Val Plumwood (1939 - 2008)

Nature and Environmental Writers - College and University Educators (NEW-CUE), a non-profit, environmental education organization, will offer its Fourth Writers' Conference and Workshop in honor of Rachel Carson at The Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, from June 13-16, 2006. Interested participants are encouraged to submit examples of their work for possible presentation at the Conference/Workshop.

The 2006 Conference/Workshop will feature the work of Henry David Thoreau, and the theme will be wilderness/wildness. The event will be held at one of New England's finest waterfront resorts in an area that is well-known for tidal pools, coves and salt marshes. The program includes presentations by featured speakers, hands-on workshops, and a variety of guided outdoor activities. And registration includes all meals –with the exception of one dinner on your own – at the Spruce Point Inn, overlooking Boothbay Harbor.

The Keynote Address will be delivered by Lawrence Buell, author of Literary Transcendentalism, New England Literary Culture , The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture , Writing for an Endangered World: Literature, Culture, and Environment in the United States and Beyond , and Emerson .

Other featured speakers will include New England author/essayist, Jane Brox; Maine conservationist and author of Billy Watson’s Croker Sack, Franklin Burroughs; Thoreau scholar, Jeffrey Cramer, Curator of Collections at Walden Woods/Thoreau Institute, and recipient of the 2004 National Outdoor Book Outdoor Classic Award for Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition; naturalist, writer, and photographer, Ted Levin, whose book about the Everglades, Liquid Land, was awarded the 2003 John Burroughs Award; and Jennifer Sahn, editor of Orion magazine, winner of the 2004 Independent Press Award for General Excellence.

The program will also include a slide presentation by nature photographer, Will Richard; an exhibit of Howard Frech pen and ink sketches by Rachel Carson authority, John Juriga; presentations and activities including hikes led by guides from the Boothbay Region Land Trust; a guided tour of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; tide pool explorations with a marine biologist from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; and a trip to the Burnt Island Lighthouse.

For further details about the 2006 Conference/Workshop and for information about the Call for Submissions,
please visit our website at http://www.new-cue.org,
contact us by e-mail at info@new-cue.org,
or telephone our registration co-ordinator, Anne Way, at (910) 630-7047.

October 2005

The 10th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
October 27-30, 2005 | Shangri-La Hotel | Bangkok, Thailand
How Does Change Happen?

Only three weeks left until the AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development, where changemakers from all around the globe will converge for the most important working meeting of the women's movement this year. Over 1,500 women and men have already registered, and more are signing up every day as the excitement around the Forum continues to build.

A full, tentative programme of over 175 sessions is linked below, with much food for thought and many provocative issues up for debate. The sessions will be rounded out by parties, a film festival, receptions and book launches, art and installations, a marketplace, and much more. For complete information, visit the Forum website at www.awid.org/forum.

Registration will remain open until October 14, 2005. After that date, AWID will only accept onsite registrations, if space remains open. To register, visit our website at www.awid.org/forum/register_for_forum.htm.

AWID Forum Programme

Click on the links below for session descriptions, or download a Word version of the full programme.

Wednesday, October 26

10:00-20:00 Registration at the Shangri-La Hotel
(Note: Registration will also be open on Thursday, October 27)

Thursday, October 27

8:30-10:30 Opening Plenary: What have we changed and how?*
11:00-12:30 Remembering and reclaiming change:
Feminist timelines for better futures*
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:30 Breakout sessions
17:00-18:30 Breakout session
19:00-21:00 Receptions and book launches
20:00-22:00 Mini women's rights film festival*

Friday, October 28

8:30-10:30 Plenary session: What is the change around us?*
11:00-12:30 Breakout sessions
12:30-14:00 Lunch (with caucuses*)
14:00-16:30 Breakout sessions
17:00-18:30 Breakout session
19:30-21:30 Plenary session: Funders' forum*
21:00-24:00 AWID party: Movers and shakers, divas and changemakers

Saturday, Oct. 29

8:30-10:30 Plenary session: How should we change?*
11:00-12:30 Breakout sessions
12:30-14:00 Lunch (with caucuses*)
14:00-16:30 Breakout sessions
17:00-18:30 Breakout session
18:30-23:00 Celebration dinner (offsite)

Sunday, Oct. 30

9:30-11:00 Breakout sessions
11:30-13:15 Final plenary: How does change happen? A wrap-up*

*Details still to come - Please check www.awid.org/forum frequently for updates.

For more information

AWID Forum website: www.awid.org/forum
Email inquiries: awidforum@awid.org
Telephone inquiries: +1.416.594.3773
Fax inquiries: +1.416.594.0330
Inquiries by Post: AWID, 215 Spadina Ave., Suite 150
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7 CANADA

The Association for Women's Rights in development is an international membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.

When
Saturday, July 9, 8:30am-5pm
Sunday, July 10, 8:30am-4:30pm

Where
American Management Association Conference Center
1601 Broadway at 48th StreetNew York, NY 10019 (map)

Cost
$75 for both days, Saturday & Sunday/paid in advance
$50 for Saturday only/$35 for Sunday only
$20 Student Rate for both days, Saturday & Sunday - with valid student ID

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March 2003

Saturday, March 22, 2003, 2-6pm
Dedication, Reunion, Where do we go from Here?

Women and Life on Earth: Eco-feminism in the 21st Century

Invitation to the dedication of the
Women and Life on Earth Archive
Sophia Smith Collection
Alumnae Gymnasium, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States.

For more information:

Anna Gyorgy, Women and Life on Earth, Berlin, Germany
(Tel) 011-49-30 28 48 21 70
(Fax) 011-49-30 28 48 21 71
(e-mail) womenandlife@t-online.de

WLOE- US phone: (978) 544-0129

Saturday March 22nd is the spring equinox and 23rd anniversary of the "Women and Life on Earth Conference on Eco-Feminism in the 1980's" held in 1980 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. At that meeting 600 women discussed ecological-feminist theory and action. The peace workshop lead to the Women's Pentagon Action later that year, when 2000 women surrounded the center of U.S. militarism saying: "We come to mourn and rage and defy the imperial power which threatens us all. No more amazing inventions for death."

On March 22, 2003, the new international Women and Life on Earth internet project invites all interested to the dedication of the Women and Life on Earth/Women's Pentagon Action Archive in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA. On that date the papers, tapes and various publications of the earlier groups will be presented to the Sophia Smith women¹s history collection, and made available to the public for research purposes.

The afternoon will feature a video presentation on the Sophia Smith Collection, introduction of the Women and Life on Earth internet project, reunions and new voices, a cabaret performance, open mike presentations and discussion. There is no charge, but contributions are most welcome.

Another world is possible! But how can we get there?

Among those making brief presentations:

Writer-activist Grace Paley; scholar-activist Jean Grossholtz; long-time worker for peace and justice Frances Crowe; writer, playwright Karen Malpede (NYC); Christiane Kayser (Luxembourg), working in Africa and with African people towards their empowerment and the strengthening of their own structures since 1974.

Premiere! Political Theater for Global Players?

Popular performance artists Court Dorsey and Suzy Polucci will present their new cabaret piece: Globalize THIS! A cabaret for everyone: lawn mowers, life enhancers and well-poisoners. Can you find the hidden fist in Waldo's shopping cart? A free market spree in the night world of global capital. Bring your checkbook.

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July 2002

For further information about this event, you can download the publicity poster here

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June 2002

The Ecofeminism webring now has 65 web-sites looped togther, you can begin exploring them here

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May 2002

The Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Program announces the Call for Sessions for our 12th Annual Women's Studies Conference,
"Ecofeminist Ethics & Activism: Revisioning the Future,"
that will be held Oct. 4-5, 2002 in New Haven, CT., USA.

This conference will provide an opportunity to explore topics regarding ecofeminist ethics and activism on a global scale and will seek to promote interaction among academics, community leaders, activists, professionals, artists, and others interested in women's and environmental studies. All theoretical approaches are welcome as are non-academic, practical or experiential workshops. Submissions for papers (500 word proposal) and panels (1000 word proposal) on any aspect of ecofeminist ethics and activism are invited. Possible session formats include, but are not limited to, roundtable discussions, workshops, paper presentations, performances, slide/video shows, poster sessions, works in progress, and exhibits. Submission deadline is June 7, 2002.

For more information including guidelines for submissions, please visit our website or email us
or call 203-392-6133.

Women's Studies Program
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
TEL (203) 392-6133
FAX (203) 392-6723

Virginia Metaxas
Professor of History and Women's Studies
SCSU

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January 2002

Conference call:

"Beyond Anthropocentrism"

University of Exeter.
16-17 July, 2002.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Anthropocentrism has been defined as a view or doctrine
that regards humankind as the central fact of the universe
to which all surrounding facts have reference (OED). As a
response to anthropocentrism, ecocentric (or biocentric)
attitudes seek to 'decentre the human being, to question
mechanistic science and its technological consequences, to
refuse to believe that the world was made for human beings'
(Dobson). Cultural contributions to this debate struggle to
evoke ecocentric values without inviting charges of
anti-humanism, or of neglecting social justice, for
example, while ongoing developments in genetic engineering
and biotechnology have prompted discussion of the
"other-than" or "more-than-human". Yet political ecologists
and ecocritics are forced to reconcile their more ecocentric
leanings with the unavoidably human characteristic of their
audience to respond with self-interest before action or
change can take place. This interdisciplinary conference
seeks to explore the consequences of these developments for
our definitions of self, society and nature.

Papers are invited which address various aspects of this
theme, including:

- the role of the 'more than human' in ecocriticism and green
cultural studies in general
- critical responses to ecocentric attitudes
- models of non-anthropocentric behaviour
- exploring the (in)compatibility of technology with ecocentrism
- utopias and catastrophes

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent by February 29th 2002
to

Martin Delveaux

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October 2001

Ecofeminism web-ring makes 50 sites
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October 2001

TEACH-IN ON ECOFEMINISM - Boston, MA. USA.

WHEN: Saturday, November 10th, 2001, from 10am to 6pm

WHERE: Boston, Massachusetts, at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square (a non-sectarian activist space)

STRUCTURE: A series of workshops on various ecofeminist topics; Workshops will be discussion-oriented, participatory, and feminist-facilitated

WORKSHOP TOPICS: Ecofeminist Theory, Building Radical Cross-Movement Alliances, Transgender Issues and Ecofeminism, "The Sexual Politics of Meat" Slide Show, Slide Show on Patriarchal Representation of Women, Animals, and the Earth, Ideas for Ecofeminist Action, and more

TBA WORKSHOP FACILITATORS:
Carol Adams (author of "The Sexual Politics of Meat", among other books)
Josephine Donovan (author of "Feminist Theory" and co-editor of "Animals and Women")
Susan Soloman (long-time ecofeminist community activist)
Gordene McKinzie (radio show host and transgender theorist)
Helen Matthews (graduate student in ecofeminist theory and cross-movement community activist)

TABLING: Please write to bostonecofem@yahoo.com if you are interested in tabling at this event

SPONSORS: Boston Ecofeminist Action

UPDATES: For updates on this event, please visit the Boston Ecofem website

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August 2001
Call for Papers

Ecofeminism and Beyond: Toward the Greening of Religious and Theological Studies

Call for Papers The Journal of Women and Religion Volume 19, to be published 2001-2002

The Center for Women and Religion in consultation with the Theological Roundtable on Ecological Ethics and Spirituality (TREES) welcomes submission to Volume 19 of the Journal of Women and Religion. Contributions are welcome from anyone engaged in the study of ecology, theological education, feminism and/or gender theory.

Articles accepted will generally be of two types: 1. full-length articles (between 5000-8000 words); 2. shorter articles (between 1500-2000 words), which make observations and comments on foundational/influential texts of ecofeminism, or aim to open up new issues and areas of debate. Manuscripts should be typewritten and double spaced throughout. Three copies should be sent, along with a diskette including the manuscript in Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf) for Windows users or in Appleworks or SimpleText format for Apple users.

Articles should conform to one of two standard reference styles: 1) traditional endnote style, giving full first references and author's surname and short title in subsequent references; or 2) social science style, using name and date in the text with bibliography at the end. Contact the Center for Women and Religion with questions regarding styles. Authors' names, titles and affiliations, with complete mailing addresses and telephone/fax numbers should appear on a separate cover page. The Journal of Women and Religion aims to promote a diverse debate,authors should avoid the use of sexist, racist and heterosexist language. Previously published material may be considered if it helps the Journal meet CWR's mission: to promote diverse women's voices in cutting-edge theological education for spiritual growth and social change. Submissions are welcome from women and men who are engaged in the construction and praxis of Ecofeminism and Beyond. Deadline for papers November 1, 2001. Send submission to: Center for Women and Religion 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709 USA or CWR@gtu.edu

TREES is a grassroots religious-based organization at the Graduate Theological Union that seeks to raise awareness of the economic, social justice, and environmental issues that surround the ecological demise of the earth. The Center for Women and Religion, founded in 1970, is the oldest center for women's issues surrounding religion, spirituality, and theology. CWR provides community based programs, sponsors social justice causes, participates in the international study and discussion of women and religion, and publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual journal. The Center for Women and Religion, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709. 510-649-2490 (voice) 510-649-1730 (fax) cwr@gtu.edu (e-mail)

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February 2001

Further Information on the Madrid Symposium March 23rd/24th 2001

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FEMINISM AND ECOLOGY: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Friday 23rd of March 2001

9 h. Registration and Collection of Materials

9,30 h Opening Address: Alicia Puleo (Universidad de Valladolid), Cristina Segura (Universidad Complutense), Mercedes Molina, Decana de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la UCM y Pilar Dávila, Directora del Instituto de la Mujer del Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales.

12 a 14 h. 10 h. Lecture by Ynestra King (Institute for Social Ecology de Vermont, USA): On the Necessity of Feminism and Freedom: An Ecological Perspective

11, 30 Break

Workshops

Workshop 1. Theoretical Foundations Chair Alicia Puleo Mónica da Cunha: Marcando la diferencia María Luisa Femenías y María Cristina Espadaro: Ecopasividad y ecofeminismo Noemí Gluck: Mujer y naturaleza en una perspectiva antiesencialista: Judit Butler y Luce Irigaray María José Guerra: De la sensibilidad del naturalista a la conciencia ecológica: Rachel Carson Laura Torres: Simbolismo de género, naturaleza y feminidad

Workshop 2 - Practical Ecofeminism Chair Maria Luisa Cavana Cigdem Adem: Enviromentalism in Turkey: A Sociological Case Studies of two Enviromental non Governamental Organizations Victoria Gaidenko: Chernobyl Catastrophy: Techno-patriarchs in Ukrain. Feminist Analysis Kaarina Kailo: From the Virile Dis-course to Fertile Concourses. Globalization, Ecofeminism and Northern women Katarina Leppänen: At Peace with Earth. Connecting Ecological Destruction and Patriarcal Civilisation Kari Marie Norgaard: Compassion and the Circle of Respect: Making Sense of the Feminism and Enviromental Movements Nurilya Shakhanova: Women in Transition Societies: A Kazakhstan Example

14-15.30 h Break

15.30-17.15

Workshop 3 - Theoretical Foundations II Chair Laura Torres Montserrat Galcerán: La maternidad como cuestión cultural María Carmen López: Merleau Ponty: Aportaciones a la ecología profunda y al ecofeminismo Margarita Roulet y María Isabel Santacruz: Otra mirada sobre el dualismo: Naturaleza humana y naturaleza de las mujeres María Antonia del Bravo: De la Ilustración al siglo XXI. Una propuesta de trabajo Eva Espinar: ¿Existe una conciencia ecológica femenina?

Workshop 4 - Politics, Social Movements and civil disobedience Chair María José Guerra Josemi Lorenzo: Discurso histórico y tradiciones críticas: Posibilidad del ecofeminismo y la desobediencia civil Carlos S. Olmos: Feminismo, ecologismo y desobediencia civil Paula Ortiz: Mujeres con los pies en la tierra Ana María Segura e Isabel Fernández: Al otro lado del espejo Alejandra del Valle: Género y movimiento de liberación anima El caso de Galicia

17.15-17.30 h. Break

17.30-18.30 h. Lecture by Wendy Lee-Lampshire (Bloomsburg University): Language Philosophy and Ecofeminism: Animalizing and Anthropomorphising Words

18.30-19 h. Break

19 h.

Workshop 5. Non-formal Education and Ecofeminism María Eugenia Carranza Aguilar

Workshop 6 Theology and Ecofeminism in Europe and Latino America Chair María José Guerra Coca Trillini: Teoría y praxis de la espiritualidad ecofeminista en América latina Margarita Pintos: Una tierra que mana leche y miel

Saturday, 24th of March 2001

10 h. Lecture by Val Plumwood (University of Sydney): Feminism and Ecology: Artemis versus Gaia?

11.30 h. Break

12 h. Conclusions and Closure

SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE Mª Luisa Cavana Alicia Puleo Cristina Segura

COORDINATION Laura Burguete Mª Eugenia Carranza Laura Torres Secretary: Juana Merino

ORGANISATION Asociación Cultural AL-MUDAYNA Cátedra de Estudios de Género de la Universidad de Valladolid Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas de la Universidad Complutense

IN COLABORATION WITH Instituto de la Mujer del Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la Universidad Complutense This simposium belongs to the resarch "Acciones y actitudes de las mujeres frente al medio ambiente. Perspectivas históricas y proyecciones de futuro", of sectorial progam Women's Studies and Gender of III Plan Nacional de I+D

ADDRESS FOR SYMPOSIUM Facultad de Geografía e Historia Universidad Complutense Madrid Underground: Ciudad Universitaria Bus: G y 83 (Moncloa) y 233 (Callao)

INFORMATION Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas Edificio Escuela Universitaria de Estadística Despacho 209 Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid Phone/Fax: 91 394 39 55 E-mail: instifem@eucmax.sim.ucm.es

REGISTRATION A.C. Al-Mudayna Facultad de Geografía e Historia Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid E-mail: almuday@eucmos.sim.ucm.es

with apologies for my inability to translate spanish to english.............

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December 2000 - News of Another Schumacher College Residential Course

ECOLOGY & THE SACRED

Satish Kumar, Stephanie Kaza & Rosemary Radford Ruether

March 4-23, 2001

Often, environmentalism becomes purely a utilitarian phenomenon. We approach the environment as something "out there", to be managed and used. Increasingly, however, some environmentalists and religious believers are articulating a shared reverence for life and all it depends upon, a process which is having profound effects on their respective realms of activity. How could a sense of the sacred affect our understanding of the current environmental and social situation? And conversely, what are the implications of an ecological world view for traditional religious concepts and activities? This course explores these questions, focusing primarily on the Eastern religions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and on Christian liberation theology. It asks to what extent these Eastern traditions can be seen as truly ecological, and discusses the significance of modern "green Buddhist" adaptations of traditional practices. In Christianity, similar challenges to orthodoxy are being made, and the course considers how theological concepts such as creation and redemption are being challenged from a feminist and ecological perspective to create a liberation theology. Satish Kumar trained as a Jain monk in India, and is now Programme Director at Schumacher College and editor of Resurgence magazine. He is author of No Destination and has written many articles on the links between ecology and spirituality. Stephanie Kaza is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont and a long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism. Her books include The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees and Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (co-editor). Rosemary Radford Ruether is a Catholic feminist theologian teaching at Garrett Theological Seminary. She is author of many books including Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing and Women Healing Earth: Third World Women on Feminism, Religion and Ecology.

Masters Level Credits Available
For further details of Schumacher College and its courses, please contact: Janice Young , The Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK Tel: 0-1803 865934; Fax: 0-1803 866899. From outside the UK, replace the first 0 with the appropriate international dialling code. E-mail the College

Visit their comprehensive website for detailed information: Schumacher College.

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November 2000
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FEMINISM AND ECOLOGY: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Madrid, 23rd and 24thMarch 2001

CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS

Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Asociación Cultural Al-Mudayna

The Symposium will focus on the following sections:

I. Theoretical Foundations

II. Historical Perspectives

III. Putting the Theory into Practice

Submitted papers and workshops should deal with one of the above sections. The Organisation would like to support the participation of anyone interested in carrying out activities within this frame of reference through workshops. Presentations can take the form of a workshop or a written paper and for this purpose concise proposals should be sent to the Organisation. Deadline for the call for papers and workshops is the 30th November 2000, and a short description of the activity or subject of the paper should be submltted.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE María Luisa Cavana Alicia Puleo Cristina Segura

COORDINATION Mª Eugenia Carranza Laura Torres

ORGANISATION Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas de la Universidad Complutense Asociación Cultural Al-Mudayna.

IN COLABORATION WITH Instituto de la Mujer del Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales Facultad de Geografia e Historia de la Universidad Complutense This simposium belongs to the recherche “Acciones y actitudes de las mujeres frente al medio ambiente. Perspectivas históricas y proyecciones de futuro”, of sectorial progam Women’s Studies and Gender of III Plan Nacional de I+D

Name

Address

Country

Phone/e-mail

Profession

Section

Paper title

Workshop title

Subscription fee: 7.000 ptas.

Reduced fee (students, unemployed) 3.000 ptas.

The fee should be sent to this account: A.C. Al-Mudayna 2038/1171/86/6000284261 In order to register please enclose proof of payment. After the Symposium participants will receive a copy of the Symposium Journal. Deadline for the call for papers and workshops is November 30th 2000 Deadline for completed papers is January 10th 2001 The text of the paper should be submitted as hard copy and on diskette in WORD, WP 5. 1, or as a text file. Quotations will be made according to the Harvard System. Rejected papers will be returned before the 15 th. February 2001. Just one paper per participant. Only presented papers will be published.

INFORMATION Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas Edificio Escuela Universitaria de Estadística Despacho 209 Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid Phone/Fax: 91 394 39 55 E-mail: instifem@eucmax.sim.ucm.es

REGISTRATION A.C. Al-Mudayna Facultad de Geografía e Historia Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid E-mail: almuday@eucmos.sim.ucm.es

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September 2000
RESPONSIBLE SCIENCE: FROM CONTROL TO PARTICIPATION

Christine von Weizsaecker, Mae-Wan Ho & Brian Goodwin

January 7-26, 2001

Most people see scientific "progress" and its social consequences as unstoppable. They resign themselves to a future shaped by the runaway technologies that modern science inspires. But in fact science is shaped by the society in which it takes place. Our mechanistic paradigm has led to the separation of facts and values, quantities and qualities. This approach has been effective in exploring aspects of nature that can be measured and organised mathematically into theories. But complex systems - organisms, ecosystems, societies, economies, the biosphere - cannot be predicted and controlled, and many scientists themselves now realise this. If we are to live sustainably and responsibly within such complex systems,we need to create a more holistic approach to science which includes qualities as well as quantities. This course starts by showing how conventional science today is attempting to control a complex system (the organism) through biotechnology and genetic engineering. It moves on to explore an alternative, emerging science ofquality, and to show how this might connect with holistic movements worldwide to regenerate the earth and revitalise our spirit. This involves a crucial shift from control to participation - a change that is already beginning to happen in science and in society.

Christine von Weizsaecker is a biologist, activist, and writer in the field of genetic engineering. She is a leading NGO representative at the international negotiations on biodiversity and biosafety. Mae-Wan Ho, senior academic and researcher at the Open University, is a geneticist and biophysicist and advisor to many organisations on biotechnology issues. Her most recent books are Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? and The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms. Brian Goodwin was Professor of Biology at the Open University, and is now Co-ordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College. He is author of How the Leopard Changed its Spots.

Masters Level Credits Available
Course fees

All of our three-week courses in this programme cost £1,450. This covers tuition, residential accommodation, food and field trips. The Self and the World, a two-week course, costs £1,000. The one-week retreat costs £300. These fees do not represent the full costs, and they are kept at this low level by substantial financial support from The Dartington Hall Trust and other grantors. If you can afford to pay more for your course, your donation will be gratefully received and used to subsidise those who have difficulty finding the fees.

Bursaries and scholarships

On each of our courses (but not on the MSc in Holistic Science) a limited number of bursaries and scholarships, funded by educational charities and the College itself, are available to suitable applicants. Please contact us or visit our website for further details of the financial assistance opportunities available. Applications for financial assistance should be made at least two months before the start of a course. This enables us to assess all applicants at the same time and allocate funds in the fairest possible manner.

For more information

For further details of Schumacher College and its courses, please contact: Janice Young , The Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK Tel: 0-1803 865934; Fax: 0-1803 866899. From outside the UK, replace the first 0 with the appropriate international dialling code.

E-mail the College
Visit their comprehensive website for detailed information: Schumacher College.

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April 20th 2000
COMMUNITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBALISATION

Taught by Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva and Helena Norberg-Hodge
Schumacher College, Devon, UK. October 1 - 20 , 2000

Can communities survive and sustain their own cultures and ecosystems in the face of an ever expanding global economy ? This is one of the key questions to be addressed by three teachers promising a unique teaching combination at the Schumacher College in October this year: Wendell Berry, American poet, essayist and farmer ; Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist, environmental activist and feminist , and Founder Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi ; and Helena Norberg-Hodge - European anthropologist , Founder and Director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and the Ladakh Project, and a founding member of the International Forum on Globalisation.

During the course, the teachers will be leading in-depth discussions on the many strategies people all over the planet are adopting to uphold their community values. They will start by asking what a community actually is,how it remembers its history,what holds it together, as well as what divides it. They will go on to explore how the process of globalisation began, how it is creating a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and a more degraded and exploited environment.

The teachers will also be discussing how more and more people around the world are working to change detrimental economic policies and rebuild local economies. Through these discussions, participants will find out about local initiatives in many different countries which are designed to reduce poverty and pollution, as well as to strengthen cultural and biological diversity.

The combination of teachers is reflective of the college’s holistic approach to learning. During the course, participants have the opportunity to study with others from all over the world, from all ages and backgrounds, and to combine their intellectual inquiries with physical work, meditation, and aesthetic experience as part of daily college life.

This unified residential education creates a sense of the wholeness of life for the participants who come here and find refreshment, touch a new source of inspiration, and are reminded that there are others who share their deepest values about life and its meaning. In October, participants will be sharing this experience in the company of three inspirational teachers offering a rich interdisciplinary approach to some of the key issues facing our sustainable futures.

For more information contact : Hilary Nicholson, Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Devon, TQ9 6EA, UK. Tel : 01803 865934 Fax : 01803 866899 E-mail the College

Visit their comprehensive website for detailed information: Schumacher College.

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February 21st 2000
THE ECOFEMINISM WEB-RING MAKES 40 SITES!!

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December 1999
CAROLYN MERCHANT, JOHN SEED and ALASTAIR McINTOSH
Soil, Soul and Society March 5th-24th, 2000
The Schumacher College, UK
Course fee: 1350 pounds sterling, which includes tuition, residential accommodation, food and field trips. Bursaries and scholarships may be available upon application.

COURSE CONTENT:

All three teachers will be at the College throughout the course, teaching some sessions on their own and sharing input on other occasions. The following provides information on the general areas that each teacher will focus on. As the teachers' intention is to collaborate and share ideas, there will be some flexibility as to the way the material is presented on a day-to-day basis.

Carolyn Merchant: (As well as incorporating Carolyn's own teaching, this outline includes the contributions of the other two teachers, to give an idea of the overall content of the course) How can we live in partnership with Planet Earth? Soil, Soul, and Society takes us on a cosmic journey from the age of soil formation to a new millennium of sustainable partnerships with each other and our earthly dwelling places. We'll begin with the Epic of Evolution as the soil has shaped human soul and society. We'll look at how formative biblical accounts of the Fall from Eden to desert have led to Western Culture's story of recovery by reinventing the entire planet as a garden, probing the major problems with this mainstream narrative of soul. What does gender have to do with nature and the soil? How has nature died as the new Eden has been recreated in the form of the shopping mall, the internet, and wire surrogate mothers with perverse characteristics?

We'll then look at alternative traditions in which societies have maintained peace between humanity and the Earth, tracing our living taproots as they go deep into the soil. These surface in the Celtic culture of Scotland's outer Hebrides, the peasant traditions of Britain, the hill country farming cultures of America, and indigenous cultures throughout the world. How has colonization reformed those "other worlds?" We'll revive and relive the ancient taproots through rituals and experiences as we work toward a New Cosmology--a Timeline of Light.

One way to restore right relationship between "soil and soul" is through a personal ethic.But that is not enough. We'll work through and try to overcome problems of consumption and other displacement activities in cultures that do not encourage bonding with the earth. Ecology teaches us that it takes a whole community to live sustainably in partnership with the earth. How can we become partners with each other as men and women in today's society and how can we work together as partners with the living earth? We'll think and feel our way toward a geopolitics of the earth--a poetics that joins feminist philosophies, liberation theologies, and transformative education in a new cultural therapy.

Alastair McIntosh: One way to restore right relationship between “soil” and “soul” is through a personal ethic. But that is not enough. We are social creatures, and ecology teaches us that it takes a whole community to live sustainably. In this course I want to reveal living taproots. These surface in the Celtic culture of my childhood in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, but I find that they speak also to vestiges of the “indigenous” in us all -America, Africa, India; England too. I’ll use the colonisation of the Celtic world as a case study for Carolyn Merchant’s “death of nature.” I also want to explore John Seed’s uses of creativity. His work resonates with bardic verve - the core of indigenous politics.

It has been my experience in Scotland and the South Pacific that a poeticsof the Earth - a “geopoetics” - along with feminist philosophies, liberation theologies and conscientisation-based education - offer powerful tools for transforming consciousness.We have proven this in modern Scotland.Land reform is now before a restored Parliament. I want to communicate such ways of seeing, being and doing.They represent nothing less than a cultural psychotherapy - the gradual healing of peoples.

John Seed:In spite of the modern delusion of alienation from the living Earth, we humans are not aliens, we belong here. However, thousands of years of conditioning have instilled in us the illusion of separation. It is as if a leaf were to believe itself to be disconnected from the tree on which it grows and imagined that it could somehow profit from the destruction of the tree. Recently, the science of ecology has confirmed the realisations of interdependence well-known to all indigenous cultures: we are inextricably embedded in the systems of the Earth. We have no independent existence.

As important as they are, ecological ideas are not enough: we need ecological IDENTITY, ecological SELF. All indigenous cultures include practices, ceremonies and rituals for nourishing the interconnectedness between the human family and the rest of the Earth family. In this course we will explore the depths of our concern and love for our planet in this time of crisis. We will focus on understandings and experiential practices that nourish ecological identity and empower us as active agents in the healing of our world.

Alastair McIntosh is a fellow of Edinburgh’s now-independent Centre for Human Ecology. He established Britain’s first human ecology MSc degree before the Centre’s controversial work - described in a New Scientist leader as upholding “a tradition of fearless enquiry” - was forced out of Edinburgh University in 1996. As co-founder of the Isle of Eigg Trust he played a key role in the restoration of community lands from the grip of feudalism, and in stimulating the political debate leading to Scots land reform. His work with liberation theology and popular education has benefited groups exploring cultural regeneration in areas of urban deprivation, it has influenced understanding of the values shaping Scotland’s new Parliament, and has contributed towards solidarity between native peoples on both sidesof the Atlantic - specifically with the Lakota Sioux, whose Ghost Shirt is now being repatriated to them, and the Cape Breton Mi’Kmaq, whose warrior chief in 1994 testified at a public inquiry to stop the destruction of Mt Roineabhal on the Isle of Harris. Alastair’s forthcoming book, Soil and Soul, explores his experience of using the poetic spirit for political effect. It remakes connection with place, builds social cohesion and mends the soul.

Carolyn Merchant is the Chancellor's professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy,and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution(1980); Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England(1989); Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World (1992); and Earthcare: Women and the Environment (1996), as well as numerous articles on the history of science, environmental history, and women and the environment. She is the editor of Major Problems in American Environmental History (1993), Key Concepts in Critical Theory: Ecology (1994), and GreenVersus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History (1998).Carolyn has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford; a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies; a Guggenheim fellow; a Fulbright senior scholar in Sweden; and the 1991 ecofeminist scholar at Murdoch University in Western Australia.

John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. Since 1979 he has been involved in direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. He has travelled around the world lecturing and showing films to raise awareness of the plight of the rainforests. In 1984 he helped initiate the US Rainforest Action Network. He has created numerous projects protecting rainforests in South America, Asia and the Pacific through providing benign and sustainable development projects for their indigenous inhabitants tied to the protection of their forests. He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting re-Earthing workshops in Australia, North America,Japan and Europe for 15 years. With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages. In 1995 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) by the Australian Government for services to conservation and the environment.

This course has been approved for accreditation by the University of Plymouth.

SCHUMACHER COLLEGE is an international centre for ecological studies which welcomes course participants from all over the world, from a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The College runs short residential courses on ecological issues, led by teachers and writers with an international reputation for the significance and originality of their work. It also runs a one-year MSc in Holistic Science.

For details of Schumacher College and its courses, contact: The Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934; Fax: +44 (0)1803 866899; E-mail the College
Visit their comprehensive website for detailed information: Schumacher College.

SCHUMACHER COLLEGE IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST, A REGISTERED EDUCATIONAL CHARITY

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October 23rd
Introducing the new domain name for my ecofeminism pages Please update your bookmarks to the new convenient url:
www.ecofem.org

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October 20th

NewsFlash As of October 20th 1999 The Ecofeminism Web-Ring has now reached 30 web-sites! Click here to explore all the affiliated web-sites

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October 10th
Women Speak Out III
November 19th - 21st 1999 London, UK

A weekend gathering for women interested or involved in activism/direct action Discussions, skill sharing, workshops Come share your outrage at the abuse and destruction of the earth, your creativity in ways to move through it and your dreams and visions for the future. You are not alone ! Lets start making these dreams reality !
What is WSO ? An autonomous women positive, squatted space in London. A space for actions, artwork, workshops, discussions, music & lots of lovely women. A place where women can find out about Women`s campaigns & discuss the direction of the movement. This the third Speak Out will combine the same sucessful mix of women sharing expriences, ideas, food, fun and cabaret on the saturday nite (& possible benefit gig too !) Gourmet Vegan food will be provided for a small charge.
Workshops planned/proposed so far include: Land Squatting , Affinity Groups, Climbing Skills, Permaculture, Squatting Skills, Healing, Bike maintanance, Banner/Leaflet Design, Self defence, Bender Building..and many more discussions.
Facilitated discussions include: Why women only space & activism, Eco-Feminism, Conflict Resolution, Non-violence... and more.
Future Actions and Campaigns: Women`s: housing co-ops, cafe` co-op, squatting community, urban action campaigns, eco village. Women only tree camp, peace camps ...and more.
If you`d like to run a workshop, have a stall or want to help out in anyway PLEASE contact us A.S.A.P ! There is no charge for WSO but donations to cover costs would be welcome Details of the exact location of WSO including accessability, not available until the week before so send a s.a.e, phone, e-mail to find out more

Contact: Women Speak Out
5 Barkers Terrace
Hebden Bridge
W. Yorkshire
HX76AQ
01422-844932
Ziggy@anrk4u.freeserve.co.uk
benderess@hotmail.com

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August 1999

FAR in UK?

Preliminary moves are afoot to create a Feminists for Animal Rights group here in the UK that will probably be affiliated to the USA group. To express an interest in joining or for more information e-mail me.

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November 1998

Informal Meeting of Ecofeminists based in the UK!
At the end of November, most likely the last weekend of this month there will take place an informal meeting of people interested in ecofeminism in Manchester. More details will be available soon. If you are interested in attending this informal meeting please e-mail me.

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October 1998

New Position in Ecofeminism at the University of North Texas

University of North Texas, Denton, TX. The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies seeks a tenure-track assistant professor (Ph.D. required) beginning academic year 1999-2000. AOS: ecofeminism. AOC: environmental philosophy, history of philosophy, introductory undergraduate-level logic. Deadline: January 15, 1999. Applications received later will be considered only if a commitment has not already been made. Responsibilities include 4 to 5 courses per academic year, research in areas of expertise, and occasional service on departmental, college, and university committees. Some teaching experience and publications desirable. UNT offers an undergraduate interdisciplinary minor in religion studies, a B.A. in philosophy, and an M.A. in philosophy with a concentration in environmental ethics. The university is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. See our website at http://www.phil.unt.edu. Please send letter of application, C.V., and letters of reference to Eugene C. Hargrove, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 310920, Denton, TX 76201-0920. Interviews are planned for the Eastern Division APA meeting in December 1998. Inquiries are welcome at 940-565-2266 or E-mai lEugene Hargrove. For more info. click here. UNT is an AA\EEO employer.

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March 1998
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
"Ecofeminism: A Practical Environmental Philosophy for the 21st Century."

April 2-5, 1998 The University of Montana Missoula, MT

The University of Montana MA Program in Environmental Philosophy, and Women's Voices for the Earth (a Missoula based Ecofeminist activist group), in conjunction with the Environmental Studies Program and the Center for Practical Ethics at the University of Montana, announces an international conference on the future of Ecofeminism. Featured speakers include Francoise d'Eaubonne, who coined the term Ecofeminism in her 1974 work "Le feminisme ou la mort," Val Plumwood (Philosophy, University of Sydney and University of Montana), author of Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, and Joni Seager (Geography and Women's Studies, University of Vermont), author of _Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental Crisis_. Other participants include: Albert Borgmann, Chris Cuomo, Victoria Davion, Irene Diamond, Greta Gaard, Lori Gruen, Marti Kheel, Andrew Light, Catriona Sandilands, Deborah Slicer, Noel Sturgeon, and Karen Warren. Attendance at the conference is open to members of the public and is free, but donations may be made to Women's Voices for the Earth. No advanced registration is required. The Conference begins Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 pm, with opening plenary presentations by d'Eaubonne, Plumwood, and Slicer in the Gallager Business Building Room 122, on the University of Montana campus. The Conference ends on Saturday, April 4, at 7:00 pm, with a closing plenary featuring Joni Seager at the Front Street Theater in Downtown Missoula. All other presentations will be given from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the UM campus in Jeannette Rankin Hall, Room 202. There will be a Reception and Ecofeminist Art Opening, "Encompassing Visions: Expanding the Language of Ecofeminism," at the University Center Gallery April 3, at 5:15 pm. A full conference schedule, including titles of papers and times of presentation is available via e-mail, by request.