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A review by schomj
Ecofeminism by Maria Mies
4.0
Antiracist, anticolonialist, feminist examination of ecological activism and theory. So amazingly good.
You know how you're vaguely aware of how GATT and NAFTA and WTO and IMF all those alphabet groups/treaties aimed at "humanitarianism" and "progress" and "development" are kind of a scam? And how "green" consumption is also kind of a scam?This explains how those scams work. And who gets blamed when they don't achieve purported goals.
This also provides models of grassroots ecofeminist praxis that are based in local communities in contact with other communities. Because the problems are global, but the solutions are often local. It's not just woe and misery but also motivation and inspiration to do better.
My one warning for this, aside from the age, is that the authors don't seem to be aware of the existence of queer or trans people, and the two times Islam is mentioned are both yikes.
You know how you're vaguely aware of how GATT and NAFTA and WTO and IMF all those alphabet groups/treaties aimed at "humanitarianism" and "progress" and "development" are kind of a scam? And how "green" consumption is also kind of a scam?This explains how those scams work. And who gets blamed when they don't achieve purported goals.
This also provides models of grassroots ecofeminist praxis that are based in local communities in contact with other communities. Because the problems are global, but the solutions are often local. It's not just woe and misery but also motivation and inspiration to do better.
My one warning for this, aside from the age, is that the authors don't seem to be aware of the existence of queer or trans people, and the two times Islam is mentioned are both yikes.