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Women's
Environmental Network
The following two articles are reprinted from Grapevine Section,
OS Women magazine, Jan 1994, No 19.
Y
Conserve?
Our
World-Our Home is one of the themes of "Y Conserve". It
features articles about an International Association for Feminist
Economics, about green jobs and unpaid conservation efforts. It
shows how vital women's contributions are in changing structures for
our mutual preservation. The future of this magazine, formerly
funded as Conserve by the Victorian Department of Conservation and
Environment, is in doubt. The Melbourne Young Women's Christian
Association (YWCA) has published several issues. Contributions to
support the Women's Conservation and Environment Network are
welcome. Jenni Mitchell is the Editor. She can be contacted at YWCA
Melbourne, 489 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Ph 033295188, fax
033282931.
Ecofeminism
Two
prominent thinkers on ecology and feminism have put together this
synthesis of women's perspectives, from North and South on the
world's ecological state. Ecofeminism authors Maria Mies and Vandana
Shiva draw attention to the escalating deterioration of the
environment and identify ecofeminist strategies and perspectives.
They show how affluent societies stubbornly cling to the hope that
we can preserve our environment and continue to over-consume. They
argue for a view of progress which makes diversity, not growth, its
central tenet. Published
by Spinifex Press, PO Box 212, North Melbourne, VIC 3051. Ph 03 329
6088, fax 03 329 9238. Available from all good bookshops, $29.95.
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