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Sexist rubbish. > Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 00:33:00 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Engineering Ecology > To: [log in to unmask] > > Greetings ... just to let you know about my latest blurb ... > > http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n10page1.html > > Summary > > It is proposed that gender balance - deeply internalized, not merely a > matter of numbers - will be a source of "new energy" to overcome the > masculinist culture of violence and domination. Gender balance can help > individuals and nations to start considering both self-interest and the > common good. "We have a special responsibility to the ecosystem of this > planet. In making sure that other species survive we will be ensuring > the survival of our own." Wangari Maathai, Kenya (+ 26 September 2011) > > Gender balance at all levels of responsibility and authority can pave > the way for a sensible transition from consumerism to sustainability. It > can make possible the exploration of new initiatives such as > transferring tax burdens from earned income to financial speculation, > natural resource usage, and environmental degradation; declaring some > form of debt jubilee and/or creating debt-free money by central and > regional banks; enhancing distributive justice via a democratically set > level of universal guaranteed personal income; balancing globalization > with financial and monetary localization via local currencies and/or > exchange trading systems; adopting business practices such as the triple > bottom line; working out the economic and technological issues that must > be resolved in order to migrate from fossil fuels to clean energy; > consolidating democracy by firm adherence to the wise principles of > solidarity, subsidiarity, and sustainability; and giving top priority to > sustainable human development rather than unsustainable resource > exploitation and wealth accumulation. > > So there is no lack of reasonable ideas about ways to manage the > transition, but political will is utterly lacking; and political will > cannot possibly emerge as long as masculinist patriarchy remains > normative. The transition from consumerism to sustainability has already > started, even though it remains invisible for many. But attaining gender > balance in human affairs, and the process toward energy balance and > ecological sustainability, will reinforce each other in many significant > and mutually beneficial ways. Gender balance is the catalyst that will > brake the current impasse and get the process going. Since the > "patriarchs" will seldom pour the catalyst down from the top, it must > gently percolate upwards from the grassroots: individual citizens, > families, groups, and local communities. > > Sincerely, > Luis > > Luis T. Gutiérrez, PhD, PE > The Pelican Web of Solidarity and Sustainability > Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development > http://pelicanweb.org > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology > or send the following command to [log in to unmask] > leave industrial-ecology To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology or send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave industrial-ecology