thanks, Sarah Pritchett
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar  3 13:33:12 1997
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 15:32:00 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ethics of intervention

Grace,
 You might want to look at a recent book from Hans Kung:
_Yes to a Global Ethic:  Voices from Religion and Politics_

Vivia
>
>many people seem to think that because the u.s. is the greatest military
>power in the world, it should also set the ethical standard for the world.  
>there seems to be a rise in human rights consciousness within the u.s.
>public, resulting in an attitude that the u.s. has the right, no the
>responsibility, to intervene through either military force, or 'peace'
>efforts.  if indeed, this is the attitude of the general u.s. public,
>where does this ethical absolute come from, and who is the u.s. to impose
>it on others?  should there be an ethical absolute, and if so, where
>should it come from?  what are the boundries between common good and
>exclusion, between ethical standards and imposition?  i am presently
>attempting to write a paper relating to this topic, so i would appreciate
>any personal imput or book titles that somewhat deal with this problem... 
>
>thanks,
>grace 
>
>
Dr. Vivia L. Fowler, Chair
Department of Religion
Columbia College
Columbia, SC  29203
(803)786-3776
FAX (803)786-3798

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[Paul Spencer Sochaczewski]

I would like to unsubscribe, please.

Thank you.

Paul

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
Chemin de Couvaloup
1271 Givrins
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 369-2227
Fax: +41 22 366-3818
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No Subject

[8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0]

I was just at the UN in NYC and they have quite a big published about female
genitial mutiliation  -- i'm away from home right now and don't have access
to my books, but if you're interested, i'll post the information when i get
home.  i have a master of letters in women's studies and am the director for
a women'a services organization.  it seems i've come across more information
on this issue, but since i'm not at home, i can't access it.  and the mind
goes first, you know  peace, sue tracy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 16 11:40:11 1997
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:40:24 -0800
From: Debra West-Maciaszek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: message from KingFisher
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Yvonne Rasor wrote:
> 
> I received the message from Kingfisher which talked of essays on
> "Deeper Ecology."  I liked it, but the solution--one child per couple--has
> had bad ramifications for women in China.  Even more disturbing, this guy
> suggests "severe punishment" for those who don't comply!
> In China, many little girls are killed and abandoned because of this
> law, because people want a son.  I'm sure many women may have to suffer
> through unwanted abortions as well.  How will people be severely punished?
> Jail time for loving their kids?
> Sex is always gonna happen, and therefore surprise pregnancy as
> well.  Women shouldn't have to feel compelled to have unwanted abortions to
> avoid punishment.  Men do not have to be the ones to go through this. This
> is incredibly sexist and restricts women's rights. Remember, little girls
> get killed and thrown out more than boys.
> Bad idea
> 
> Anyone have thoughts on this?


Yvonne,

This is an issue that tears me in two.  Many of the problems we have on
this planet are directly/indirectly attributable to one planet trying to
support too many human beings.  Ideally, if every "couple" could limit
themselves to one child, we could make some serious progress.  However,
cultural reality shows us that this is still an ideal and may never be
an equitable reality.

Between religious fundamentalists worldwide arguing against sensible
forms of birth control and cultures prizing male children over female
children, that equitable reality in a decrease in population growth
simply isn't going to happen.

I'm all for reducing the number of people sucking the lifeblood out of
the planet.  And I also know what happens to women/female children when
population limits are instituted — infanticide for "girl babies" who are
"useless" and tremendous pain (emotional and physical) for women
suffering multiple abortions/deaths of their daughters.  (I once joked
with my husband that if this trend keeps up, there won't be enough women
to be mothers in the future.  Men will have annihilated themselves.)

Population reduction is the goal.  But until we do something about the
cultural standards that allow a preference for one gender over another,
that goal will never be realized.

One step at a time; one "problem" at a time.  

And please don't misunderstand me; I'm not male-bashing here.  Some
women are just as supportive of this type of philosophy as the men
(granted, some of them have had it drilled into them).  When people
realize that sex and reproduction are nature, not culture or religion,
and true sex education is taught and birth control supported, THEN we'll
start making some headway toward saving this planet we're so fond of.

Okay, okay, off my soapbox.  I've never posted to this list before, but
this "issue" 

Debra
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 16 11:56:57 1997
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  by emout10.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0)
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:56:54 -0500 (EST)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:56:54 -0500 (EST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: message from KingFisher

is this book Wild Swans?
Sue Tracy
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 16 11:58:17 1997
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  by emout02.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0)
  id NAA01792 for [EMAIL PROTECTED];
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:58:14 -0500 (EST)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:58:14 -0500 (EST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help needed!

right on!  
Sue Tracy 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 16 11:58:48 1997
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 12:58:37 -0800
From: Judie Montoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: "Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement."  Buddhist 
maxim
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FGM
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I was just at the UN in NYC and they have quite a big published about female 
>genitial mutiliation  -- i'm away from home right now and don't 
have access to my books, but if you're interested, i'll post the 
information when i get home.  i have a master of letters in women's 
studies and am the director for a women'a services organization.  it 
seem

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[Donna Schnupp]

Does anyone know of any recent articles, essays or publications on the
Female Genitalia Mutilation issue?


Donna Schnupp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[Cheryl Smyser]

Dondering Yule?

Donner is the correct German for thunder.

No Subject

[Jeanine A Pfahlert]

can someone tell me how to unsubscribe to this?
--

Un pocito mesaje para tod@s :

La vida es breve. Vamonos pa'l carajo y vamos a joder toda la fregada noche. -
!Mierda! !Lo que necesito es un pica de la cuca!

Y una otra cosita : Un dia de estos, la gente va a sacar el gobierno en las
manos y va a hacer cambios buenos para nosotros y nosotras.

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[Karil Daniels]

Dear EcoFeminists, 

Please visit the award-winning Waterbirth Website and consider its value
as a motivation for women to take greater control over the birth of their
children. I believe you will find this site unique and fascinating. It has
received 4 Stars from Magellan, and several other accolades. The URL is
http://www.well.com/user/karil
It includes lots of helpful information on the newest innovation in safe,
gentle, joyous, empowering childbirth, a photo gallery, and lots more.

This site also includes a section on a video about the Hazards of 
Radioactive Waste Dumping at http://www.well.com/user/karil/wakeup.html

and a section on an award-winning documentary video made for the Rainforest
Action Network, on the need for corporations to become ecologically
proactive and work for sustainability. That site is at
www.well.com/user/karil/makingdiff.html'

Perhaps some of these videos would be appropriate for your university
library. If so, please pass this information on to the person in
charge of aquisitions. Thanks.

Karil Daniels
Point of View Productions
2477 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94110
voice: (415) 821-0435, fax: (415) 931-0948 

Progressive Activist Media Maker(;->)=

Health, Ecology, Peace, Sustainability, Women's Issues, Social Justice, 
the Arts, and more . . .  

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

"Never be afraid to take a giant leap - no one ever crossed a chasm in 2 
small steps." --author unknown

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Visit the Water Birth website at http://www.well.com/user/karil

This site was awarded 4 Stars by Magellan; a Family Jewel Award for 
excellence in design; a Who's Cool in America selection, and is featured 
in the 1997 edition of "Amazing Web Sites" by Maran Graphics.

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[STEFANIE S. RIXECKER]

Hello All:

This didn't make it through the ether initially.  Please send 
responses directly to Sandra (e-mail address below).

Stefanie/Rixeckes2kea.lincoln.ac.nz


--- Forwarded Message Follows ---

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sandra Rothenberg)
Subject: women and environmental management

Hi - I am trying to locate people doing empirical research on women and the
environment or women and environmental management.  Please respond to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks for the help!
Sandy

Sandra Rothenberg
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Bld E52-502
Cambridge, MA  02139
(w) 617-253-3847
(fax) 617-253-2660
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://web.mit.edu/slrothen/www/

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[vfowler]

In response to the recent generalization about preachers (kylie/10-7-96), I
would like to call the writer's attention to the contributions of
liberation/feminist theologians, some of whom are certainly preachers (of
whom many are, lest we forget, women!).The theme of several of the
courses I teach is a critique of patriarchy in general, and religious
patriarchy in particular, but I continuously caution my students and myself
about dangerous stereotypes and generalizations.

Vivia Fowler
Department of Religion
Columbia College of South Carolina  

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[STEFANIE S. RIXECKER]

Hi All:

I just wanted to offer a brief response to Randi's question.

Randi (25/9) stated:

>There seems to be a lot of people in academia on this list.  What is 
>beingdone to pass on knowledge?  Where are people working out the 
>issues and the program?  I'm still looking for supporters on my 
>campus.


I work with students and the community on multiple levels.  For 
example, I teach undergraduate and graduate classes which focus on a 
variety of topics, including: Resource Policymaking; Sociocultural 
Perspectives on Resource Management; and Women, Enviornment, and the 
Rhetoric of Development.  In each of these areas I try to provide 
textual, documentary, and multi-media examples of issues in the 
particular field.  This includes sources such as: Dr. Seuss's __The 
Lorax__, a permaculture video with Vandana Shiva, and local iwi Maori 
representatives speaking about indigenous approaches to environmental 
policy and stewardship.

In addition to the classroom work, I try to participate or initiate 
projects with the community.  The most recent example is establishing 
a study regarding the connection between "social sustainability" and 
the current levels, sources, and processes of welfare state grants to 
single parents in Canterbury, New Zealand.  Initiating such 
research/projects means: (1) sharing information between local 
groups/individuals (e.g., the single parents, community 
organizations, governmental agencies) and the university/academia; 
(2) providing some outputs useful to the people the study is for 
(giving something TO the community is an essential part of my 
research/projects on the community level); and (3) improving current 
practices to empower and enable those in greatest need (presuming 
they WANT and/or need such support).  

With regard to the last point, it's become obvious in our region that 
families DO require additonal support, yet governmental agencies are 
less and less inclined to offer information or structural support.  
This is where universities/academics can become useful conduits in 
the process.  (For an excellent article on this see, Thompson, John.  
1995.  "Particpatory Approach in Government Bureaucracies: 
Facilitating the Process of Institutional Change."  __World 
Development__. 23:1521-1554).  This type of work means direct contact 
with people who have real concerns, thereby informing academic 
theory, while simultaneously sharing information from academia with 
the wider community.

I could go on, but I think I've filled my 3-screen limit!  Anyone 
else with ideas and suggestions?

Stefanie













Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:34:54 +1200
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 10.0278 Mellon award for Women Writers Project (fwd)

FYI...Stefanie

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>
>
> 23 September 1996
>
> PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New
> York, recently awarded $400,000 to Brown University to help its Women
> Writers Project evaluate the impact of introducing electronic versions of
> rare texts on the costs of learning and scholarly behavior, as compared to
> more traditional means of scholarship.
>
> The three-year award, announced June 20, 1996, supports an initiative
> called Renaissance Women Online which compares the economics of online
> delivery of a key group of important texts by women to the costs of
> delivering them by traditional means. As part of the initiative, the Women
> Writers Project (WWP) will add 55 important texts by Renaissance women in
> English to its textbase of pre-Victorian women's writing, thus preparing
> for electronic delivery a coherent set of approximately 100 texts by
> Renaissance women. The costs of preparation and use will be measured as the
> WWP prototypes electronic delivery over the Internet. The major goal of
> Renaissance Women Online (RWO) is to evaluate the comparative economics of
> electronic and traditional delivery, with the two scenarios to be analyzed
> in detail and, where possible, compared quantitatively.
>
> Created in 1986 as a project and funded as an electronic archive in 1988,
> the Women Writers Project pioneered the use of Standard Generalized Markup
> Language (SGML) to create a versatile and long-lived scholarly resource.
> The WWP textbase currently contains 45 texts by English women writers of
> the Renaissance, as well as 155 other texts of pre-Victorian women writers.
> A spectrum of genres is represented, including sermons, poems, novels,
> plays and essays. The RWO initiative will concentrate on creating a group
> of Renaissance works which will address the needs of teachers and scholars.
>
>
> The WWP has long provided printouts of its texts; upon completion of the
> RWO initiative, the WWP also will offer electronic delivery of the textbase
> or access by universities, libraries and schools. Unlike stand-alone
> printed books, the electronic textbase offers a whole range of texts from a

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[Katois]

   I sometimes think we are so enamored
with the new technology we substitute it for real environmental action or
real
analysis from being outdoors in the field.
_
I agree with that and I would like to add that there is never just one
solution to a complex problem.  I think that exchanging discs (virus free of
course), using the net, expanding experiential learning and increasing the
use of projects and interactive tools, teaching can become more interesting
and not less.  I would hate sitting in front of the computer all of the time,
too.  But let's use it as one tool of many.  Reducing all work to work on the
net is not the answer, at least as I see it.  But if it contains the amount
of paper turn out, then it's one step.  Plastic waste is a concern, but discs
can be used over and over unlike paper.  Most undergrads don't keep all of
their papers that they use on discs.  The good ones, the big ones, etc.  The
rest gets deleted and the space used for something else.

Just some thoughts

Katie M. Ladd
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 20 13:36:37 1996
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:29:56 +1200
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conference Annoucement (fwd)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON AUTONOMY AND AGENCY
> 28-30 June, 1996
> Australian National University
>
> KEYNOTE ADDRESS
> Diana Meyers
> Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut, Storrs
> Among her works are "Subjection and Subjectivity" (1994), "Self, Society
> and Personal Choice" (1989) and "Women and Moral Theory", (co-edited
> with Eva Kittay, 1985)
>
> OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
> Marilyn Friedman (Washington University, St. Louis)
> Lorraine Code (York University, Toronto)
> Genevieve Lloyd (UNSW)
> Susan Brison (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)
> Susan Dodds (Wollongong University)
>
> Conference Sponsors:
> Australia Foundation for Culture & The Humanities
> Department of Philosophy, Faculties, ANU
> Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
>
> Conference convenors:
> Natalie Stoljar, Philosophy (Faculties), ANU
> Catriona Mackenzie, Philosophy, Macquarie
>
> FEES AND REGISTRATION
> The fee of $40 ($25 for students/unemployed) includes lunch on Saturday
> and Sunday.
> Registration is due by Friday 7 June, 1996
>
> For further information and/or registration forms, please contact:
> Fiona Webster
> Department of Philosophy (Faculties)
> ANU
> Canberra, AUSTRALIA, 0200
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ph. 06 2493023; Fax. 06 2495058
>
> For updated information, see our web site:
>
> http://online.anu.edu.au/philosophy/AutonAgency.html
>
>
>
>




Stefanie S. Rixecker
Centre for Resource Management/
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University
Canterbury
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone:  (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377
Fax:(64) (03) 325-3841

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[schimak]

Subject: ISESS 1997 - Conf. Environmental Software Systems


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 |C A L L  F O R  P A P E R S||
 |  I S E S S  1997  ||
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 | Second International Symposium on ||
 |  Environmental Software Systems   ||
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 |   April 28 - May 2, 1997  ||
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 |   Delta Whistler Resort,  ||
 | Whistler, British Columbia, Canada||
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Organized by:
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  German Computer Society
  TC 4.6 Informatics Technology in Environmental Protection

  University of Guelph

  Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf


Conference chair:
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  Prof. Dr. Ralf Denzer
  German Computer Society
  Germany


Conference co-chairs:
-

  Prof. Dr. David A. Swayne
  University of Guelph
  Canada

  Dipl. Ing. Gerald Schimak
  Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf
  Austria


Program chair:
--

  Prof. Dr. Bernd Page
  University of Hamburg
  Germany


Scope
-

  Due to increasing practical needs, the software support of
  environmental protection and research tasks is growing in
  importance and scope. 
  
  ISESS 1997 is the following of a very successful conference
  which was held at Penn State University, Malvern, PA, USA in
  1995. This conference was the first international conference 
  on Environmental Informatics co-sponsored by the International
  Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) and the German
  Computer Society (GI).
  
  The purpose of the symposium is to present and discuss 
  the progress and actual trends in this area in terms of 
  methods, tools and state-of-the-art applications.


Topics and methods
--

  Topics of ISESS 1997 include all application areas of
  environmental protection and all informatics methods 
  thereof, like


  ApplicaitonsMethods
  ---

  Monitoring  Measurement networks
  Waste managementRemote sensing
  Water resources Digital image processing
  Impact assessment   Information systems
  Public information systems  Modeling and simulation
  Global change   Visualization
  Ecosystem research  GIS
  Chemical databases  Spatial databases
  Process control Distributed systems
  Ecological management   Knowledge based methods
  Ecobalances System integration


Papers
--

  We are interested in papers from research institutions,
  public authorities, software developers and industry,
  showing new methods as well as applications. Papers on
  related topics are also welcome if they fall within the
  objectives of the conference.

  Submissions shall fall within one of the following
  categories:

P-I technical paper (30 mins frame)
P-IIcase study  (30 mins frame)
P-III   tutorial(90 mins frame)
P-IVposter

  Submitted manuscripts must be full papers, including an
  abstract of approximately 300 words and a statement which 
  indicates clearly the category of the submission.
  
  Send 5 printed copies of the complete paper due 
   
  September 1, 1996
  to:

Prof. Dr. Ralf Denzer
Hochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft
des Saarlandes
Goebenstr. 40
66117 Saarbruecken
Germany

  IMPORTANT: We do not accept papers submitted over the internet.

  Authors will be informed due January 1, 1997. Final versions 
  of accepted papers must be submitted to the address above 
  due March 1, 1997.


Conference location
---

 ISESS Whistler 1997: A conference on environmental informatics
 with a venue that you'll not forget.

 Whistler Mountain and its companion Blackcomb form the backdrop
 for arguably the premier ski and outdoors alpine recreation location
 of North America, loacted just 105 kms North of Vancouver (rated
 amongst the 10 most beautiful cities in the world). The route to  
 Whistler uses the breathtaking Sea to Sky highway North from the city.

 The conference venue is the elegant Delta Whi

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[Francine Haber]

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
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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

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[Lucinda G. Manges]

Hi, I'm new to this list.
I was wondering if anyone here knows of some good articles that have an 
ecofeminst perspective on Medical Research.  I need a few more sources for a
project I'm working on.
Thanks in advance.

Lucinda G. Manges   Support 4-Footed-Friends!
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 18:37:36 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mentoring of Leaders in Environmental Educ/fwd
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University

This didn't get through the ether initially.

Stefanie/ECOFEM Co-ordinator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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I am currently finishing my PhD titled: The Mentoring of Leaders in
Environmental Education: the cascade of influence and the implications for
professional development.   Anyone interested in the results which show a
pattern of mentoring opening up for women?

Kindest regards,

Carol  Fortino


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Carol Fortino   phone 61 7 864 3070
Queensland University of Technology FAX   61 7 864 3986
School of Social, Business  email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and Envrionmental Education
Kelvin Grove Campus,B507
Locked Bag #2
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[Kylie Matthews]

just to let everyone know i am unsub from ecofem for a few months.  back in
december.  i have not been keeping up with my mail for a while now due to
study committments.  hope it remains lively.
bye.

Respectfully,
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  "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'

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[Albertina Lourenci]

Dear ecofemers:
   I would like to read Ecofeminism by Shiva and Mies. I am
a great admirer of Shiva's work. I have read an excellent paper from
her on biotechnology.
   Please keep me informed.
Albertina Lourenci
doctoral student
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism- University of Sao Paulo
in Sao Paulo
e-mail: Al at vmcisc.cisc.sc.usp.br

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[09951327]

How do I unsubscribe to the ecofem listserv?

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[Susan Clayton]

On March 30, R.L. Curry wrote

>IMHO, the root problem, ultimately, is too many people, period.
>Ecologists estimate that we ALREADY consume close to 25% of all the
>biological productivity (i.e., biologically collected solar energy)
>over the entire planet. If our population continues to grow
>exponentially, no shift in our diet from animal to plant will reduce
>this impact -- it could only slow the rate of further devastation
>(obviously better than no change from the status quo, but not
>sufficient in the long run to prevent the current wave of
>anthropogenic extinction).
>

I agree -- too many people!  What can we do about it?  And, to raise a
provocative question that I have no answer to, does the "earth-as-mother"
metaphor have any implications for how or whether we perceive the
overpopulation problem?

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[Goddess of Disco]

Sorry to take up list space, but could someone give me the address for 
subbing, unsubbing, etc.? I've lost it.

thanks in advance

Lori

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[Vanessa Micol Vanderbrug]

The environment is a "politically correct" issue we as a world can no 
longer afford to ignore.  the United states tends to be particularly slow 
in reacting to this crucial issue of the survival of our planet.  Our 
economic interests are far too great to think about the long term.  On a 
trip to germany I was amazed by their far greater intelligence on the 
environmental issue.  I'd be interested in hearing some opinions about 
our global responsibility on this issue.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Fri Feb  3 05:09:04 MST 1995
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 06:17:09 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diana, Deirdre, Kevin)
Subject: global responsibility

On 2 Feb, Vanessa Micol Vanderbrug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>The environment is a "politically correct" issue we as a world can no
>longer afford to ignore.  the United states tends to be particularly slow
>in reacting to this crucial issue of the survival of our planet.  Our
>economic interests are far too great to think about the long term.  On a
>trip to germany I was amazed by their far greater intelligence on the
>environmental issue.  I'd be interested in hearing some opinions about
>our global responsibility on this issue.

I agree with you in general.  I think there are many, many "subissues"
which relate to the environment and the way it is dealt with in the US that
we could discuss forever... (like economic interests, responsiblity, etc).
I saw a quote in the National Wildlife Federation magazine that I can only
paraphrase here to the effect that any changes in US policy and action
would need to be (and have been) initiated by women at the grass roots
level.  It was the (female) head of the NWF speaking.  There was more and
I'll try to get the whole thing to post, if anyone is interested.

Personal contributions is where the environment issue is at now (IMHO).  In
the US, we are very complacent, I think, feeling someone, somewhere will
take care of it all.  To get myself going, I started a club at my
children's elementary school.  THe kids are interested in animals, so I
gave them info on NON-pesticide flea remedies; began recycling six-pack
rings, etc.  I want to introduce them to the concept of organic foods and
rainforest preservation during the remainder of the school year.  If we all
start somewhere, things will change and hopefully, improve.  What do you
think?

Diana

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[Ani Mareck]

Someone commented:

>  what is true masculine and true feminine thought and action?  to me,
those terms are simply gender roles that have been socially constructed
serving to reinforce sexism, homophobia, heterosecism, etc.

If there were no difference between "masculine" and "feminine" thought, why
would feminism exist?

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[Ani Mareck]

someone wrote:

> i think part of asserting ourselves is pointing out
this type of sexism to men directly

IMHO to "point out sexism directly" is to place ourselves in the traditional
female role of protecting ourselves by controlling the 'stronger' and 'favor
endowing' male. The point of 'educating' the male is IMHO again, that they will
treat us right.  That indicates that we are victems of their behaviour. Is this
a healthy way of preceiving interpersonal relationships?

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[Ani Mareck]

Anne wrote:
>universe is about the balance struck between order and chaos.

As I understand Chaos Theory (which, of course is minimially) folks are
beginning to suspect that there is no such thing as chaos.  That all the
universe, god and everything is part of a balanced order.  Which some might
think suggests that the universe is about order.  How would the intellectual
construct of 'anarchy' fit into such a universe?

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[Juniper Glass]

I haven't participated in the list 'til now, but I've been thinking about 
ecofeminism a lot lately, and I wanted to throw out a question on just 
what constitues ecofeminism.

I'm part of an ecofeminism working group at the Ontario 
Public Interest Research GRoup (OPIRG), here in Guelph.  I wrote an 
article for the OPIRG newsletter this week on the topic of ecofeminism 
because it's still an unknown term and philosophy for many people, even 
those in environmental and social justice movements.  My problem was 
this:  our working group spent much of its energy after its inception on 
exploring for ourselves the ideas behind ecofeminism.  One of the more 
inspired definitions was "the 'ism' to replace all other 'isms'".  

While 
the term ecofeminism itself links only ecology and feminism, the members 
of our group come from various activist and academic backgrounds and 
could not help but "make the links" between sexism (masculism), 
ecological destruction, AND other forms of oppression--racism, 
colonialism, heterosexism...  We see similarities in the 
oppressive stuctures and ideologies behind the repression/ aggressive 
devaluing of nature and various groups of people.  In our view, the 
movement toward health in our relations with each other and with the 
earth involves all people working for true sustainability; 
community decision-making; aboriginal justice; human rights; true and 
meaningful equality 
between the sexes, the races and ethnicities, the north and south, the 
differently-abled, gays, lesbians, bisexual and heterosexual people. 

My questions have been arising because ecofeminist theory, what I have 
read until now, incorporates some of these "links," but no where have I 
yet found an entirely holistic view.  Our group works under the label of 
ecofeminism, and I have begun to wonder if it is wrong to make an 
ideology into something it is not--though, at the same time,  I'm not 
convinced that is exactly what we have done.

Tzeporah--(if you have time to read this)--I am wondering if, in your 
work compliling an ecofeminism bibliography, you have come across ideas 
about the interconnectedness of most (if not all) forms of oppression (and, 
conversely, movements for liberation), and the place of this analysis in 
ecofeminism.  I'd love to read on this topic.  [P.S. I noticed you were 
living on Bowen--I'm a west coaster (born on Texada Is., in the Georgia 
Strait) transplanted in Southern Ontario.  I miss the wind, the cedars, and 
the islands.]


Juniper Glass   
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From: "Brian A. Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization:  University of Dayton
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Tue, 15 Nov 1994 14:42:49 EST
Subject:   rape and the state


> 
> >>  How would you deal with a rape case
> 
> >This presupposes that the present system effectively reduces rape.
> >It doesn't.  It's not designed to.  Rape is intricately linked with
> >male dominance, and the police/prison system helps to maintain male
> >dominance. 
> 
> How does the prison system help to maintain male dominance in this context?  If

In this context, one could mention the historical and present 
treatment of rape by the legal system, namely as a crime of one man 
against another man, by damaging "his" property.  This perpetuates 
male dominance by furthering the notion of women as men's 
possessions.  Also, rapism is furthered, not countered, by the prison 
system.  In prison, as in society at large, rape is a means of 
establishing power, directly over the person raped, and indirectly 
over all the others terrified of being raped.  Outside prison, all 
women are targets for rape, and all women are taught to be afraid of 
rape and constrict their behavior "appropriately."  Prison recreates 
this system.  There are no women in men's prisons, but an underclass 
completely analogous to women is created from amongst the younger, 
smaller men.  Not all of them are raped, but all men in prison are 
afraid of being raped, and this fear functions as a control mechanism 
is prison just as it does for women in general outside prison.  This 
is relevant to the establishment and maintenance of patriarchy 
because patriarchy, or "father rule" is not just men over women, but 
older men over younger men (white men over black men, rich men over 
poor men, etc.). In fact the two hierarchies, men over women and men 
over other men, are intricately linked to each other.  


> rapists can rape with impunity, how many more men would commit rapes?  Studies
> indicate that a lot more would (at least they say they would).  

I've seen those studies.  The problem is that the police/prison/legal 
system, if it's deterred any rapes it's only been those that 
destabilize patriarchy, ie., one man raping a woman "belonging" to 
another man (a "faithful" wife or a virginal daughter).  This creates 
the impression that other women can be targetted for rape, inc

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[Ani Mareck]

Howdy folks:  As I was perusing the messages tonight, the following t=
hree
personal conceptual biases caught my attention:
=20
>...also provides a moderating influence upon our activities preventi=
ng the
slide
>into extremism of all forms--it is all too easy for feminism to beco=
me a
>hatred of men.
=20
=09In my personal experience, which I must admit is limited to the wi=
ld
and woolly  Alaskan frontier, feminism has little or nothing to do wi=
th hating
men.  Frankly, the women I most frequently hear  vehemently disparagi=
ng men are
heterosexual, nonfeminist women comfortably enjoying the perks inhere=
nt to
being viewed by society as protected by a man.  Most usually by marri=
age.  The
feminists I know spend more time trying to understand what 'feminine'=
 means.=20
Jean Shinoda Boen wrote a book a few years ago called The Goddess in =
Every
Women  in which she confronted the traditional Jungian view of anima =
and animus
by saying that powers of assertion, aggression, linear thought, usual=
ly
associated as male, are actually female attributes which the dominant=
 culture
has rather effectively erased.  Likewise with compassion, maternal in=
stincts,
being exclusively female.
=20
>...I recognize=C9that the male component of this list is at times to=
o, what,
>too male?  Whatever.  I hope I do not step over reasonable bounds.
=20
Here I feel it is important to recognize that by men stepping back an=
d making
room for women to speak we still reinforce the myth of women as essen=
tially
victims and being in need of protection by males.  As women, in order=
 to be
whole, it is necessary that we make room for ourselves in discussions=
, and give
up the victim attitude so effectively perpetuated by our culture. =
=20
=20
>...I too have noticed the frequency of posts from men relative to th=
ose from
women, and
>also occasionally a tone that suggests that, if I make a response, I
>might be "overpowered"
=20
As long as we as women act from our fears, and hope that someone will=
 give us
our space on a silver platter, we are still victims and will continue=
 to be
treated as victems by society at large. =20
=20
What does this have to do with ecofeminism?  Basically that in order =
to restore
balance to the earth, we need a gestalt of true masculine and true fe=
minine
thought and action.  We can not have that until each of us understand=
s what
that is, and each of us takes the necessary steps to make changes in =
ourselves.=20
Internalized mysogeny is pretty difficult to ferret out.  I don't kno=
w what the
male term would be, internalized mysoangy?  Anyhow, it's all the same=
..
=20
So sez I, by golly   ; )
 ani
=20

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> On Sat, 15 Oct 1994, Brian A. Luke wrote:
> 
> >(BTW, one of the nice things about vegetarianism is it doesn't take > any
> >precious time away from our work for gays and lesbians, workers, > women,
> >the environment, etc.)
> > 
 My perception is that vegetarianism is taking a LOT of time away from 
 what this group could be doing about the environment ... I think once 
 someone has given the diehard meat-eaters relevant information (not 
 opinions) regarding the environmental devastation caused by the US 
 current overconsumption of meat, especially beef, you've done what you can.
 
 I'm getting ready to hit the delete key when I hit this issue, and unless 
 and until I can see Brian headed off on another issue, I may hit delete 
when I see his name for a whilee.

 I'm REALLY tired of this issue.
 
 Faith
 
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>  I'm REALLY tired of this issue.

ME TOO!! i have NOTHING to comment on this issue, and i think its 
consumption of this list is really unfair and elitist, because I FOR ONE 
DO NOT ATTEND AND HAVE NO INEREST, AND PROBABLY WOULDNT EVEN BE INVITED 
TO ATTEND feminist academic conferences, and to be honest, the thought of 
a bunch of academic feminists sitting at a table spouting off theories 
and quoting papers and books up the ass makes me pretty sick. plus NOT 
EVERYONE ON THIS LIST IS EVEN IN COLLEGE!!  -anne
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I'm new on the list and anxious for some responses to ecofem. 
criticism.  In one text I have just finished reading (I think the title is 
"Rethinking Ecofeminism") claims that ecofeminism supports the status qou 
by mystifying the relationship between society and nature.  She sees 
social ecology more helpful in explaining what ecofeminist have called as 
"interconnectedness" and "oneness."  I too have a problem with Reisler's 
vision of the Neolithic "partnership" society and the sense that we need 
to go back to that kind of society.  Doesn't embracing the Goddess seem a 
little sexist?  It does to me.  Anyway I feel I am throwing these gems 
out in hopes to get another discussion going (other than vegetarianism).
Could someone, at least, suggest texts that respond to criticism 
similar to the ones above?

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[Dobereiner, Joshua Joseph]

I just wanted to respond to Teresa's suggestion that the list should be
regulated.  I am a man who is very interested in finding out what ecofem
is.  I have no idea.  I have never heard of it until I found out about
this list.  And just because I am on this list doesn't mean that I am a
man wanting to be a woman.  Like I said, I am on it to find out what
ecofem is.
Josh Dobereiner
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[Michael Yount]

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[BU95R30]

Hi everybody! I thought I should introduce myself as well. I am a senior at
the College of Wooster, OH, and am currently working on my Senior Independent
Study(Senior Thesis) in the Economics department. For my thesis, I am trying to
study how environmental degradation effects the life of women in  developing
countries. Specifically, I would like to see how the development in third world
countries has not considered the environmental impacts of such projects, and in
turn how the degradation of the environment resulting from such development
programs effects the life of women. I have been reading a number of books in 
the women and environment sphere, however I need articles/books where the
author has applied economic theory to the environmental degradation - women
connection. This could also be work that has been done in the context of
agriculture/farming development - environmental impact - women or industrializa
tion in developing countries - environmental impact - effect on women. If any
of you have read anything or know of sources that will be helpful for my thesis
please let me know about it. 
I look forward to communicating with all of you on this network.
Rohit

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[Robert L Auger]

Since this List is fairly new it looks like introductions are
appropriate.  I'm Bob Auger (yes, I'm a man), from Pittsburgh Pa.  I'm
at CMU getting a PhD in Chemical Engineering specializing in
environmental biotechnology.  I got my BS from Delaware where I also got
minors in chemistry and philosophy.  I took a course in Feminist Theory,
which enlightened me to the current subjugation of women in our society.
interested in finding out.  Since there is currently no active
discussion on this list perhaps this would be a good starting point.  
I don't subscribe to any 'type' of feminism but perhaps I should
review my class notes to see where I stand philosophically (I do
remember certain schools of thought that I agreed with).  Politically I
am a conservative, which should add yet another dimension to any
discussion.  Perhaps the matriarchs of this list could post an
explanation of ecofeminism.

Bob Auger