This Months Reading Meeting held: August 26, 2020 Sign up here The Oppression of Women and Nature: Ecofeminism as a Framework for an Expanded Ecological Social Work Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 2002 Fred BesthornDiane McMillen
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Personal Stance(s) on Social Welfare and the Intersection of Economic and Political Philosophies
To provide further insight about my own social and cultural experiences -what serves as the driving force for my passions as a social worker is fueled by the discrepancies individuals face in regards to access- specifically that of which comes from the physical world; or Natural Environment. Having grown up in an upper middle classContinue reading “Personal Stance(s) on Social Welfare and the Intersection of Economic and Political Philosophies”
The Theory is There- Economic Value to the Question of Deep Ecology is not
I did not learn the flaws of the criminal-justice system in law school or college or by reading about it. I grew up knowing the flaws and how it was disproportionately impacting the black community. It’s not academic for me. -Kamala Harris This quote continues to resonate with me as I answer the questions asContinue reading “The Theory is There- Economic Value to the Question of Deep Ecology is not”
A Poem; Not Advocacy
Envy is what drives us and to surrender to emotions that mute us — envy results in suspending the mind from movement. Without movement, we are silent observers. Envious of what the earth could be. Dreamers dream; far from pollution- the rising toxicity of their environment. They envy those who are now dead, those whoContinue reading “A Poem; Not Advocacy”
How Did we Come to Regulate Almost Every Aspect of Life Through Policy, Yet, Fail to Properly Politicize the Earth’s Raw-Resources? (sigh)
Ecological economics and environmental social work
