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Eco-Feminism Community Blog |
College Kids react to the concept to Eco-Feminism
Submitted by Gaian Collective on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 02:57.Description:
This video gives a sad look at the lack of consciousness among college students asked to define ecofeminism.
http://ecofem.org/
Submitted by Gaian Collective on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 02:27.Brief Definition of Eco-Feminism From www.EcoFem.org
Ecofeminism is the social movement that regards the oppression of women and nature as interconnected. It is one of the few movements and analyses that actually connects two movements. More recently, ecofeminist theorists have extended their analyses to consider the interconnections between sexism, the domination of nature (including animals), and also racism and social inequalities. Consequently it is now better understood as a movement working against the interconnected oppressions of gender, race, class and nature.
Yvonne from the Holistic Moms Network San Fernando Valley Chapter Pt.2
Submitted by Gaian Collective on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 02:20.
I share a bit of my background as a scholar, eco-educator, and natural parenting advocate who's worked towards creating a new cultural story that incorporates the anthropological research of eco-feminists. I emphasize the importance of the recovery of the knowledge that before the dawn of patriarchy several thousand years ago, for the vast expanse of human history spanning hundreds of thousands of years, all of our tribal ancestors lived in what Riane Eisler, in her book the Chalice and the Blade, calls "partnership" rather than "dominator" models of society.
I advocate for educating new generations with this rewoven 'ourstory' and for dismantling the destructive myth of the progression from "savagery, to barbarism, to civilization". I note that by suppressing the cultural memory of traditional balance and holism, we're forced to assume that to ever achieve it would be utopian. And that by viewing cultures that value building community more than building empires as primitive, the dominator culture has justified slavery, conquest, environmental destruction, and genocide.
We end with a sense of hope for the future if we can succeed in our efforts to reach out locally and build sustainable communities.
Yvonne from the Holistic Moms Network San Fernando Valley Chapter Pt.1
Submitted by Gaian Collective on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 02:15.Yvonne, the San Fernando Valley chapter leader of the Holistic Moms Network, and I discuss the Holistic Moms Network and various new and old challenges that parents face while trying to raise kids and build families and communities in the midst of a destructive dominant culture and toxic environment.
We explore the roots of the environmental crisis and the need to restore balance between the women and men, humans and nature, the individual and the community, and more.
Yvonne shares many powerful personal experiences in her journey to find like-minded moms who care to share a more village-like experience of childraising. She describes the alienation she's felt as a mother who's chosen alternative birth and parenting methods and the healing and empowering experiences she's had in establishing a chapter of the Holistic Moms Network.
She goes into detail about the threats and dangers of what's become unquestioned status quo profit driven medical practice for birthing and parenting. From breast feeding to dealing with crying at night, she urges for parenting from the heart and following one's intuition despite books, experts, and doctors that may be pushing a product or service without care or understanding for the unique natural intelligence that mothers have had for time immemorial.
Mindwalk
Submitted by Gaian Collective on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 05:06.Description:
This video is a dramatized conversation between a woman and two men. She shares with them a holistic perspective of gender, nature, science, and politics.
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Mindwalk is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on his own short story, based in turn on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics.
The majority of the movie is a conversation among three characters: a Norwegian scientist, Sonia Hoffman (played by Liv Ullmann), "the only woman in my department, the first in Norway doing quantum field theory"; an American politician and former presidential candidate, Jack Edwards (played by Sam Waterston); and poet Thomas Harriman (played by John Heard), a former political speechwriter, as they wander around Mont Saint Michel, France. The movie serves as an introduction to systems theory and systems thinking, while insights into modern physical theories such as quantum mechanics and particle physics are also given.
Political and social problems, and alternative solutions for them, are another major focus of the film. However, specific problems and solutions are not the main focus; rather, different perspectives are presented through which these problems can be viewed and considered. Sonia Hoffman's perspective is referred to as the holistic, or systems theory, perspective. Thomas Harriman, the poet, recites the poem "Enigmas" by Pablo Neruda (based on the translation by Robert Bly) at the end of the movie, concluding the core of the discussion.
The film was filmed on the mount, and thus has great views of many structures there, especially approach over the tidal flats, the cathedral, the walkways, and the giant and ancient clock mechanism.