FEM 2109 Lecture 7: PP 7 - Nov 6 notes
12 Dec 2017
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Livingston: overconsumption in the north vs. mal-development in the south = resourcismo. Resourcismo- not recognizing the need to live in harmony with nature, women"s need to live. More focus on business, technology, opposition to nature, subordination. http://cws. journals. yorku. ca/index. php/cws/article/viewfile/10401/9490. 1987 first world conference on environment & development. Report focused on sustainable economic growth in 2 ways: north should develop more efficient use of materials & energy; There is over population in the global south due to capitalism, lack of birth control, lack of accessible education, etc. *when girls learn about reproduction and sexual acts, the population decreases. Incentives for child allowance in third world countries. Un response: setting up a senior women"s advisory group on sustainable development. Global assembly of women & the environment, miami 1991, crucial to emergence of global feminist environmentalism. Informed the official global action plan adopted at rio 1992: action.
