ecofeminism

In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Randy Ghent reports on the actions against the MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber logging company in California. In addition, Jean Eisenhower contributes a historical overview of the battle for Mount Graham, and Dave Foreman discusses perspectives on Earth First!, direct action, civil disobedience, and “ecotage.”

This issue of Earth First! Journal features a story about the Cascadian women who blocked the main entrance of the Hull-Oakes old-growth mill, which had been illegally releasing wastewater into Oliver Creek (Willamette River) for years. In addition, Hazel discusses sexism and power dynamics within the Earth First! movement, and Jana Thomas places focus on the rain forest of the North American West Coast.

In this issue of Earth First! Journal Leslie Hemstreet contributes her thoughts on the active summer 1995 and encourages EF!’ers to continue with direct action despite their holidays. In addition, Judi Bari brings good news from the protests against MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber (PL) company, and Mark Ottenad discusses how the timber industry welfare is a disaster for ecology.

Victoria Davion critiques a conception of intelligence central in AI, and a related concept of reason central in moral philosophy, from an ecological feminist perspective.

Annie L. Booth discusses environmental spirituality.

Markus J. Peterson and Tarla Rai Peterson make an argument for the synergy between deep, feminist, and scientific ecology towards improving environmental policy.

Patrick Murphy argues for a new conception of human agency based on culturopoeia and an application of an ecofeminist dialogic method for analysing human-nature relationships.

While gender-blindness has characterised much writing on colonial environmental history, women have assumed center-stage in the historical narratives produced by two linked contemporary policy discourses: ecofeminism, and ‘women, environment and development.’