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“Touching the Earth” - bell hooks

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Reclaiming Abuelita Knowledge As A Brown Ecofeminista

“We pass down traditions and knowledge that are unintentionally green or sustainable. We do not call them ‘eco-friendly’ practices, we just do them. I call this passed down knowle…

“The thing is, I DO care about the environment but I cannot stand it when white people pretend they are all connected to the earth and refuse to understand that many of us — Migrant Brown People — come from backgrounds where “environmentalism” is not talked about because we grow up doing unintentional “green” things. For some reason mainstream culture has done a great job of erasing people of color’s legacy on anything “green” or “environmental.” Mainstream media falsely frames sustainable practices as practices spearheaded by white people. A very annoying example of this is permaculture, a “design system” that you can learn if you have thousands of dollars — mind you, a lot of the principles of permaculture are practiced by people of color worldwide, from reusing water to wash dishes and water plants to using food scraps to enrich soil for plants.

People of color that come from families that need to recycle and reuse to make ends meet have incredible amounts of knowledge. I know many folks that talk about sustainability in their communities and practice sustainable living, but our stories are not legitimized by books or newspaper articles nor are they studied in a Global Sustainability class. Acknowledging people of color’s legacy in the mainstream would undermine the classist, racist and xenophobic ideals that our society stands on. We pass down traditions and knowledge that are unintentionally green or sustainable. We do not call them “eco-friendly” practices, we just do them. I call this passed down knowledge, Abuelita Knowledge because so much of these “new age” practices are the ways in which my grandmas and elders live their lives.”

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Happy to announce that 'Suzanne Jackson: Five Decades' is Back in Stock from @telfairmuseums !⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Published on the occasion of the first full-career survey of Savannah-based artist Suzanne Jackson (born 1944) at the Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, 'Five Decades' illuminates a career that spans more than 50 years, across painting, drawing, theatre, costume design, dance, printmaking and sculpture. The book presents a unique selection of Jackson's artworks and explicates their relationships to identity, community, the natural world and the human body.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ In addition to featuring new photo documentation and archival images, the book includes essays that contextualize Jackson's practice through the lenses of ecowomanism, materiality, an ethics of care and African American retentions.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 'Five Decades' complicates canonical and exclusionary narratives and timelines, opening up Jackson's work to new generations of artists, thinkers and doers to find inspiration in the singular contributions one person can make to collective culture.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @suzannejackson7268 #suzannejackson #ecowomanism⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmrrP7lIXH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Melanie L. Harris, Buddhist–Christian Dialogue from a Womanist and Ecological Perspective

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I dont realize how much I like school until I realize I'm reading a "school book" for fun. #ecowomanism #ecojustice #MelanieLHarris #ecology #RevDrJamesForbes

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Special Call for Themed Submissions!

Hello everyone! As we work to put together Issue 3.2, we would like to share our special call for themed submissions for Issue 3.3:

In defiance of the belief that Ecofeminism is dead, passé, or irrelevant, S/tick is seeking your feminist accounts of encounters with the natural world, non-human animals, and the sacred feminine. We want poetry, short stories, and artwork that explore the intersections between exploitations and reclaim the resistant potential of strengthening our relationships with the natural environment and its varied inhabitants. What about your experiences with the wild and earthly rocks you, sticks with you, and leaves you profoundly altered? What will a future that honours the earth look like? Share your submissions with us.

We look forward to your brilliant submissions! Click “Submit to S/tick” to the left to learn more.