Birmingham University.
I love this college.
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- Feb 2021
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www.wen.org.uk www.wen.org.uk
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That’s obviously a product of entrenched structural inequality that is reflected in our social set up.
A theme that will recur in this course
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how we keep society healthy in the first place.
Love this!
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we can see that women are at the brunt of climate change, whether it is in our food systems, energy access, or resources and waste.
These and many more areas - which are most interesting to you?
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Their perception was that ethinic minorities weren’t interested in climate change.
This is so often a mis-perception, that people who aren't involved don't care, when often structural issues and histories of exclusion have kept people away, or have silenced/marginalized the work that was already occurring.
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There was an incident that happened
so mysterious - I wish she'd tell us what happened.
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There’s so many actions that you can do as an individual to push for a bigger change and you can give as little or as much time as you want but anything that you can do is extremely valuable.
Right - everything matters!
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if you’re a feminist and you believe in equality then you’re part of the climate justice movement
As I've noted elsewhere, these two are inextricably connected for me, but not for everyone.
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It’s the intergenerational work for me
We need far more of this - working across generations, as the older folks often have resources and connections, but need to be informed by the vision, passion, and diverse understandings and experiences that youth bring.
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To be in touch with wildness you have to create opportunities.
I love the focus on wildness - it's not the only component of environmental issues that needs to be addressed, but there's something truly special about "the wild" in addition to created natural spaces.
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we love what we enjoy and we protect what we love
nice!
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they start by having a group of friends sitting round the table.
I love this imagery - starting with trusted people and expanding out.
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“I just don’t think that people think care is something you should have to pay for”.
Ugh! So true, but this is the foundation of so many structural inequalities.
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Feminist Green New Deal
This will be included in Module Three.
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ILeadClimate
Follow them on twitter. ILeadClimate @LeadClimate
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Our tradition and norms
We'll want to keep these in mind in every cultural context in which we consider climate/environmental issues and forms of activism.
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written an article
This is an optional read in Module Two.
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Two fights that are the same fight.
I hold this same view - while I know that everyone doesn't see the correlations, I've come to see the two as linked - I can't imagine a way to achieve feminist aims without care for the environment, and I don't see a way to address environmental justice without engaging a gendered/feminist perspective.
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locally appropriate materials and renewable energy that doesn’t cause more impacts.
Key -changing the role of government and business, and who controls energy.
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The problems we are facing right now are not by accident,
This is a key issue for me - I want us to see the systemic issues involved in the crisis, and to be able to recognize that in addition to any individual actions we may take to be more environmentally-conscious, we need to engage in work to change the structures that are allowing the eradication of the natural world.
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Climate Live.
https://www.climatelive.org/ - concerts beginning on April 24th to raise awareness. Perhaps tying something to this can be part of an activist project?
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So I also offer representation
I am hoping that you all see that this movement can and must include all of us, and we have to amplify the voices and actions of a diversity of activists.
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emotional perspective to the climate movement.
In the Activism Project I write about "head, heart and hand" and this emotional component is really important to the movement - people can't only act on emotions, but connecting to people through emotions is a powerful motivator.
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Social media is so useful.
Social media has been so helpful in building my knowledge of issues that are going on, as well as a means for me to share what I'm learning and what I care about. There are clearly stronger and weaker ways to engage in online activism, but I think we're finding that we can share really important messages and information really effectively via social media, and at low/no cost.
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www-proquest-com.libproxy.csustan.edu www-proquest-com.libproxy.csustan.edu
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Pioneers of U.S. Ecofeminism
This is a pretty dense historical overview, but I think it's worth reading/skimming to get more background on ecofeminism and environmental justice issues in the US thru the early 2000s. As you're reading, consider the following - you're not required to post comments/notes/annotations, but I encourage you to do so for your you benefit and also to be in conversation with classmates. (note that on the right top of the page you can "download pdf" if you'd rather read this outside of Hypothesis, or print it out)
- How are environmental justice and environmental racism connected? How does Mann address intersectionality as an essential component of environmental justice? How does this change the focus of environmental activist issues?
- How did changes in US culture in the late 1800s and early 1900s influence environmental issues and women’s activism related to them?
- How are environmental issues experienced differently in urban areas than in rural areas?
- Who does Mann name as pioneers of ecofeminism, and what did these pioneers do?
- How are conservation and preservation addressed in this article? How are these issues addressed in the present?
- What do you understand differently about women’s activism generally, and environmental activism specifically from reading this article?
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